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

VOLUME 13, NO. 155. I surrounding towns and the members of the legislative excursion were guests. most enjoyable features of the trip taken by the legislators, state officials and their friends th and the farmers, the team of the latter winning. Two bands were in attendance and stirring ture was taken by N. L. Hakkerup, Bemidji's expert photographer, who also “took" a picture ol the legulators on the site of the Normal school, a copy of which will be sent to each. | Northern Minnesota. This picturé was taken at the Larson farm on the lfternoon of the iarmera plcmc. June 12, attended by more than 1,000 farmers and at whlch the merchants “of Bemidji and It 'was the largest and most successful picnic of its kind ever held in' Minnesota and proved one of the A baseball game was played between the Bemidji Merchnnts hies were delivered by several of the state’s most prominent lawmakers. The pic- I WHYPROPAGANDISTS HAVENOTBEENSENT| T0 U. S. BY ALLIES Deputy Marquis de Chamburm, Mem- ber of French Committee of For- eign Affairs, Tells of View. GERMAN PLAN NOT FOLLOWED Says People 'of His Nation Revere Name of Lincoln and Faith in Civilization Remains Unshaken. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. Paris, May 30.—(By mail to New York.)—Deputy Marquis de Cham- brun, menfber of the Committee of Foreign Affairs and great grandson of General LaFayette whose name fig- ures in American history by the side of that of General Washington, has been repeatedly asked by American sympathizers with the Allies’ cause, this question: “The Germans are using every means to spread their propaganda in the United States. They are sending writers, lecturers, diplomatic repre- sentatives and others to tell their side of the story. Why don’t you, who speak and write English perfectly and whose name will count for a great deal in ‘'ouf country, cross the Atlantic and tell France’s side?” The Marquis, whose wife. is an American woman, her maiden name being Miss Margaret Rives Nichols, step-daughter of Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati, has always modestly re- plied: “France has no need to adopt such methods.” Invited by the Unit- ed Press to wrife his ideas on this subject, he consented. Here is his article: Confidence in Americans. One of the characteristics of the present war is the propaganda made by belligerent nations in neutral countries, through publicity and by various means, in view of enlisting sympathy and gaining moral support. ‘Why then have we refrained from sending propagandists to America for the purpose of influencing public opinion in favor of the Allies? The answer is simple. We rely on the justice of our cause. We have full confidence in the clear sightedness of the American people. It is indeed difficult for us to sep- arate the United States from the cause of liberty. When France first learned of the .struggle for Amer- ican independence, ‘“her heart was enlisted” and our government was soon obliged to follow the popular feeling—aroused by the departure of LaFayette who had spontaneously gone over to fight for the American colonies in open rebellion. Thus the just cause of your independence had awakened in France an irresistible national feeling. In the mind of thinking men the great prestige of the United States abroad still rests on the freedom of her institutions, on the recognized worth of her con- stitution, even more than on her great material prosperity. We feel sure that it is superfluous, as far as the free citizens of such a republic are concerned, to resort to-the petty means of propaganda in the present crisis. From one end of the states to the other it is surely understood that a true and great spirit has lifted up the French people in its effort to resist an unjustified invasion of our territory. It is known that our (Continued on last page). Chief Morrison Injured. Rumors. that .John Morrison, chief of the Minnesota Chippewas and a well known merchant of Red Lake, had been severely stabbed, were in- vestigated by the Pioneer this morn- ing., Morrison attended the Sons of Herman picnic .at Puposky Sunday and was at the.depot of that place waiting for his train when a stran- ger became angered at the trend of conversation and pulled a knife. He picked the Chippewa chief as his vi®® tim and in defending himself Morri- son received a long cut.on his left hand. Seven stitches were necessary. The injury: 18 not serious. ONE MORE VIOLATES TREATY John McKee Pleads Not Guilty and Faces Long Wait in Fergus Jail. Charged with introducing liquor into Indian territory in violation ‘of the treaty of 1855, John McKee was arraigned before Judge Hiram A. §i- mons, United States commissioner, yesterday. He pleaded not and was bound over to the next'term of district court to be held at Feréus Falls. This means that he will have to remain in the Fergus Falls county jail until the grand jury convenes on November 3. He is accused by Deputy. Special Officer C. S. Benson of introducing two gallons and one pint of whisky and one gallon of al- cohol at Bagley. McKee was taken to Fergus Falls by Frank Tufts, deputy United States marshal, this morning. Jacob Webber, held on a charge of introducing liquor in Be- midji, has petitioned for an order transfering his case to the Duluth district that he may plead guilty. CROPS IN GOOD CONDITION Agriculturist Gile Says Wheat, Rye, Barley and Other Grains Not Se- versly Damaged by Recent Rains CLAY SOIL GROWTH SPLENDID “Grain crops in Beltrami county were mnever better than now;“espec= ially wheat, oats, barley, rye and said Bueford M. Gile, Bemidji agriculturist, buckwheat,” when ques- tioned as to the extent of damage brought about by the recent heavy rains, this morning. Mr. Gile said that the corn crops have suffered most, while many farm- ers will firfd it necessary to use rafts in securing their hay. The high land could not be in better condition, says the agriculturist, while the low land and marsh meadows are flooded. “The farms which have plenty of sand, have not suffered by the rains,” stated Mr. Gile, “and if we are for- tunate and have a late fall the farm- ers will not lose anything as a re- sult. The crops of clay soils are the ones which have been the most se- verely hit. ‘On sand lands the potatoes are in exceptional condition and as prices are certain to be high this fall, and many large southern Minnesota growers have been entirely flooded out, we are sure to benefit. “Many farmers lost many beans and tomatoes as a result of the late frost and coupled with the rains their crops will be greatly reduced. Taken all in all the crops are in much better condition than' might be supposed, for which. we should all be thankful.” 5 Mr. Gile said that the potatoes at the school farm.and students’ gar- dens are in splendid shape. CHIEF RIPPLE GIVES MOVE ON SIGN TO GYPSIES .Thirty gypsies, dressed in cos- tumes of unique design, and ranging in age from several nursing babies to adults 50 years old, arrived in Bemidji this morning. -No sooner had their three = covered . wagons stopped at the corner-of Beltrami and Fifth street' than Frank . Ripple, chief of police, instructed them to move on. The women of the party. eluded the police for a sufficient length of time to permit them to tell 'several fortunes and make a few pur- |chases. ‘No thefts have been .re- ported. The gypsies were-traveling west and came from Duluth. New Machine Arrives. H. C. Baer, cashier of the Security State bank, has received .a six-cylin- der seven-passenger Buick automo, bile which he recently purchased through the Bemidji Auto company. The machine is one of the most at- tractive ever brought to Bemidji and is the first of--several six-cylinder Buicks, purchased by Bemidji men, to reach the city. John Moberg; who recently sold his five-passenger Buick to R. H. Schumaker; cashier of the First National bank, has also placed an order for one of the large Buicks. guilty |- MANY ADDITIONS Indication Contained in Supplement- ary Estimate to Be Introduced in Parliament—=50,000 More Men. INCREASES FOR SERVICE AT SEA Number is One-third More Than That Included in Navy’s Personnel When " Hostilities Began a Year Ago. By J. W. T. MASON. New York, July 29.—An indica- tion of the immense additions which have been made to the British-navy since the outbreak of the war is con- tained in supplementary naval esti- mates to be introduced in parliament this week providing for 50,000 ad- ditional men. This number repre- sents an increase of one-third over the navy’s personnel as it was when hostilities began. One year ago, the 150,000 men in the British navy included large num- bers occupying shore posts at the dockyard and naval stations. The additions made since then are prac- tically entirely for service at sea and it is to provide for these that the supplementary estimates are to he sanctioned by law. How many new warships have been completed by Gréat Britain - since last "August is a closely guarded secret. But the number is unquestionably very large. It requires from 750 to 900 men to operate the newest types of super- dreadnoughts and, even though all the 50,000 new sailors now to be pro- vided for may not be needed imme- diately, a small part of them would serve to equip a large fleet of the major fighting craft. Build 10 Battleships. England ‘was building 10 super- dreadnoughts of her own when the war broke out, as well as two for Turkey. These latter were taken over by the government and Turkey T BRITISH NAVY “}is to be held at Boston admiralty offices and at the various|- FARMERS’ CLUBS TO: HOLD PICNIC AT nos:rol LAKE Members of the Pledsapt' Valley Farmers’ club are mal final: ar- rangements for the big p! nlc which e, July 7 and it is expected that {§ will be a most succegsful and enjoylble affair. A special ‘invitation been . ex- tended to thé business:men of Be- midji and a large number ‘sre plan- ning to attend. It was; originally intended to hold the picnic on July 4, but because of the Bemidji celebra- tion it was postponed. 3 MORE-COUNHES. “DRY” Option Fails-to Carry ia Crow Wing County: ‘But Saloons-in Mower, -Grant.and Wilkin Must Close. [BEMIDJI BASE BALL FANSPLANNEWPARK Enthusiasts Expect to Secure Lease on Power Plant Property’ Where Excellent Field Will Be Prepared FAST ORGANIZATION TO RESULT Prospects Bright That City May Be Given League Team—Much Talent Here for Winning Nine, For several years Bemidji has been the only city of its size in Northern Mimesota which has not been. rep- recented by a baseball team of a winning calibre. Chisholm, Vir- BRAINERD “WETS” VICTORIOUS There are now 48 ‘““dry’ counties in Minnesota, 41 made so’ by county option elections, four by enforcement of the Indian treaty of 1856 three by local option. : Three more counties were added to the temperance ranks ' yestergay ‘when Mower, Grant and Wilkin vote:l “dry,” Crow Wing alone returning a victory for the “wets.” Créw Wing county voted down county: option by a ‘majority ‘of about 200 thus pe mitting the saloons of Degrwood, Ir- onton, Cuyuna; Mungeness Riverton' rand two county licenses to remain in operation. Grant county went “dry” by’ a small vote, closing the saloons at Her- man. The Wilkin temperance vic- tory will close 11 saloons at Breck- enridge, two at Kent, one at Nashus; one at Tenney and one county license. Twenty-six drinking establishments in Mower will close as a result of and in Adams, two in Waltham, two in Rose Creek, one in Sargeant, one in Elkton, one at Dexter and one county license. Mower went dry by a vote of several hundred. The Wilkin ma- was compensated for them. Four other capital ships had also been vo- ted by parliament, so that a total of 16 superdreadnoughts were under way on the declaration of war. This number is three more than was the strength of the entire German dread- nought battleship fleet at the com- mencement of hostilities. Within Bounds of Possibility. It is quite within the bounds of possibility that all these 16 first line. ships have been made ready for bat- tle during the last 11 months. The original dreadnought was laid down in December, 1905, and was complet- ed in October, 1906. The admiralty issued orders that a test for construc- tion under wartime conditions was to be made with the first dreadnought and the vessel was ready for, the fighting line 10 months after the keel was laid. Besides concentrating on new fleets of superdreadnoughts, the ad- ‘miralty has been hurrying work on light cruisers to replace those de- stroyed by the Germans. New tor- pedo boat destroyers, too, are being hurriedly built, for their presence in additional numbers has been made imperative by the German submar- ine warfare. It is being privately whispered in ‘British admiralty has built a supple- mentary fleet as powerful as the en- tire American navy. NOT POLITE TO DISCUSS OPERATIONS AT DINNER TIME Rochester, Minn., June 29.— “Guests are requested not to discuss operations at the dinner table” is a sign- displayed at a leading hotel here. Rochester is the home of the great Mayo Institute and s annually | visited by 150,000 persons, who England that, since last August, the| Jjority was small, the first count fa- voring the “wets.” This county is the last stand of the saloon om the North Dakote border. Forty-seven of the 86 counties of the state have voted on county op- tion sinee April 26, only six favoring the saloon. Four hundred and six saloons have been voted out. Brainerd, which voted dry at the local: option election, had a change of sentiment and went wet today by 187 votes, the unofficial figures .are wets, 885, and dry, 698. TO PLAY, FOSSTON: Bemidji Management Schedules Game for Sunday Afternoon. Charles Dailey, manager of the Bemidji baseball team, announced to- day that Fosston will play here next Sunday afternoon. A fast game fs certain.. The same teams will play Monday at the celebration for a purse of $150. The ball team will.give a dance in the city hall Monday night, music to be provided by the band or- chestra. ' The band will be in charge of the grand stand at ‘the ball game. HOW PROHIBITION TOWNS GOT BIG “BOOZE” SHIPMENTS Mandan, N. D, June 29.—Over 15,000 casks of beer and 2,600 bar- rels of liquor including nli;qhol brandy, winé and whiskey ware shipped in four months into" Lin Strassburg and The Hague, th {towns of Emmons county:whic its entirity, has a population of 'than'-12,000 jaccording to informa- tion which Assistant- Attorney Gen- eral Francis J. Murphy of North Da- ikota today alleges he has. “Enough; shouted Murphy. Immediately he land other attaches started proceed- either come for operations or to ac- company :mictefl relatives and’ friends. = Mr. -and Mrs. G. B. Upham, for- | merly of Bemidji, but now located in. Baudette, are guests at the home of will leave for - Hubert .tomorrow Mr. and Mrs, William McCuaig. They’ ings to stop the lmlwrutiunvt booze: [into this prohibition state, by. pro- hlblung railroads entering the state. ‘from accepting it as & shipment. The Chima, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Soo Line have thun far been en- i joined. Only about one per nent of ‘the the election, 14 being in Austin, four |- | hig letter to the mayor: ginia, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Brain- erd and International Falls have or- ganized splendid nines but Bemidji has been content with a poor team. But this condition is to be remedied and from now on Bemidji is to have a baseball team which will be a winner, one that will be a credit to the city. In addition to'a team of first class calibre the city is to have a base- ball park equal to any in the state. Fans, some of the city’s most influ- ential business men being numbered among them, have asked the Minne- sota Blectric Light & Power company to: effer-a ‘proposition-fer the leasing | of the property in the rear of their plant and bordering .on Fourth street, to be used for a park. The property is 300 feet square and is ideal for baseball purposes. The com- pany officials appear to favor the plan (Continuea on Iast page). INTERESTING GAMES PLAYED Contests of Tomorrow Will Close Tournament of Tennis Club. Several interesting games were played in the tournament of the Ten- nis club last night. Forest Halgren defeated Wilbur Lycan in two straight sets, the scores being 6-2 and 6-0. In a nip and tuck contest Scott Stewart won from Thomas Er- vin, the scores being 6-4 in favor of Ervin in the first set, but Stewart won the match by winning the next sets, 6-1 and 6-1. The match be- tween O. H. Manaugh and N. E. Given. will be completed today. Manaugh won the first set 6-3, the second ‘ending in a 5-5 tie. A. A. ‘Andrews forfeited to A. L. Barker by absence and Glenn S. Hunt forfeited | to Attorney M. J. Brown for the same reason. Today’s games. will be as follows: H. L. Wilcox vs. E. H. Denu; W. L. Brooks vs. H. P. Hay- ner; Carl Johnson vs. Dr. D. L. Stan- ton;' C. 8. Randall vs. George Linde- bergh, and J. K. Given vs. R. B. Feir.. "The Feir-Given match “was played this morning, resulting in a victory for the latter, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2. The games of ‘tomorrow night will end the tournament and -the handicap matches will begin. BOARD OF, EQUALIZATION ..T0 END WORK TOMORROW ,Members.of the. clty “board of eq\lnlizat(on expect tfielr work »will be completed tomorrow and " they urge that all who have complaints to . make concerning their personal property or money and credits assess- |ments enter them at once. The mem- .herg of the board are Mayor Mc- Cualg, Ajdérman ‘Moberg of the first | ward; Alderman Bailey. Ot - second ard; Alderman Foutault ‘of - third ward, and Alderman Ervin of fourth ward. - & BEH!DR '1'0 HAVE GAB.II’WAL . ‘LATTER PART OF JULY ‘William MeCun(g, mayor of Be- midji, has received motice that ‘the ‘Patterson carnival company. will ‘ex- | hibit in thin city July 26 to July 31 1inclusive. H. 8. Noyes, general man- ager of the carnival company, says in can fix the weatler so that the sun will shine while we are in your city | 1 will let-you and the kiddfes rldaon “If you | I'T0 A_TTENDVSTA;[& BAR MEETING Benndjx I.nwyetl Plan to Visit St. Cloud—Mann May Talk. Several Bemidji lawyers are plan- ning to attend the annual meeting of the State Bar-association which is to be held at St. Cloud August 5, 6 and .7. -The principal address will be by Charles \A. Boston - of = New York, who will speak: Thursday, Au- gust 5. Friday, the principal ad- dress will be either by Congressman James R. Mann or Senator J. Ham Lewis. Friday evening the annual banquet will take place in charge of a committee of John M. Bradford, St. Paul, L. K. Eaton, Minneapolis, and J. E. Jenks of St. Cloud. L. L. Brown of Winona will be toastmaster and Governor Hammond is on the list of speakers. The Saturday forenoon session will deal with legal education. Dean Vance of the university faculty will have charge. On the same dates, the judges of the district court of the state will meet. MANY TO CELEBRATE HERE M. & 1. Road Will Hold Train on Eve- ning of Celebration to Accommo- date North Line Visitors. PARADE TO BE ONE OF FEATURES That-the rnllruds‘are anxious to its Independence day celebrn;ion a big success is demonstrated by an an- nouncement made by E. B. Berman, chairman of the general committee, this morning to the effect that the Minnesota & International railroad will hold its northbound train on the evening of July 5 until 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Berman states that the Soo Line will probably hold its afternoon train until 7:30 also, as last year. This will permit the hundreds of people’ of points west and north of Bemidji, who are. planning to cele- brate here, to remain in the city un- til all of the day's festivities have been compieted. The celebration is being well ad- vertised in all parts of the country and the committee is confident that it will be the best ever held. Frank Koors is spending much time in preparing for the automobile parade dnd it is expected that this will be one of the day’s chief. feat- ures, Many entries are being made for the auto and horse races and the small boys are.training for the sev- eral races in which they are eligible. Ii’s going to be a-great celebration. GERHARD. SAYS VOTE WOULD STOP SENDING OF MUNITIONSTO ALLIES (United Press) Berlin, June 29.—Dr. Anton Mayer Gerhard ‘reported in an article in the Der Tage this afternoon that the people of the United States would vote to prohibit the exportation of ammuniticn to the Allies if a popular referenavm-‘was taken, but said that, Americans are condemning ‘Germany for. violation of Belgium’s_neutrality and the sinking-of the Lusitania. He stated that ‘American people were un- ableto see the German view of these oceurrences. Further, Dr. Gerhard stated that the American press is making an un- successful attempt to remain neutral, includi 1g German-American publica- tions, except in a few laudable in- stances. . However, he added, . Ger- man-Americans excellently and strongly remember the land of their birth. Funeral Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, the funeral of L. L. Edmonds, who died Sunday, will be held in the ‘| Methodist church, Rev. Charles W. {Gilman . officiating. = Interment will be made in Greenwood cemetery. From petroleum an English chem~ ist ‘has produced a substitute for that '.,ooutly ol -poflumss, nttn of. MERCHANTSOF THIRD STREET 70 REMODEL STORES Many Improvements' Being Made by Business Houses in Block Ap- proaching Lake Shore. FIVE-DAY SLASH IN PRICES Baker Jewelry Store, Palmer Hard- ware Store, Bsltrami Music House, Hakkerup and Gould Included. Beginning Thursday of this week. July 1, it will be a case of “follow the erowd” to that block on Third street near the lake in which there is now considerable activity: During the past month new enterprises have {sprung up in this block and during the coming month considerable re- modeling will be done. ; The merchants in this block who have decided to make inducements to the buying public for the next five days on account of the improvements to be made are George T.-Baker & Co., A. B. Palmer, Beltrami Music company, N. L. Hakkerup and A. N. Gould confectionery store. On other pages of this paper the advertisements of these merchants may be found, and in them you sre sure to be interested; ws they - wilt contain matter that is not only of ifi- terest to you as news, but & saving to your purse as well. Remodeling is Begun. Contractors have begun work on remodeling the buildings occupied. by the George T. Baker & company afid A. B. Palmer stores. Within a short time it will be nécessary to move about all stock or pack it up out of the way of the contractors. These merchants are not keen on holding sales, but the fact that they must move their stocks has prompted them to offer it to the public, for a period of five days only, at a big slash in prices. The opening of this Third street block sale will be held Thursday morning, July 1, at 9 o’clock. The doors will swing open to the public exposing an array of useful and necessary articles at alluring prices. Because these men do not dabble-in sales, the public has a right to ex- pect exceptional values during the first five days in July. The Beltrami Music company, one of Bemidji’s new enterprises which opened in that block, has to offer the best kind of an excuse for a sale, and because the co-operation of the other merchants in this block has been secured, this store anmoynces else- where in this issue some interesting facts about its establishment. It will move to other quarters on Third street, next door to- the Brinkman theater, as soon as these quarters are remodeled for their use, occupying the building formerly used by the B. K. Anderson saloon. A removal sale by this concern would be a most fit- ting reason for a sale, but their con- servative methods, "close buying and gelling ability give the public many advantages, which cannot ‘be secured in other citfes. Two Progressive Oonuml. 3 “Across the street we find two very progressive concerns who invite the crowds to visit their ~respective places of business when shopping. N. L. Hakkerup, one of the north- west’s leading art photographers, and A. N. Gould with a complete line of confections, cigars, ice cream and other soda fountain accessories. These business places ‘are beeomlns more tamiliar to all citizens and visitors and are very frequent stopping points for pedestrians when strolling to the city dock on the shores of Lake Be- midji. Hundreds of summer resorters find their way into these stores each year. Their close proximity to the lake make it most convenient to all who go to and -from their cottages by the ‘water route as they pass by. 112 weeks, By oflering,mlm m mntomen for efficient operation of their cars. an English electric railroad effected a saving of 25 per cent in currpnt in