Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 215. BEMIDJ], unmmon, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915, WIFE OF BEMIDJI CITIZEN TO MAKE AERO FLIGHT AT THE GOUNTY FAIR Offer Made ¢ st Pioneer to Fly ~h Pehn- ham in Curtwn. o, C 4 Cor, ASKS NAME WITHHELD UNa. AVIATOR GRANTS PERMISSIu. Fair Will Be Best That Beltrami] County Has Ever Had—Many Free Attractions. A Bemidji woman, the wife of a prominent eitizen, will make a flight with Joseph Pehnham, the daring aviator, in his Curtis biplane, when the aviator makes his flights at the Beltrami county fair, Sept. 15, 16, 17 and 18, if Pehnham will permit her. Offer Made Today. The Bemidji woman made the of- fer today to a representative of the Pioneer with the request that her name not be made public until she secures permission from the aviator for the flight. Aviator Pehnham is expected in the city the first part of next week and it is believed that ‘permission will be given at that time. Although officials of the fair have not been notified of the intended flight it is expected that there will be no objection from them. Many Improvements Made. Many improvements are being made at the county fair grounds. A wire fence is ‘being constructed around the grounds and additional stock pens and a new ticket office have been constructed. ““The fair will be the best that Bel- trami county has ever had” said Charles Schroeder, secretary of the Fair. “‘Grains and grasses will be the main exhibits.” $2,000 In Premiums. The fair association is offering $2,000 in premiums. Features of the fair will be school exhibits, boys and girls club exhibits, canning contests, acre yield corn contests, potato con- tests, poultry exhjbits, fancy work and’art exhibits. —The fair will have the Best list of free attractions of its history, including Huddleton’s train- ed animals and the Four Nelson Comiques. ‘BACHELOR SUFFERS STROKE OF PARALYSIS Edwin Rockensack, Living Near Lake Plantaganet, Falls Down Stairs Sunday—Discovered Tuesday. Edwin Rockensack, 40, a bachelor living near Lake Plantaganet, suf- fered a stroke of paralysis Sunday night just as he was going to bed and fell down stairs where he lay until yesterday afternoon when he was found by friends. He was taken to the St. Anthony’s hospital where it is said that his left side is serious- ly affected. ' 'He hias a brother, Henry, who lives in Bemidji, and two brothers, John and Herman, living in the southern part’ of the state. Charles Rocken- sack, another brother who lived near Plantaganet died about three years ago very suddenly from heart failure while on the way to his father’s funeral. RAIN IS BOOM : TO THE HUNTERS i-The cold weather and a light rain today proved -a big boom to hunters. ../ Hunters. returning from the scene of war yesterday declared that hunt- ing was not good on account of the warm, . weather. Today, however, saw a large number of hunters re- turn to ‘the field and lake after the game. WEDDING LICENSES ISSUED Two wedding licenses have been issued at the county clerk of court’s office. They were to Arthur Lewis Dinehart of Brule County, S. D., to Miss Jessie B. Milton-and Jens C. Beck to ‘Edna Amy Peterson. The latter live in. Bemidji. STAKES MOVES SHOE SHOP TO BEMIDJI William Stakes, who for some time conducted a shoe repairing and tail- oring shop in Nymore, has moved his shop to 218 Beltrami avenue, where he will continue his business. His shop . is fully equipped for all kinds of .shoe repairing and a high class of service is guaranteed. J. H. Wynne, custodian of the court house; left yesterday afternoon for the Twin Cities. CALL RULE IS 5 VIOLATION OF SHERMAN ACT, RULES LANDIS v Chicago, Ill., Sept. 8.—Federal Judge Landis this morning ruled that the Chicago Board of Trade call rule, fixing grain prices over night, was a violation of the Sherman act and enjoined the board from the prac- tice. The board claims that the prac- tice was discontinued after the filling ~utative of the|of the first suit several years dgo. GANADA CAN RAISE + LAKE OF WOODS LEVEL Attorney Wyvell, Representative of State Department at Washington, Tells Settlers. ‘Warroad, Minn., Sept. 8.—The in- ternational joint commission opened its hearing on Lake of the Woods lev- els Tuesday and the entire popula- tion along the lake shores is in at- tendance. At a meeting of the settlers, At- torney Wyvell, representing the state department at Washington, stated that according to international law each nation is absolute sovereign in its own territory and may do as it pleases with the waters regardless of any damage caused citizens of an- other nation and quoted two instan ces, one on the Milk river in Mon-’ tana, and the other on the Rio Grande in Texas, where the United States established this rule, and that following this precedent Canada ha: an absolute right to raise the level of the Lake of the Woods. In this view he was supported by Congressman Halvor Steenerson. In both the cases cited the United States, however, granted the request madc by Canada and Mexico as an act of justice and they expressed the belief that Canada would do so in this case but that there is nothing in interna- tional law to force them to do so. SEEMAN - GRAIG WED AT BAUDETTE Baudette, Minn., Sept. 8.__ Miss Kathryn Craig, grand daughter of Thomas Cathcart, one of the pio- neers of this place and Morton See- man of Deer River ‘were married” at St. John’s Episcopal church last Sat- urday evening by Rev. Mr. Johnson. Miss Lorma Sinclair of Rainy River and Vernon Seeman were the at- tendants. A reception at the Cath- cart home followed the ceremony at the church. They will reside at Deer River. -FARMERS’ CLUB TO MEET SAT. The Bemidji Farmers’ club will meet at the farm of A. H. Jester, Sat- urday, Sept. 11. A picnic dinner will be served. ‘“‘Rural Routes” will be discussed. The public is invited. DIVORCE IS GRANTED A decree granting a divorce to Carl Borgerson and Katie Bogerson has been placed on file at the court house. HENRIONNET TO CONDUCT DE- PARTMENT AT TROPPMAN’S Roland Henrionn‘et, who has been conducting a jewelry store in Ny- more, will move his stock to the Troppman Department Store and will conduct a -jewelry department there. IS NAMED ADMINISTRATOR J. H. Sapy of Mankato was named as administrator for the estate of Louis Sporehouse, in the probate court: today. HILL TO SPEAK AT * . BAGLEY SEPT, 15 James J. Hill will deliver an ad- dress at 'the Clearwater county fair at Bagley Sept. 15 at five o’clock in the afternoon. A number of Be- midji people are planning to attend the fair on that date and hear Mr. Hill. . SCOOP ferorter REPORTER JUNE SETTLEMENT IS LARGEST IN ~ COUNTY'S HISTORY Totals $269,215.51--Bemidji Received $16,830.76 — Nymore . $856.24— Town of Bemidji $639.86. INCREASE DUE TO LARGER DITCH ASSESSMENTS School Distriots, Townships and Vil- lages Receive Their Apportionment Wilton Receives Only $7.49. The 1915 June settlement which has just been completed, is the la’rg- est settlement ever made in' the his- tory of Beltrami county, according to a report made today at the county auditor’s office. . The total amount of the settlement is $269,215.81. The increase is due to increase in taxes and ditch assessments. > Composed of Funds. The fund is made up and comprised of the following funds: State fund, $17,754.74; County State loan, $7,- 687.12; County fund, $53,439.86; Town funds, $45,628.03; Village Funds, $24,853.66; School District ‘und, $73,702.94; Current School fund, §$5,110.85; State loans, Town- <hip, $1,061.33; Village, $3,143.84; School, $4,488.30; Sanatorium, $3,- State Rural Highway fund, 04.95; Ditches, $26,999.74. Bemidji Gets $16,930.76. The city of Bemidji received $16,- $20.76 of the total fund as its share i the cettlement. School distriet No. T received $15,637.17 as its tare; School district No. 4, $1,320. 13; School district No. 6, $263.32; Town of Bemidji, $639.86; Town of Frohn, $1,461.59; Town of Grant Valley, $894.81; Town of Northern, $1,679.76; Town of Eckles, $697.14; Town of Turtle River, $823.49; Vil- lage of Nymore, $856.24; Village of Blackduck, $1,117.27; Village of Kelliher, $992.40; 'Village of Bau- dette, $1,560.21; Village of Ten- strike, $103.76; Village of Spooner, $3,194.19; Village of Wilton, $7.49. Each school district, township and village received its share of the set- tlement. MRS. ELMER BERTELSON - DIES IN CROOKSTON ‘Word has been received in Bemidji of the death of Mrs. Elmer Bertelson of Crookston, Saturday morning, af- ter an illness of only a month. She was very well known in this eity and the news of her death came as a great surprise. Death was due to indigestion and heart trouble. She was 29 years old at the time of her death, and prior to her marriage to Dr. Bertelson, June 19, 1913, at Twin Falls, Idaho, she had been a teacher in the Crook- ston public schools for five years. Mrs. Bertelson was the organizer of the senior camp fire girls of Crook- ston and since that time has aiways been their guardian, as well as the head guardian of the other three camps in Crookston. She took an active interest in their work and was the idol of all the girls in these organizations. During the outing of the senior camp fire girls at. the Ro- saan cottage at Lavinia this summer, Mrs. Bertelson acted as chaperon. The Crookston Times gives the fol- lowing account of the funeral ser- vices: Funeral Held Tuesday. Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Elmer Bertelson, who died Saturday morning, were held from the Congregational church at 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Paul Albert officiating at the impressive ceremonies. Messrs. Os- car Frederickson, Gilbert Hage, E. E. Turnquist, E. B. Caanan, A. O. Bus- terud and E. E. Rossberg acted as pallbearers. The church was filled with friends of the deceased who paid their last respects to the dead. The services were also attended by the different camp fire girls’ organi- zations, Mrs. Bertelson being the or- ganizer of the same. The floral of- ferings were many and beautiful. (Beltrami Gounty Wins|GIRLS AND WOMEN First Prize at Fair on Potatoss St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 8.—Bel- trami county. was awarded first prize on potatoes at the Minne- sota State Fair today. The Bel- trami county exhibit was award- ed third prize in county exhibits. SEVEN “FORTIES” SOLD AT STATE LAND SALE TODAY Oscar Arneson, Chief Clerk Land De- Department, Office of J. A. 0. Preus, State Auditor,” Conducts Sale, CRUISERS WILL OPEN UP MORE LANDS IN COUNTY SOON State Official Reports Excellent Crops and Small Damage by Frost; Business is Good. Seven ‘“forties” of state land were sold this morning at a sale at the court house conducted by Oscar Ar- neson, chief clerk of the land depart- ment in the office of J. A. O. Preus, state auditor. Among those who pur- chased the lands were Oscar Halmlie, Cass Lake, Frank B. Lamson, Be- midji and Charles J. Johnson of Shooks. Another sale will be con- ducted in Bemidji October 13. Goes to Crookston. Mr. Arneson left this afternoon for Crookston on personal business and will return to Walker tomorrow Wwhere he will conduct another sale of lands. “The list of lands in Beltrami at present are small” said Mr. Arneson today. ““However, we expect to send cruisers into the country in the very near future and'locate more lands. Bert Case, who is in chdrge of the corps of cruisers is at present meas- uring stumps in, Cass county relative to the timber spld “on' state lands and ‘as soon as he ‘finishes this he will receive orders to move into Bel- trami county. Best Crop in History. ‘“Minnesota is going to see the best crop in the history of the state this year, in my opinion. There has been several reports of frost but I find that Jowa has suffered more than Minnesota. There was no frost near the Twin Cities. Everything is look- ing fine and we should look forward to an excellent year.” FOREST FIRES RAGE NEAR SPOONER BORDER Spooner, Minn., Sept. 8.—Forest fires are raging along the Canadian border, in the Rainy River district between here and Fort Frances. FORT SNELLING TO GET 28th INFANTRY ‘Washington, Sept. 8.—Instead of re-establishing at some other point the second division camp destroyed at Texas City in the recent great. gulf storm, the war department has de- cided to disintegrate the division. The 28th infantry will go to Fort Snell- ing, Minn. VISITING AT SUMMER HOTEL Mrs. J. B. Weiman of Grand Forks and Mrs. F. F. Bolton of Duluth are visiting at the Birchmont hotel. VISITING MRS. RHEA. Mrs. W. S. Hughes of Bowen, Ill., is visiting Mrs. George Rhea. Miss Nell Hanson of the Bemidji Abstract company, left yesterday af- ternoon for Minneapolis and St. Paul. While in the cities she will attend the state fair. No Ghance For Argument MAKE GRENADES NEAR FIRING LINE William Philip Simms, Pioneer Cor- respondent Through Uniter Press, Writes of French Scenes. SINGLE SHOP FURNISHES 10,000 ENGINES OF WAR DAILY 0ld, Young, Grandmotherly and Be- spectacled Women Enter Work With Patriotic Fervor. (By William Philip Simms) (United Press Staff Correspondent) (Copyright 1915 by United Press.) (Copyrighted in Great Britain.) With the French aimy at the front, Aug. 6.--(By mail) —TYoung girls and ‘women the ¢ principal workers in the factories ‘where bombs, high explosive shells, hand grenades and similar man-kill- 3 ing devices are Phtl StmS magufactured. It strikes one as odd that frail women should be making the terrible en- gines of war, yet they seem to like their job, entering into the work with a patriotic fervor which one is coming more and more to associate with' the countrywomen of Jean d’- Arec. ‘are Shops Near Line. Out here, surprisingly near the fir- ing line, there is a steel and iron works which in times of peace made pots and pans for the cooking, of fried potatoes, the boiling of cabbage and the stewing of ragouts. Now the military are in charge and mor- tars from 60 milimeters to 8 inches are the factory’s products, those and the projectiles hurled from their muz- zles. Also several varieties of grenades, bombs and petards are supplied here. “Lemon” is Hand Grenade. The “lemon” is one of the newest and most effective of the many brands of hand grenades. It is like- wise the simplest. It is made he shape of a-lemon, from-which its nickname, and at one end is pro- vided with a sort of button with coil- spring—a button working on the same prineiple as the one you use in ringing for Marie to serve the coffee. This button is harder to operate, of course, as it sets off the grenade when pushed in and were it too easy on the trigger it would be too dangerous to operate. Before throwing the bomb you simply hit the button about as you would open a bottle of soda-pop. Make Serious Wounds. Here is how the hand grenades are made: First the shell is cast, a shell some quarter of an inch thick. It is in- dented all over to insure its bursting into innumerable fragments when ex- (Continued on last page.) GERMANS CAPTURE RAILWAY JUNCTION Berlin, Sept. 8.—German troops have captured_Volkovyak, an import- ant railway junction, 48 miles from Grodno, says the war department here this afternoon. 233 LICENSE FOR HUNTING ISSUED The number of licenses for hunt- ing of small game took a jump at the court -house today. The opening of the season caused many people to secure their licenses yesterday and to- day. Up to nooy today 233 licenses had been issued. REGISTERED AT THE MARKHAM L. E. Chambers, Brainerd; Oscar Arneson, St. Paul; R. A. Wolfe, Grand’ Forks; P. M. McDonnell, H. Iveh and C. Cloudy, Duluth; C. H. Greenwald, Valley City and J. Mor- gen and wife, Walker. KKK KR KRR KK KRR K KE x . WILSON BREAKS PRECEDENTS FOR EXECUTIVE DIGNITY ‘Washington, D. C., Sept. 8. — President Wilson today broke all precedents for ex- ecutive dignity. Instead of summoning Secretary Lansing to the White House for a con- ference the president saunter- ed across the street to the state department for the con- ference. He climbed the state department steps instead of using the elevator. * % I R R R e R S R R * ok dokkok ok ok ok ok kk ok ok ok kK KRR ERREK KK KKK DISTRICT COURT SESSION SEPT. 24 Calendar of 72 Civil Cases to be Con- sidered — Naturalization Hear- ings to be Held. District court will open its -fall term at the court house September 14th when the grand jury will meet. A number of cases will come before the jury for consideration. The petit jury will meet at nine o’clock Sept. 15. The calendar of civil cases has been prepared. There will be- 72 cases this year including a number of cases for the collection of taxes. Several of the important cases to be considered are Helena Klyberg against the Fidelity & De- posit company of Maryland and Jokn Bye and M. M. Sullivan, a suit com- menced against liquor dealers, alleg- ing cause of accident which caused death of her husband, Call England against J. R. Pacha, Edward Boyle and John N. Schjeie, a personal in- jury suit and Orville K. Titus against the Crookston Lumber company in a personal injury suit.’ Naturalization hearings will be held on the morning of Sept. 14. Judge W. S. McClenahan will be on the bench. AMERICAN MAY HAVE LOST LIFE ON HESPERIAK London, Sept.-8.__It was impossi- ble here today: to. confirm the state- ment’ in ‘the Daily Mail that a -man named Wolf, 21, born in New Jer- sey, had lost his life through the sinking of the Hesperian by a tor- pedo several days ago. The Mail re- ported that the consul at London had been officially informed. U. 8. to Wait. Washington, Sept. 8.—The pres- ent position of the United States gov- erment in the Hesperian sinking is to take no steps to question the good faith-of:Germany’s recent assurances unless it is shown clearly that the sinking of the ship was in violation of them. IS FIRST HUNT VICTIM Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 8.—The first victim of the sunting season was Mrs. William Morgan, the wife of the manager of a wholesale grocery here. She was formerly a resident of Crookston. Yesterday she was in- jured from a discharge of a shotgun from a- passing = automobile. The identity .of the occupants of the au- tomobile is not known. Mrs. Morgan was taken to the hos- pital and may recover. GERMAN NOTE ON ARABIC REGEIVED Berlin, Sept. 8.—Germany’s note to the United States on the torpedo- ing of the Arabic was given to Am- bassador Gerard last night. The con- tents of the note are unannounced but it is understood that Germany defends the sinking of the liner by the repert of the commander of the submarine that he feared an attack. Miss Beatrice Mills, librarian, will g0 to Minneapolis this evening where she will spend a week attending the Minnesota state fair and visiting By “HOP" LEPPELINS IN AIR RAID ATTACK EAST (COAST OF ENGLAND; - MRGRAFTS AGTIVE Four German Fliers Attack Several Small Towns; Tenxeparudhllod, : Several Missing. Miners at Cardiff Again Ordered to Strike; Liner Duro Submarined; & Von Tirpitz Not Resigned. London, Sept. 8.__It is officially admitted here that ten people wor‘o killed in last night’s Zeppelin raid on England’s east coast. Three others are reported missing. They are believed to be buried be- neath the debris of several buildings that were destroyed. Fear Dutch Neutrality. Amsterdam, _Sept. 8.—Four Zeppe- lins are believed to have participated - in a raid on the east coast of England last night. Outlying Dutch garrisons fired up- on the Zeppelins which were proceed- ing in a southwesterly direction, fearing that the Zeppelins violated the Dutch neutrality. - ui7 3 Aviation Camps Destroyed. Paris, Sept. 8.—The war dej ment this afternoon reportedifhat an air warfare on a huge scale, was staged last night along the Flanders front in France. 5 e French aviators, according to ‘the report, dropped 60 bombs on the Ger- man aviation camps at Medard apd Diuzze. The French and the Eng- lish also raided an aviation camp at Ostend. German aviators dropped bombs in the vicinity of Nancy and killed several civilians. : 3,500 Miners Strike. - Cardiff, Eng., Sept. 8.—For the third time ‘since the war begen & strike has been called in the South ‘Wales “coal district this aftexm Over 3,600 miners refused to W account of the employment: of™; union miners. & 3 Crew Reported Saved. London, Sept. 8.—The Ellerman- liner, Duro, has been submarined and sunk. The crew was landed. Von Tirpitz on Vacation. Berlin, Sept. 8.—Official reports here deny that Admiral von Tirpitz has resigned or contemplates resign- ing. He is merely on a vacation. FOUR CHILDREN " BURN TO DEATH ette, Manitoba; Remains Are Found. Winnipeg, Ont., Sept. 8.—The four children of H. Wolfsohn were " burned to death this morning when their home at South Lorette, Mani- toba, was destroyed by fire. The children ranged from four to tem years of age. The father was sleeping on the 7 second floor of the structure with - the childreg when the fire broke out. In a hospital this afternoon he was unable to give a coherent story. Mrs. Wolfsohn gave birth to a son several days ago and was at the hoa- pital when the home was destroyed. Cremated portions of the .Iltt'lt_ bodies have been found in the ruins of the home. 3% INVESTIGATING DUMBA CASE - Washington, Sept. 8.—It is under- der stood here that officials are seek: ing further information in the Ijux;._\ ba case. SECTION BOSS SHOT : Cummings, N. D., Sept. 8.—Tony Sultan, an Italian employed by the Great Northern as section foreman here was shot and badly wounded last night in a quarrel with Menoti Lorefice, another Italian. & o - 4 IOWANS VIEWING LANDS J. C. Fisher and wife and daughter. of Thayer, Ia., are in Bemidji today. Mr. Fisher owns some land n'elriNcb-j ish and is looking over the commtry. with a view of buying more lan F. S. Porter and wife, also of Thayer, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Fisher to this city. . % Mrs. Burns of Cass Lake to Mlnnaapollsnthis evening, she will spend several days.