Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 6, 1915, Page 1

| i b ¢ THE BEMID”’ VOLUME 13, NO. 187. BRITISH AFFICERS SHOW GRE: ”’%ZMRING Z'/s’ > Submarine Commanders, by » b ing Beneath Mines of the Da. danelles Have Created Terror. BOATS OF TURKISH ELUDED Believed That England Has Base for Undersea” Craft Which Are Being Supplied From Constantinople. By HENRY WOOD. Brusa, Asiatic Turkey, July 24— (By courier to Dedeagatch, Bulgaria, and thence by cable.)—Daring Eng- lish submarine commanders, by bur- rowing beneath the thickly mined waters of the Dardanelles and elud- ing the Turkish fleet have created a reign of terror from the western en- trance to the sea of Marmora to the very gates of Constantinople. Exactly how many Turkish ships have been sent to the bottom by British submersibles, probably is known only to the Turkish ministry of marine. The undersea craft have been particularly successful in strik- ing at Turkish transports. Enroute from Constantinople I learned that aboard one of those sunk recently were 500 wounded Turks who had just been discharged from Turkish hospitals and were returning to the Gallipoli front. Only 150 were saved. The news was suppressed by the Turkish government but the dis- aster occurred in full view of an- other transport laden with wounded soldiers who made the facts known Stopped by British. Brusa is the Asia Minor city to which it was proposed to make the Turkish capitol in case Constanti- nople was threatened. I came here first on the Friday boat of the three- times-a-week service from across the sea of Marmora. A few days pre- vious the boat from Brusa to Con- stantinople had actually been stopped and boarded by officers from a Brit- ish submarine within a few miles of Islam’s capitol. The British officers were looking for Turkish soldiers. They found none, but took 6ff what food supplies thefe were abroard, paying for them in 'Epglish- gold—and -saluting-cour- teously as they left the ship. Because of the fear inspired by this visit our boat left the Bosphorus with the life boats swung out and with hundreds of life preservers hanging over the rail ready for in- stant use. Instead of heading di- rectly across the sea of Marmora, the usual course, we crept along the coast for the entire distance, never going more than 200 or 300 yards from shore. Lacked Optimism. On the following Monday, no more submarines having been sighted, the captain took courage and we headed directly across the little sea on the return to Constantinople. Peasants and provincial officers on board the boat did not share the captain’s op- timism and we had scarcely left the iiiili’Kiiii¥*i¥¥ik¢iiiii’!ili'ilil * APPEARS ON BEMIDJI CHAUTAUQUA ~PROGRAM TONIGHT * AR R R R R R R ST ST T Y ] MEANS IMPROVED ROADS PLAN AUCTlON SALE Auto and Rldm" Club Membership delightful scenes from plays and t: that have the real “punch” to them. Pageant of Hagenbeck-Wallace Show Represents Expenditure of $1,000,- 000—Features Entirely New SHOW MENAGERIE IN OPEN DENS ‘When the Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace circus visits Bemidji, Friday, August 18, there will be on the down-town streets the day of the exhibition a street parade that represents an ex- penditure of more than $1,000,000. It is entirely the origination and ex- ecution of the best artists, designers and property masters of Italy, Eng- land and France. It is the policy of the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus never to repeat its novelties. For the reason the parade for this season is entirely new. For months, day and night, artists arti- sans and decorators toiled like Tro- jans in the European . workshops, Hamberg, Germany, to build the parade which is this year amazing the cities of America. Not in any way does the street parade resemble the pageants of the past. It fairly glistens with newness. There are floats of burnished gold made by Oriental workinen; - cos- tumes and tapestries from France urd -Persia,” flags and-banners from China, statuary from Italy, band and orchestra wagons of bronz, hand- carved and decorated with pure burnished gold. Almost every type of man will be seen in native dress and the characterstic music of the world is represented by trumpeting brass bands, chanters, bagpipes, tom tom players, drum, fife and bugle ecorps. The great managerie, the pride of Carl Hagenbeck, is shown in open dens. The performance this year, too, has undergone many changes. The stel- lar attraction remains the perform- ance of the famed Carl Hagenbeck trained wild animals. These beasts of the forest and jungle will be seen in an immense steel arena. Daring wild animal trainers have them broken to perform remarkable last protecting point of land when a shout rang out from the bridge. The signal bells clanged, the boat turned tail and fled for shore and there was a wild scurry for life belts. The ex- citement lasted only a moment. There were countermanding orders trom the bridge and we resumed our courge. Two miles off to the left a porpoise had leaped from the water. The imagination of an officer thought he saw a submarine peri- scope did the rest. I found the same period of uneasiness during my sec- ond trip here. Farther south in the sea of Mar- mora, where transports are steaming to and from the Gallipoli peninsula, the greatest precautions dre taken against the English submarines. Arm- ed soldiers line the rails with orders to shoot at everything appearing on the surface. This is the season for the porpoises to show their greatest activity and the porpoise mortality, consequently, is without precedent in the history of the sea. To safeguard them against sub- marine attack, the hospital transports are all painted white with stripes of red running the full length. The Red Crescent is the official symbol of the Turkish Red Crescent society, which corresponds to the Red Cross. But the Turks have more faith in the Red Cross than in the Red Cres- cent and fly the Red Cross flag as soon as they are out of sight of Con- stantinople. Returning to -the cap- itol the hospital ships hoist the Red Crescent as they approach the Bos- phorus. The police are confident that the British submarines have a base some- where in the sea of Marmora and that some of the few hundred Eng- lishmen remaining in Congtantinople are supplying this base with petro- who [ ¥ tricks. More than 400 arenic per- formers will be seen in the ecircus, performing in three rings and on two elevated stages. Performances will be given at 2 and 8 p. m. Doors to the Hagenbeck zoo will be opened an hour earlier. i*ii*ii*ii##i&iii * BAND CONCERT THIS EVENING * ISR SR SRS RS R RS Louis Burchard, director of the Bemidji band, has announced the fol- lowing program for this evening‘s‘ concert: March—‘‘Spirit of Peace” ... ..................... Keifer 2. Waltzes—“Rosemary” ...Dalbey Medley Overture—‘The Grand Slam” .. 4. Serenade—“In the Land of Love with the Song Birds”.. - o ..................... ., Rega 5. Selection—"The Heart of Paddy Whaek” ........... Ball On melodies from Chauncey Ol- cott’s new production. March—*“The Whip”. ..Holzman “America” S @ The Avon Sketch club is a rollicking entertainment company which appears on the Bemidji chautauqua program to regale the people with CIRCUS PARADE BRILLIANT(PROSPERITY FOUND HERE 'stroyed “every-bit of grain o Increase - d That Highways lhy Be Repa.u'ed—-'hm to.Join. STATE CAMPAIGN T0 ENROLL 200 Have you joined the auto club? Have you jolnafl the “‘“Riders’ " club? To join either costs $2 00 for the year. If you do not own an auto and wish to ride, just hail any old car and present your card to the driver; he must take you aboard, un- less he has a load. C: C. Cross has Jeen appointed to collect the fees, ‘Bt he has been pretty busy with er things, mov- ing, selling insurafce, etc., and has therefore requestedgthat an assistant be appointed in ordgr to get the hun- dreds of two-do]ln’-\ bills waiting for him. ! Within the next ‘week the Bemidii Auto and Riders’ club should number at least 200 and the secretary has decided to assist Mr. Cross in the work of securing members. Now, it should not be necessary for you to wait until you're called upon to shell out $2.00, but when you see Cross or Secretary E. H. Denu of the auto club, just slip him two “bones” and you’ll get a membership card in the next mail or at sight. Keep in mind that every cent you put into this club will go for road improvement work in and about Be- midji. We all want good roads and the auto owners and their friends who like to ride can do much toward mak- ing riding a pleu\lre in Northern Minnesota. o do several short snappy sketches While Frosts Strike Iowa and Hail Destroys Montana Crops Northern Minnesota Conditions Splendid. RECORD HARVEST IS EXPECTED ‘While Minnesota farms, according to experts, will this year produce in new ‘wealth $410,626,000, thus pro- viding the Gopher state with pros- perity greater than it has ever be- fore known, and while general condi- tions here are excellent, other sec- tions are suffering severely as the consequence of hail, rains and wind storms. G. E. Brinegar, of Thayer, Iowa, where he is in the land business, be- ing the general sales manager of the Nebish Land company, writes from his home town: “We are having awful wet weather here. Rains nearly every day and it is so eold today that some have fires to take the chill off. Crops of nearly all kinds are spoiled; wheat and oats are rotting, hay is spoiling on the ground and corn looks bad.” Mrs. Phillip Eischen of Shelly, Mont., a niece of Mrs. O. B. Sonstrud nf-Dewey avenue, in a recent letter tells of a severe hail storm that d their section of land near Shelly. Since their residence in Montana this is the first year that crops have looked promising, as there has been plenty of rain even in that dry country. The grain looked exceptionally fine and they expected to secure at least a $3,- 000 crop in the fall. The hail stones were as large as hen’s eggs, breaking every window light in the house and leaving marks and dents in the walls and on the fence posts. Although the storm lasted but a few minutes every bit of grain was destroyed. Near the buildings the hail piled up a foot high. Mr. Eischen carried $900 in- surance on the crop. The storm swept all the way from Sweet Grass to Chester, skipping a farm here and there, and the farmers have com- menced plowing up their flelds. Thus we see that Minnesota cit- izens have reason to rejoice. TELLS' OF INDIAN LOGGING Report of Supt. 0’Neil Gives Inter- esting Information. William O’Neil, of Cass. Lake, su- perintendent of logging on ceded Chippewa Indian lands of Minnesota, gives some interesting data concern- ing logging operations on the lands of the Indians in his annual report. Extracts from the:report follow: Total government estimate to cut, all sales, 907,791,917 feet; total cut to June 30, 1915, 1,224,564,667 feet; amount still to cut, estimated, 110,- 000,000 feet; amomlt cut and still to put exceeds total,s_gpvernment estimate v 498,772,750 feet?-total from timber to June 30, 1915, ex- clusive of interest, $8,678,787.79; average number of logs per thousand feet to June 30, 1915, 11 2-5; aver- age stumpage price per thousand feet to June 30, 1915, $7.06%; proportion of white pine to June 30, 1915, 51 1-3 per cent; total cost of operations to June 30, 1915, $360,879.35; cost of operation is 4 4-25 per cent of total receipts for timber, or the Indian fund receives $ .95 84-100 on each dollar collected. WARSAW’S CAPTURETO HAVE BIG INFLUENCE (Unitea Press) London, Aug. 6.—British war critics have conceded that the fall of Warsaw will have a tremendous influence in the next six months of fighting in Europe and possibly will have a political influence on the en- tire war. . The capture of Warsaw releases 1,000,000 Austro-Germans for opera- tions elsewhere and makes possible for the Austro-Germans to hold the Vistula line against an offensive blow 'which the Russians had been expected to deliver, for many months. It is believed that the Germans plan to take Paris next or make an attempt to reach Calais or crush Serbia. LATE RETURNS GIVE “DRYS” VICTORY BY ABOUT 14 VOTES When late official returns were re- ceived at International Falls yester- *|day it was discovered that several precincts had given the “wets” larger votes than unoffieially reported in the Koochiching county option bat- tle. As a result the vote is even closer than at first indicated and the “drys” now claim victory by a ma- jority of 14. According to ‘the offi- cial record of the canvassing board the ““wets” are ten votes to the good with two preeinets, which are known to have given the ‘“‘drys” a substan- tial majority, to be heard from. World’s Greatest Campaign. Berlin, Aug. 6.—The greatest military campaign in the history of the world is rapidly coming to a close. Everywhere, from the Baltic to the Galician front the Russians are retreating, with their destruction threatened. The occupation of Riga is now only a matter of a few hours. The Slavs are evacuating Novo- Gecogievak, north of Warsaw, which Files Under Volstead Act. Ben Samuelson, who is -connected with the Gamble-Robinson-Bemidji company, Friday filed on 160 acres of government land under the Volstead act, the purchase having been made at the May sale. This is the twelfth filing registered at’the office of Fred About 2,500 employes will be re- quired at the Panama canal. SCOOP irorier REPORTER leum. Hardly a day passes that some Englishman is not seized and hauled off. to undergo the third de- gree: The Want Column will give you the- desired inlomatlnn B 4 : 0 BYE MSTER Boso\ \ T BEENATHNKIN T OVER. \ \ ME THAT IN AS MUCH AS A FREENDSHIP LiKE “OURS CANDO SCO0P NOTHING— BUT HARM-TH BEST THING had been considered imprvegnnhle‘ Rhoda, clerk of court, during thel —_— week. Let a want ad help you. Two Weeks Is All The Boss Cares To flold Down Crusoe’s Job TO-D0 \S FOR LS TO SAIL Awayan’ \.EAW\&YGJ N receipts | - FOR COUNTY FAIR Seoretary Schroeder Devises Scheme for Benefit of Farmers—Airship Flight Every Day. CLUB PRIZES ARE ANNOUNCED Ten Best Booths Will Be Awarded " Premiums—Rules Governing Ex- hibits Are Made Public. One of the new features at the Bel- trami county fair this fall will be the auction sale on stock and other farming necessities to be held in the afternoons of September 17 and 18. This 6. one of the ideas of Charles Schroeder, secretary, and it is his opinion that many of the farmers like to secure and exchange stock during fair time and that the auction idea would solve the problem. Airship fiigmu will be made daily from the race track in front of the grand stand, circling through the air over the fair grounds and neighbor- ing properties. The center of the grounds will be arranged for land- ing purposes. ‘““Thousands of people in this section of the country have never seen an airship fly,” said Mr. Schroeder, “and we expect to offer one of the best eéxhibitions of any county fair. There will be many other free attractions at the fair grounds,” he" continued, “but it is always a good thing to surprise peo- ple pleasantly.” Premiums Announced. Secretary Schroeder has announced the premiums which will be awarded the ten winning booths of farmers’ clubs at the fair. The permiums and rules, as given out by Mr. Schroeder, follow: First .. $35.09 Second 30.00 Third ... ... 26.00 Fourth <. 20.00 Fifth .... . 16.00 Next five, each . 10.00 Products exhibited will be scored as Tollows: Grains, ten varieties, one quart éach ..........ciiiiiinnn 109 Grains in sheaf, ten varieties, ' two-inch band ............ 100 Corn in ear, five varieties, six (Continued on last page). . MAN GETS FIRST PENSION Five Teachers Are Allowed $500 a Year Each by State. Edgar George of Northfield is the first public school teacher to be en- rolled under the teachers’ insurance and retirement fund act. He has taught 36 years and for 14 years has been superintendent of Northfield schools. Before that he was successfully employed at Blue Earth, St. Charles and St. Peter. Pensions also were voted to Rebecca Mortenson, Faribault, where she has taught 31 years; Emma L. Lamp, Northfield, 24 years; R. L. H. Lord, Wells, 25 years, and Mrs. Belle Flood, 27 years. All, with the exception of Miss Lamp, will draw $500 a year after paying the back assessments which will amount to $425 on the full 25 years’ schedule. Miss Lamp will be entitled to $470 a year. The first payments will be made next Au- gust. The board of trustees of the fund accepted six applications for membership. All teachers now em- ployed must file applications for membership within two years or be forever barred and all new teachers become members upon appointment. The board decided to appoint an ac- tuary to determine whether the an- nuities or pensions can be paid in fufl from the funds available. Sacred Concert Tonight. Large audiences have been present at the services which have been con- ducted at the Salvation Army hall and on the streets by “Joe the Turk,” ‘who is one of the foremost Salvation- ists in the United States. He will conclude his three-day Bemidji visit this evening when a Sacred Concert will be given. The fellow/'who doesn'c take the trouble to'deny anything has got it all over thé*ome who gets red in the face and denying everything. the|, STEENERSON IS NOT CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATE Congressman ‘Halvor: Steenerson is not to be a_candidate for the United States senate as reported in the Twin City papers. When interviewed as to the truth of the statement that he had.formed a combination with Elmer Adams of Fergus Falls where- by he. was, to run for the senate and Adams for congress, the'Crookston congressman said: .‘“You are author- ized to deny the xeport. I am nota candidate for the United States sen- ate and do not expect to be. I am satisfied with the present federal po- sition that I hold.” ' Several. other congressman, C. R. Davis and C. A Lindbergh are reported.as having senatorial aspirations. INJUNCTION IS' DENIED State Supreme Court Rules That E. A. Engler Company Has Right to Cut 12,000,000 Feet of Indian Timber PAY $73,000; WORTH $100,000 (?) In a ruling of the Minnesota su- preme court filed today the E. A. Engler Lumber company of this county is given privilege to cut ap- proximately 12,000,000 feet of pine timber standing on ceded lands of the Red Lake reservation Chippewa Indians in Beltrami and Koochiching counties. The case was carried to the su- preme court on an appeal brought by William Potter and .two other Chippewa Indians who sought to se- cure an injunction restraining the company from cutting the timber on land alloted to them by the United States government. The claim was made that the gov- ernment sold the timber for $30,000 less than they believed it worth, the bid of the lumber company, which was accepted, being $73,000, while the Indians place a value of $100,000 on it. In its ruling the supreme court holds that since the government ac- cepted the lumber company’s bid that the court could not, set the con- tract aside. It is claimed that much of the tim- ber has already been cut. — [MAYRECOGNIZECARRANZA (Unitea Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 6.—It is being ‘widely reported that the Pan-Amer- ican conferees are unanimously in favor of recognizing Carranza if he will agree to call for an election with- in a stated period and agree to elim- inate himself as a presidential can- didate. However, this report has not been confirmed. TRAVEL FUND EXHAUSTED 27 Jurists Have Vouchers Honored, Others Must Wait. Certain judges of the district courts are waiting reimbursement from the state for traveling expense incurred by them during the last two years. Some of them have been paid and there must wait until it it determ- ined whether J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, can pay them out of this year’s appropriations. At the 1915 legislative session $10,000 was appro- priated for the year ending July 31, 1915. Of this amount $9,976.96 has been paid to twenty-seven judges. There still is about $800 represented by vouchers sent into the auditor and no money with which to pay them unless Mr. Preus can take money from this year’s appropriation. TO INDICT SIX (United Press) Chicago, Aug. 6.—It is reported here that six persons will be indicted by the Federal grand jury which is now investigating the Eastland dis- aster. Bills will be returned by that body next Tuesday. City harbor of- ficials are planning to test the stab- ility of every lake liner. Misses Hazel and Laura Hulett have gone to Duluth where they will spend a -couple of weeks’ vacation. While there they will also visit friends from Minneapolis, who are spending some time in Duluth. By “HOP" BEMIDJI T0 HAVE 1916 CRAUTAUQUA A So Pleased Are People With That Eflol't Will Be Made to Seom Course for Next Year. b AVON CLUB ON PROGRAM TODAY Dr. Alva M. neitqel Will Lecture On “The Measure of a Man,” This Eve- ning—Tomorrow Last Day. So. pleased is Bemidji with its first chautauqua that already it is planned to request that the Redpath-Vawter system provide this city with a 1916 course. Every program of the week’s entertainment has been enjoyed and the excellent quality of every number appreciated. The address of Congressman Irvine L. Lenroot last evening was splendid. - Mr. Lenroot spoke on “Congress and the People,” and his earnest and forceful manner impressed his listen- ers in a most favorable manner. He discussed congress in a very inter- esting manner, and spared neither the Democrats, now in power, nor the Republicans in his criticism. The Mendelssohn Sextette gave afternoon and evening entertainments which ‘were greatly enjoyed. This Evening’s Program. This evening Dr. Alva M. Reitzel will .lecture on “The' Measure of a Man.” In this lecture he sets forth many wholesome principles and high standards and causes the people to stop and take an inventory of them- 2 selves and get a new grip on life. 3 Variety of Entertainment. The Avon Sketch club, which ap- peared on the afternoon program, will again entertain this evening. Several sketches will be . produced and a program of great variety will be given. There is a certain sp6n< : taneity, youthful exuberance and un- consciousness with which these young people do their work that gives a de-. lightful flavor to their selections. You may depend upon it that all they do is artistically and correctly done. Their southern melodies, accompanied. - by banjo, are always recélved_ great enthusiasm. Their Ja produce the most pleasing sehut ot in any well regulated audience. ™ The Saturday Program. The following program will given tomorrow: 9:00 a. m.—Children’s Final honor tests. 2:30 p. m.—High grade musical. Opera recital—The Bouchier Grand Opera Company. 3:00 p. m.—Business address— “The Community of Interest,” Chas. H. Plattenburg. A live wire with a live message. 8:00 p. m.—Grand mausical festi- val. Scenes from grand opera—The Bouchier Grand Opera Company. Pre- senting climax sketches from “The Bohemian Girl.” A Community Developer. C. H. Plattenburg is coming to the chautauqua on a special mission to this community. In fact, Mr. Plat- tenburg is called “The Community Development Lecturer.” Ever since he conceived this idea he has been working at it, and he certainly has developed a most interesting treatise on how the town and country people * can and should work together for the upbuilding of the community. It is the confident belief of the management that this lecture will be worth the entire cost of a season ticket, and it is to be hoped that every man in the community who has any vital interests at stake will take the time from his business to hear Plattenburg. His Wide Experience. Mr. Plattenburg has been giving lectures from Maine to California. In many cases, the managing commit- tees have had his addresses printed and scattered broadcast thrmlghout their communities. The Strongest Attraction. . The strongest musical attraction of the course is the Bouchier Grand Opera company. They will devote the major portion of their program to singing “The Bohemian Girl.” This is a delightful piece of musical fancy (Continued on last page). Mr. and Mrs. John Jardine and daughters, Harriet and Maxine, of Minneapolis and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keesling of Wayzata, who have been. guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Kreats during the past week, returned to their homes this morning; making the trip by automobile. They were accompanied as far as Park Rapids by Walter - Marcum and Reuben Kreatz, who made the return trip to Bemidji in the record time of two hours and 36 minutes. Reed Kees- ling, Miss Olive Keesling and Miss Grace Jardine, members of the party, returned to their homes last evening, and Miss Frances Jardine will main here for some time _visiting Mrs. Kreatz, who is her aunt. be festival.