Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1915, Page 1

1 i R ] THE BEMIDJT D. VOLUME 13, NO. 226. BEMIDJ], MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915. — = JURY REFUSES T0 GIVE NYMORE ", ENT DAMAGES Returns a Vera. Bemidji in the v Michael Micha. e, “wor of City of “ght by VERDICT GRANTED LAST YEAR FOR $500 DAMAGES Alleged That Property Was Damaged When Nymore Road Was Constructed. The jury in the district court in the case of Michael Michaelson against the City of Bemidji returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon for the City of Bemidji. Lands Were Damaged. Michaelson alleged that his lands ‘were damaged when the city con- structed the street to Nymore and asked for $1,000 damages. About a year ago he received a verdict for $500 and the city was granted a new trial. The jury yesterday refused to give Michaelson any damages. Built Street on Petition. The street to Nymore was con- structed on a petition of the resi- dents of Nymore. Charles W. Scrutchin was the at- torney for Mr. Michaelson and P. J. Russell, city attorney, represented the City of Bemidji. TO TOUR COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH FORD AGENCIES C. W. Jewett, in company with €. C. Hildebrand and J. W. Brown of Minneapolis, left today in a Ford touring car for a tour of Beltrami and neighboring counties, with a view of visiting all sub-agencies for Ford cars in the Bemidji district. Mr. Hildebrand is Northwest rep- resentative for Ford cars and makes this an anpual business trip. The party will visit Blackduck, Kelliher, Baudette, Spooner, International Falls and other north county towns, going over newly made roads where cars have mnever before traveled. They expect to return in about a week. DEAD OF ILL-FATED SUBMARINE ARRIVE ‘AT SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Sept. 21.—The eight flag-draped caskets containing the dead of the ill-fated submarine F-4 which arrived yesterday aboard the United States steamer supply, will be shipped away tomorrow, the four identified bodies to their homes, the seventeen fragmentary bodies in four caskets to the national cemetery at Arlington, Va. PACKERS APPEAL TO U. 8. Washington, Sept. 21.—Represen- tatives of the Chicago packers will confer here today with state depart- ment officials over the judgment of the British prize court confiscating Ty MAKES REQUEST Would Prevent Fires Which Are a Large Expense to City on Account of Fire Department. ting in this great fall move- ment, which is being carried on in the larger cities throughout thé United States. x * * “DRESS-UP” WEEK x * OCTOBER 2 TO 9 * 'I'H AT cmMNEYs x s 3 * The week beginning Satur- * day, Oct. 2, has been desig- BE c l E A N E D * nated “Dress-Up” week by * Bemidji merchants. Nearly —_— * twenty stores are co-opera- x * * * * « *h Ak ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ke KKK KKK KK KKK K BEMIDJI NORMAL DEPARTMENT HAS FOURTEEN STUDENTS Work Consists of Preparing for Teaching in Rural Schools; Under State Supervision. FIRE COSTS FROM $15 TO $30 A RUN Mayor William McCuaig today is- sued an order requesting that all the citizens and property owners in Bemidji to see that the chimneys are cleaned so as to avoid chimney fires. Calls for Fire. Nearly all the calls for the fire department in the last few weeks have been on account .of chimney fires and each call means a cost to the city of from $15 to $30, al- though the damage to the chimney and to the house is slight. Small Expense to Owners. “If the residents and property owners would spend just a small sum to have their chimneys cleaned it would be a large saving for the city,” said Mayor McCuaig this morn- ing. “The saving of fire depart- ment expenses means much to Be- midji at this time and is in direct line with ‘the city council’s endeavor to run the city economically. Every citizen should do his share to aid in this movement.” MEMBERS VISIT AND INSPECT SCHOOLS NEAR CITY The Bemidji high school has four- teen students in its normal depart- ment. The students Gladys Elaine Boyd, Pearl Konoske, Lucile Steidl, Elizabeth Titus, Esther Peter- son and Florence Thatcher from Be- midji, Erma Dye, Turtle River, Elsie Grinols, South Haven, Rachel Ger- linger, Spur, Florence Hayes, Wilton, are Selma Hedman and Lenora Louise Ryan, Guthrie, Helen Jones, Nebish, and Sadie Rack, Solway. Review Studies. At present the work in the nor- mal department consists of the re- view of arithmetic and geography with the best method of teaching; drawing for all grades of pupils; pedagogy; penmanship; observation of the work of the city teachers and the best rural schools near Bemidji. Practical teaching will begin as soon as the students are prepared for the work. Visit Rural School. Last week the members of the nor- mal department visited the school southeast of Bemidji taught by Miss Lottie Madson. The schools at Nary and Guthrie will be inspected soon. There_are 130 normal schools in the state from which 1,800 students graduated last spring. The normal departments were organized for the betterment of rural schools and are under a state supervisor, Miss Mabel Carney, who is a rural specialist. FUNERAL OF CAPT. HAYES HELD AT GRAND FORKS Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 21.—The funeral of Captain John Hayes, who dropped dead of heart failure at Deer River, Minn.,, Wednesday, was held this morning in this ecity. Lieut. Phil Hayes, the surviving son, arrived in Grand Forks Satur- day from West Point where he is an instructor. BREWERY SELLS ICE . $15,000,000 worth of their products, Acting Secretary Polk will see legal representatives of the packers, who are expected to ask the government to intercede with the British authori- ties by diplomatic negotiations. PENROSE NOMINATING MAYOR Philadelphia, Sept. 21.—Philadel- phia Republicans today are nomin- ating former postmaster, T. B. Smith, for mayor and Nov. 2 they probably will elect him to the office. Every indication is that the Penrose organization will have things its own way once more, which is a pleasant thing for the organization since two hundred million dollars’ worth of municipal contracts will be awarded during the next mayor’s term. 13,000,000 AT FAIR. San Francisco, Sept. 13.—Attend- ance at the Panama-Pacific exposi- tion has reached the 13,000,000 mark it was announced today. The aver- age daily attendance since the expo- tion opened has been 61,311. The thirteenth million visited the expo- sition within the last two weeks. JUDGE TO TWIN CITIES. Judge M. A. Clark of the probate ecourt has gone to the Twin Cities on business. BUNDY GASE AGAINST BOX CO. DISMISSED The case of A. A. Bundy against the Bemidji Box company.was dis- Fergus Falls, Sept. 21.—The Fer- gus Falls Brewing company has util- ized a part of its plant for the manu- facture of ice. It delivers to hun- dreds of customers. The company manufactures ten tons every 24 hours. TOWN AND COUNTRY GLUB IS BEING ORGANIZED Bemidji’s Town and Country club is being organized. Twenty-two cit- izens have already signified their in- tention of joining the club. As soon as 40 applications have been ve- ceived a permanent organization will be formed. The club proposes to build a club- house near the new Birchmont Beach hotel and will have a golf course and tennis courts. Those in charge of the organiza- tion plan to have the club organized before winter so that the clubhouse and grounds can be completed in time for spring opening. - SCOO A THING WITH OuT ~OUR GLASSES CANTCHUH EVEN SEEWHUTIGQOT N MY HAND? - THE CUB REPORTER missed in the district court this morning. The court is considering the case of T. L, Thompson against B. H. Smith this afternoon. l The postoffice at Baker, N. D., blown by expert workmen this morn- ing, over $700 in stamps and about $76 in cash being obtained. not discover the robbery till morning. turned about 1 o’clock, parties living nearby hearing about that hour. ROBBERS BURGLARIZE BAKER, N. D., POSTOFFICE Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 21.— was The men turned a clean job, neat- ly wrecking the safe and gaining easy access to its. contents. Otto Anderson, the postmaster, did this He believes the trick was some disturbance There is no clew to the identity of the operators. Baker is on the Fordville-Drake line of the Soo road. " WILSON TO SEE BRYAN ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—President Wilson this morning made an en- gagement with Bryan for Wednesday. It is known what will be discussed. CONGREGATION AGGEPTS William Jennings not. RESIGNATION OF PASTOR A meeting of the congregation of the First Presbyterian church was held in the Church last evening and the resignation of Dr. Rev. 8. E. P. White was accepted. Dr. White has accepted a call from the First Presbyterian church of Longmont, Col. At thé meeting last evening a com- mijttee was appointed to secure a new pastor for the local church. A reception will be held for Rev. Dr. White before he leaves Bemidji. He expects to be relieved by Oct. 10. TO SPEND $200,000 FOR NEW HIGHWAYS ‘Walker, Minn., Sept. 21.—Bids are to be let this week for the construc- tion of over a hundred miles of highway in Cass county, connecting the county seat with all the six vil- lages of the county. The bids are for two main roads, one being 76 miles in length and the other 28 miles, at an estimated cost of over $200,000. The county has“bonded it- self to finance the work, and it is ex- pected that grading will commence as soon as the bid is accepted, there being scores of horses, dredges and other road construction equipment already on the ground to commence operations. ” One of these highways will shorten the distance by auto road to the cities from Cass, Hub- bard and Beltrami counties by eight- een miles. KRR KK KKK KRN *.r * %k WAS A MINE VICTIM SAYS GERMANY Berlin, via London, Sept. 21.—The German admiralty is now absolutely certain that the Allen line steamer, Hes- Derian, was not destroyed by a German submarine. All the under-water boats which were put out at the time of the disaster have now returned to their bases and it is stated that none of them torpedoed - the steamer. ; ; On the contrary it is said that the admiralty is con- vinced the disaster was due to a floating non-German mine. AKX AKAKX KA A AKX A A KA A KKk k kK d ok ok ok kkokkkkkkkhkk ok kkokok ok Kk KRKKKK R KKK K K KKK THO YEAR OLD BOY IS BADLY BURNED Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Worth Climbs Into a Tub. of Hot Water. Frances, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Worth, was badly burned Sunday when he climbed in-: to a tub of hot water. Mr. and Mrs. Worth were not at home and’ a daughter was prepar- ing to bathe the little fellow. While she was getting cold” water to add to the hot water which she had in the tub, the little fellow climbed into the tub and his body and arms were burned. His arms were burned very bad. BUSINESS BLOCKS BEING REPAIRED New Fronts Are Being Built for Knopke and Troppman Blocks. | Two Bemidji property owners are spending’ over $10,000fin improve- niénts on their business ‘blocks. The Knopke block is being repaired and a new front will be built for the Gust Brown store and a new tile floor will be laid. The Troppman department store is having a new brick wall front erected for its building. Thomas Johnson, architect, has charge of the repairing to both buildings. DUMBA TO LEAVE ON ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 28 New York, Sept. 21.—Dr. Con- stantin T. Dumba, the Austro-Hun- garian ambassador whose recall was asked by President Wilson, has re- served passage on the steamer Rot- terdam which sails from this port Tuesday, Sept. 28. . The Rotterdam’s port of destina- tion is Rotterdam, Holland, whence the ambassador may travel through neutral territory into Germany and thence to Vienna. The Rotterdam will make on this trip her usual call at Falmouth, England, but it is as- sumed that the ambassador has re- ceived assurances through the United States government that his safe pas- sage is guaranteed. 269 MINERS TRAPPED IN ENGLISH MINE Nunzation, England, Sept. 21.— An explosion in a mine near here has trapped 269 miners. At the lower levels of the mine ten bodies have already been' recov- ered. It is feared that the loss will be heavy. : WORLD'S SERIES DATE IS SET AMERICAN BANKERS WILL MAKE LOAN T0 WAR NATIONS Way is Clearsd and Proposed Loan Will Be Made; Exchange Will Stabilized. ; WILL NOT USE MONEY FOR WAR MUNITIONS New York, Sept. 21.—Munitions of war will not be allowed to block the proposed big credit loan to Great Britain and France, nor will -the $600,000,000 or $800,000,000 to be secured be locked up at once in a New York treasury chest, according to a concensus of opinion of those in close touch with negotiations for raising the money. “The big thing is to stabilize the exchange; then the matter of paying for munitions automatically takes care of itself,” a prominent banker | said. Exports of munitions, it was esti- mated, constitute considerably less than 25 per cent of the total value of American shipwents to Great Britain and France. _ Exchange to Be Stabilized. Leaving them out of the calcula- tions, if provisions be made for the shipment of soil products and the chief manufactured articles exchange will, in the opinion of bankers, be- come stabilized. It would not then be difficult to find a method of pay- ing for munitions, if it were absolute- ly necessary to adopt a different method, it is believed. Gold or Am- erican securities or some other meth- od of paying could be arranged. On this point the "Anglo-French commission was said to be substan- tially in accord with the views of their American associates. The com- mission is reported to have taken the altitude that their first task was to stabilize exchange; and that the mat- tér of paying for munitions which ‘was said recently to have become a question of considerable variance of opinion, is to be subordinated to this. Favor Installment Plan, It. was reported on good authority tentative proposals now up for adop- tion provide for installment sub- seriptions on the part of the guaran- tors, such installments to'be paid ‘as necessity arises for the use of the fund. In some quarters it was as- sumed that the sum each bank should pledge would be payable in four equal installments, subject to call, and that bonds would be issued as each installment was paid. The idea of tying up the full amount of the loan at once seemed to be unattractive to both parties to the negotiations. It was reported today, but without confirmation, that a member of one of the chief New York banks of the so-called pro-German group had made overtures to the commission looking for the placing of its name on the subseription roll. THREE MORE NATIONS MAY JOIN ALLIES Three more nations, Rumania, Bul- garia and Greece, may plunge into war. The Rumanian capital is wildly excited on account of reports.that the German troops have been transported within a striking distance of the Serbian ‘and Rumanian frontiers. Berlin’s official statement German batteries are on the Serbian frontier have apparently not been re- ceived. The Rumanians believe that the forces have been massed aiong the frontier for demonstration in case the Rumanians show signs of en- tering the war on the side of the al- lies. SIX-FOR-A-QUARTER FIGHT ON Trenton,” N. J., Sept. 21.—This city today began a death grapple, hefore the Public Utilities commis- Chicago, IIl., Sept. 21.—The date of sioners, with the street railway for- the world’s series baseball games has been tentatively.set to begin Friday, Oct. 8. This date, however, is in- definite. What Good Is A (6-Inch Gun If You Can't See To Shoot It ces to decide whether the latter have ,the right to discontinue selling strip tickets at the rate of six for a quar- ter. that | LR RS LS E S ] Amaterdm_n, Sept. 21.— Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince “Jochim were slightly injured ‘when the imperial automobile was wrecked in Berlin, ac- cording to word received here today. There are no details of the accident available. Kk ok khkokkkhkhk ok ki * ok ok kk ok ok ok ok ok ok k KR KK KKK KK KKK KKK AGENTS AFTER LAW VIOLATORS Seize Auto Carrying Intoxicants; Whisky is Wrapped in Baby Clothing. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 21.— Government agents are after liquor law violators who are attempting to take intoxicants into the treaty ter- ritory to the northward. - Notice was received here of the seizure of an automobile belonging to Anton Kauffman, of the town of Newton, to- gether with 140 quarts of beer and two gallons of whisky that were be- ing brought from Wadena. The seizure was by Special Officer L. W. Carson, and application has been made to the-United States court for an order to dispose of the confis- cated property. James Bunker, who was coming up from Ponsford with three quarts of aleohol, was captured at about the same time and is now in the county jail here, awaiting the action of the coming term of the United States court. & % The officers also discovered several bottles of whisky that were being’| shipped from Little Falls to a prom- inent Perham man. The bottles were wrapped in some baby clothing and stored in a trunk, but the gov- ernment officers heard them click as the baggage man threw the trunk upon the platform. ACTIVITIES OF RAIEROAD SUSPENDED Athens, Sept. 21.—Advices receiv- ed here from diplomatic sources are to the effect that freight traffic has been suspended 6n° the Bulgarian railroad since last Saturday.” Forty-five thousand Bulgarians in Macedonia and Thrace have been called to the colors. The leader of the Agrarian party in Bulgaria is declared to have threatened King Ferdinand with a revolution if the alleged Germanphile policy of Bulgaria was continued. The king is reported to have replied that the government was pursuing the policy which best served Bulga- ria’s interests. BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BY AEROPLANE Berlin, Sept. 21.—A biplane was shot down by a British aeroplane west of .St. Quentin this morning. The bipl#me was a German machine and the aviator was killed. An ob- server was imprisoned. VON HINDENBURG CUTS RAILROAD Berlin, Sept. 21.—The war office this afternoon announced that Field Marshal von Hindenburg had cut the Vilna-Branovitshi - railroad over which the Russians hoped to retreat from Vilna. BROTHER OF DR. E. W. LARSON IS DEAD ‘Word was received in Bemidji this morning by Dr. E. W. Larson of the death of his brother at Dresser Junc- tion, Wis. Dr. Larson left today for that place. A F. OF LABOR FAVORS CARRANZA ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—The execu- tive council of the American Federa- tion of Labor has authorized Gompers to draft resolutions favoring the re- cognition of General Carranza in the exican controversy. QUEEN WILHELMINA DEATH IN ACCIDENT Returns From Parliament and Auto- mobiles Collide; Occupants Bruised. KAISER AND PRINCE JOCHIM INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Czar Not as Good a Leader as Grand Duke Nicholas, Say War Crities. The Hague, Sept. 21.—Queen Wil- helmina and six-year-old Princess Julian narrowly escaped death this morning when an automobile collided into another automobile ‘when the queen was returning from the gov- erament buildings where she ad- dressed the opening of Parliament. The occupants of the car were slightly bruised. Queen Wilhelmina urged Parlia- ment to eliminate the present hind- rances in regards to woman suffrage. RUSSIANS SHOW POOR STRATEGY London, Sept. 21.—The Times military critic in an article today hints that the Czar of Russia is not as good a leader as the deposed Grand Duke. He hints that the Rus- sians will be unable to escape cap- ture at Vilna. ‘He said in the article that poor strategy permitted the Germans to sweep around and seize the railways east of Vilna. GERMANY ADVISES LARGE FLAGS FOR SHIPS ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—Germany has advised American ship owners to paint larger American flags upon the ships that traverse the war zone. TURKS RUSH TROOPS TO DARDANELLES Athens, Sept. 21.—Turkish troops are being rushed to reinforce the troops at the Dardanelles, in prepara- tion for a renewed allied offensive. BRITISH STEAMER = IS SUBMARINED ST EAgpe London, Sept. 21.—The British steamer Linksmoor, 4,000 tons, has been submarined and sunk. The crew was saved. ZEPPELIN RAIDER IS BLOWN FROM CRAFT London, Sept. 21.—The Daily-Ex- press today asserts that one Zeppelin raider in a recent raid on London was blown from his machine by shrapnel. The body was found. Doctor Stigler, commandef of the Zeppelins, was missing when the dirigibles returned to their base. BATTLE FOR DVINSK HAS BEGUN Berlin, Sept. 21.—The battle for the Dvinsk bridge has begun. The civilian population is evacuating the city. 800,000 SLAVS AT BAY; MUST SLASH WAY OUT Petrograd, Sept. 21.—Three hun- dred thousand Russian troops falling back from the region of Vilna are under heavy attack on both flanks by the Germans, who are making hercu- lean efforts to surround them. Their position is more than that of any Russian army since the great Austro-German campaign began. But every confidence was ex- pressed here today that the Slavs either will make good their retire- ment without being forced into a general battle or, failing in this, will smash their way out of the Ger- man trap. Germans Have Losses. The Germans have suffered enor- mous losses in the past few days in their attempts to encircle the Rus- sian Vilna armies. Cavalry forces attacking the right of the retiring Slav forces are being mowed down by Russian artillery, but persist in their attacks. The Bavarians, at- tempting to cut off the Russian re- treat from the south, are within a few miles of the Lida-Baranovitshi railway, but are meeting with most stubborn resistance. Force May Be 500,000. The Russian army menaced since thé fall of Vilna by the German en- circlifig movement, is estimated vaguely at 250,000 to 500,000 men. The jaws of the German ‘“‘trap’” are about 60 miles apart. Through this opening the troops of the Czar began withdrawing last Friday. The war office points out that the roads and flelds are in splendid condition for a hasty retirement. EDITOR VISITS BEMIDJL. Editor A. C. Wiltse of the Bagley . Independent was in Bemidji yester- day on business. 4 - NARROWLY ESCAPES - - critical |