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

VOLUME 13, NO. 231. GITY OF BEMIDJI I*il!i** i#i##ffii FourAustrlansArrested ALLIES MAKE DRIVING SMASHES « - The Northweést wheat crop x * d; Escaped |; somemweonee 1 GERNMAN LOSSES HEAVY, REPORT; : TOREDEEMS25,000 | Here Deported; Escaped |} iix ; . x The oats ergn of Minnesota s BONDS, 0CTOBER | From Canadian Camp| w s smows s san ot + CZAR HALTS EASTERN ATTACKS X % 40 per cent. * ¥ The total grain crop of Min- % f * * % 1- !llllfilll «l!liii $10,000 wmr% . $1,000 Eall IRXKK AKX KX KK XRKK N pojoral Offioer Montgomery Takes|* nosots, the Dakotas and Mon- * |Balkans Are Deadlocked—Bulgaria |y x: 3 |@erman. Losses on Western Front and Jail Bonds, $8,0%, “rovement DRUNK; IS FINED 3| Men to Winnipeg Where They |[J jeie Wl excted 900,000,000 | Awaits Proposals of Allies, % GREEKS ORDERED HOME X| = Estimated by British to Be = * BUT HAPPY; THINKS % i 5 5 : 8 s 2 Bonds to Be Tao, x " HE HAS $50 IN CASH * WiIL: Bo- Eatewand? : ?“}“ ““'!W"‘:“"ifli Wfi;‘tfl * 15 Report, * Washington, Sept. 27.— % Hedrly 100000, » - x el and wages are counted in the * The Greek legation this after- % * hundreds of millions. * |SERBIA AND GREECE AWAIT X hat all y CITY COUNCIL TO MEET IN * George Lynne, a transient, +ARRESTED AT BLACKDUCK 34 o above AEs Jhec b et % C noon announced that all % BULGARIA HESITATES ABOUT X was arrested Saturday after- & BY IMMIGRATION AGENTS 5 WORD FROM RUMANIA [¥ Greek reservists, Slasses from ¥ JOINING WITH TEUTONS REGULAR SESSION TONIG, < . noon by Chief of Police Rip- * i : ::‘:‘:::! :’;’ oi cah. ltora : ot e % 1892-1911, have been called * 7| * ple on & charge of drunken- % Y 4 2 ¥ home. The order will be pub- & 1 Refund of License Money to Saloon | Xi nem, *|Enter United States by Crossing : m‘:.:l:;;? g::kzw:: :e . : s P B ‘Ssy That| % lished fn Gresk newspapers. | London Papers Ask Moderation of At the jai : 2 5 ilization is Rapi * There are 55,000 Greek re- i : 5 ' Owners Will Be Discussed; If Or- T st it rl.eLZ:a“;er?n - Rainy River on a Raft, £ § e s hii:d;hpmy & adielala fp the United sestes” x| TR Allied Drive, Fearing That dered Will Cost City $6,000. * his possession when arrested * Say Officers. B *‘;’ * f.f' b | e * i English Lossey Are Heavy. Ll % and that the chief of police * —_— : T Tien & ¥ Several Greeks of Bemidji * _— % held him up and took: the +* RUMAHIA ASKS BULGARIA TO % when advised of the above or- % FREN The City of Bemidji will redeem|* money away from him. |HAVE BEEN IN COUNTY JAIL PI.AN Tfl "“HDEH EXPLAIN MOBILIZATION | ¥ deF by & Pioneer representa- CH REPORT CAPTURE OF $25.000 boniia October . The'bonde|® This Morning In the music- 4 SINCE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY X tive stated that they would * 300 GERMAN OFFICERS to be taken up are $10,000 water * ip'uldcclmrt he changed his % = ) UTAH Gnv{n"on's Believed That Vi . : pEONEhI anawer. thigloall : i bonds, $7,000 hall and jail bonds and | L 20 d:gg:‘:l:; he ol % |Complex Problems Gonfront Officers clieved That Victories Along West-| T |\ @ o v s xxx % x 3 |BeFlin Reports Deny Big Victories $8,000 permanment improvement |y Em"e“, received & $2 fine, Near Canadian Border Since FAM"_Y IS nENlEfl ern War Arena to Have Wholesale - Although It Admits Attacks; bonds. pald it out of a fund of $3.75 Outbreak of War. Effect With Balkans. Does Not Fear Drive, Issued at 5 Per cent. % he had in his pocket and left ¥ > 15’000 GARME“T wnHKEns i A ¥ Bemidji, claiming it’s worth % . " The bonds were all issued at five X $2 to have a good drunk in | Four Austrians who wete Salt Lake City, ptah, Sept. 27.— Rome, Sept. 27.—The Balkans are STR IKE |" GH IGAGO - London, Sept. 27.—The Allies are per cent. The city council has al-|, Lpiop vou can imagine that *|arrested at Blackduck ana| WIth secret service men following |deadlocked. Bulgaria is awaiting winning at every front ::::yfl:e:h:sil:i:n::ough money to take : you have $50 in your pocket. : lodged in the county jail here Au- G(;verlnor dSp;yt's ;on to an:‘ tr::n tursth:; prop;:sal;s from the Ame? . B2 e oo The tide of battle has changed. 2 J gust 6, were yesterday taken to Win- school an letectives guarding e erbia and Teece are awaiting icago, oy ept. —Fifteen The greatest artillery smashes ever . The city council will meet in reg-| KK KX X X X K K XX XXX X K¥ |00 )0 Troneoior Montgomery of | house and members;of the governor’s | Word from Rumania. ~ thousand garment workers are|mage are being made by the Allies to- e et U — ular sesgion at the city hall night. To Discuss Rebate. The question of making rebates to former saloon owners in Bemidji whose licenses had not expired when the Indian treaty was enforced, will NARY FARM OLUB - T0 BUILD CREAMERY ‘Washington, D. C., chargel with hav- ing escaped from a Canadian ntern- ment camp. Agents Arrest Men. The men were arrested by govern- ment immigration agents. family from destruction, officials here deny all knowledge of a plot to mur- der the entire family of Governor Spry as a result of his decliation to reprieve Joseph Hillstrom. Hillstrom is a convicted murderer, a I. W. W. philosopher and poet. Dispatches from Sofia say that the mobilization is rapidly proceedin:i,, but denied that the troops were con- centrated. on the frontier of any of Bulgaria’s neighbors. Newspapers here assert that Ru- mania has requested Bulgaria to ex- threatening to strike here. The first instance of trouble began this morning when 300 tailors in the Majestic tailoring establishment walked ott. The employers said that the men were laid off. on the western front where the Ger- man losses .will reach nearly 100,- 000. German Attempts Repulsed. The Czar has halted the German The names of the men are Tony plain here mobilization. R offensive in the East and Hinden- be discussed. Fefunds on the li- . 5 Banos, Harry Maide, John Slabo and { $1,000,000 ADDED TO STATE'S berg’s attempts to reach Dvinsk and’ censes will amount to over $6,000.Meeting Held at Home of President |, .. "o .- - TRUST FUNDS IN YEAR |Riga have been repulsed. The council discussed the matter at NO WORD Fm]u AUSTHM; BULGARIAN MOBILIZATION i Saturday—Plans Discussed--Shares the last meeting but no conclusion . On Basis of Number of Cows. was reached. Several of the members spoken in favor of the rebate. STATUTORY CHARGE BEFORE DISTRIGT GOURT Case Against George Clark Taking Up Court’s Time—Will Not Be Com- pleted Until Tomorrow. have The Nary Farmers’ club held its regular monthly meeting at the home of the president, Christian Heines, Saturday afternoon. The organization of a creamery among the farmers in that section of the county was outlined by H. M. Gillette and much enthusiasm was shown favoring a farmers’ co-opera- tive creamery. Mr. Gillette stated that plans were. well under way to affect a permanent organization for a creamery at Rosby. A meeting is to be held next month at which offi- The case against George Clark of oors; Wikl ‘he elect.ed. Cows With Shares. It is alleged that they escaped from Canada and entered the United States by crossing the Rainy river on a raft. ‘When arrested the men were employ- ed by -Paddy McDonald, who was building a road near Blackduck. Washington Takes Action. Their deportation was the result of action taken by the immigration department at Washington. Complex problems have arisen to confront the federal immigration offi- cers stationed near the Canadian bor- der since the outbreak of the Euro- pean war. TENNIS GLUB Spooner on a statuatary charge is still in session in the district court| - Shares will be sold at-$10, but no before Judge W. S. McClenahan. The|share will be issued unless repre- case was called late Friday afternoon |sented by two cows. A farmer may and it is believed will not be com-|buy as many shares as he likes pro- pleted until late tomorrow. vided he has two cows furnishing Mrs. Cora Lemay was on the stand [milk per each share owned. during the greater part of today’s{ Twenty-nine farmers are support- REPORT ISSUED Secretary and' Treasurer Carl A. Johnson, Reports Club’s Finan- cial Standing. DUMBA LEAYES TOMORROW Washington, Sept. 27.—Officials here are awaiting word from Vienna regarding Dr. Dumba, the Austrian ambassador, whosé recall -has been ordered by the United States. He is scheduled to sail on the Allen liner Rotterdam témorrow and offi- cials will not grant him safe passage | unless Vienna officially recognizes the U. S. note. It is admitted .in official quarters .| that “‘something has been heard from Vienna,” and this, coupled with the hopefulness of the acting secretary of state that the Dumba matter would be adjnsted is intergreted to mean that something Trom Vienta:consist] ed of an answer to the American note in the nature of an assurance from Ambassador Frederick C. - Penfield that the matter will be ironed out satisfactorily. NOT AGGRESSIVE London Sept. 2.—Bulgaria has notified the Allies that her mobili- zation is for national interests and is not of the slightest aggressive character. Bulgaria omitted to men- tion anything in regard to Serbia, however, and Greece fears action while Bulgaria continues to parley for land grants from the Allies. WASHINGTON LEGATION RECEIVES RECALL ORDER ‘Washington, Sept. 27.—The Bul- garian legation has received word of a recall of all Bu]gnrinns in this country. . All reservists from 18 to 43 years will be ordered to return: SUCCESS MAY® RELIEVE RUSSIA P{u‘ta_, Sept. 27.—TIt is believed here that'the brilliant successes of the Al- lies on the western front will relieve Russia and have a wholesome effect 1123.95; St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 27.—More than $1,000,000 were added to the state trust funds in the year closing July 31, 1915, increasing the total holdings to the respective fortune of $34,474,905.22, all invested in safe securities, the bulk drawing 4 per cent interest. The sources of in- come. were revenues from the sale of state lands, from iron ore royalties and sales of pine and other timber. The permanent school fund received $508,260.17; the permanent univer- sity fund, $21,170.35; the internai improvement land fund, $3,644.50, and the swamp land fund, $508,- 829.14; a total of $1,039,904.16. The funds now stand as follows: Permanent school fund, $25,162,- permanent university fund, $1,627,606.62; internal improvement land fund, $2,893,166.42; swamp land fund, $4,792,000.23; total $34,- 474,905.22. The sources from which these funds have been accumulated have vielded the following amounts: Sales Rome claims fresh successes. Bulgaria, who two days ago was getting ready to join Germany, is now hésitatin; May Soon Stop. . . ¢ London newspapers are demand- ing moderation of the drive, saying that the Allies have undoubtedly suf- fered very heavily during the smash- es. It is hinted that the sudden of- fensive is merely feeling the German strength and may soon stop. Berlin Not Worried. Berlin reports that the Allies’ blows on the western front have fail- ed to make any big impression in the German lines. Berlin has no fear of the drive, it was announced. French Win Trenches, From Paris comes -the report that. French troops have occupied severai more German positions during the famous battle that is now being waged in the Champagne region. Over 300 German officers have been imprisoned. session. ing the creamery movements and-ef- on Bulgaria. . of state lands, $21,375,737.97; tim- Graham M. Torrance, county attor- | forts will be made to start with 600 E“GUSH snul‘us]’ Paris was electrified today by the |, " o100 38 7:0 593.35; iron ore | ALLIES BEGIN ney, is presenting the case for the|cows, which Mr. Gillette believes can| Carl A. Johnson, secretary and g news of the victories at Arotise and royalties ’$3 5“ 1;55 96"proflts on | GREATEST OFFENSIVE state and Attorney P. J. Russell is|easily be accomplished. He will back defending Clark. the proposition with twenty cows. - Mail Routes Discussed. EXCELLENT CROP OF BEANS Other matters discussed were the HARVESTED AT GRANT VALLEY |rural mail routes and completion of a telephone line. The farmers want Paul Shannon of Grant Valley has|a daily mail service and will make completed the harvesting of a crop|every effort to secure it before the of beans which yielded an average|winter months. Many have their of 20 bushels per acre and are|poles set out along their property ‘worth about $4.00 per bushel. and expect to string wires soon. Mr. Shannon used the Fred Dudley| After the business session, a fine harvester, a machine which cuts two |Junch was served by the ladies of the rows at a time. This is the first|club. Among those present were bean harvesting machine brought in-| Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gillettee, Mr. and to this county. Mrs. Peter Brandvig and family, Mrs. Mr. Dudley will harvest his 30 |E. Smiley, Mrs. J. Conrad, Esther H. acres of beans this week. He ex-|McCalla, Jennie Oase, Mrs. J. Oase, pects to secure an excellent yield. Mrs. George Durrand, Joseph Regnet- BROKERAGE GO. LEASES wa N ' ONION WAREHOUSE The next meeting will be held at the H. M. Gillette farm and efforts The Bemidji Brokerage company has leased the warehouse owned by will be made to get a full attendance. the Bemidji Onion Growers’ associa- 780 GUESTS AT ians at Vilna. the handling of all kinds of produce. bank ....... ..$ 3.67 and for the cargo of the steamer . s George French, who formerly op- Supplies, personal HFTEE" l"]“nEn wnE“ Masapequa from the commission for Tu I“TEREST WESTEH“ ported to have been diseiplined. : According to a report issued today| property ........ 51.06 - v relief in Belgium, $199,107.52, mak- e , will man- :r:tet(ll‘:;tx:ren:t Lednard, will man by officials of the Birchmont Beach |Court improvements 86.91 Explnslu" wnEcKs “u“E ing the net amount ‘expendéd by the BA“KERS |" w‘n Lu‘" 18-YEAR AUSTRIAN . Dand: summer hotel, there were 780 guests eral expense .... 1.00.$142.63 foundation in its phase of its work, CLASS IS CALLED The elevator is located near the = ) 4 t. Cloud Oil ny office at the hotel during the summer from $986,038.94. Zurich, Sept. 27.—A call has been S "Th o e y]ans to ‘instanl | Points outside of Bemidji. Cash discount . .$ .53 Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 27.—Fifteen New York, Sept. 27.—Having come | ;.\ g gor the 18-year-old class in o ‘es tnle 100::11;;:3' p As the hotel did not open until in | Dues 1915 ... . 104.00 . | people were injured early this morn- _WEDDING LICENSE ISSUED. to terms in regard to the billion dol- Austria, to be effective Oct. 16. The ’f‘he Onilon Grov‘vers’ assoelation July this report is considered very|Assessment No. 1.. 38.00 $142.63 |ing when thrown from. their beds e lar war loan. for the Allies, the Al- oldest class, ages from 43 to 50, will good. ' when an explosion demolished the| A wedding license was issued at|lied commissioners this afternoon|,. c.jjed the latter part of Novem- held a meeting this afternoon to com- treasurer of the Bemidji Tennis club, today made public his statement of the condition of the club. The report is as follows: Membership for 1915 includes A. A. Andrews, A. L. Barker, M. J. Brown, T. C. Bailey, Miss B. Backus, ‘W. L. Brooks; H. C. Baer, J. M. Chris- tie, C. C. Cross, E. H. Denu, Thomas Ervin, A. E. Fier, B. M. Gile, Nat Given, James Given, R. L. Given, ‘William Guntheur, Glenn Hunt, For- rest Halgren, F. H. Hayner, J. S. Hedges, J. M. Herbert, Carl A. John- son, B. W. Lakin, E. S. Larsen, Wil- bur Lycan, Miss Donna Lycan, George C. Lindberg, Gregg Malone, 0. H. Manaugh, Dr. Thomas Myers, Dr. E. H. Marcum, Richard McAlpine, Oscar Nelson, Edward H. Page, Dr. G. M. Palmer, C. S. Randall, Scott Stewart, Miss Capitola Stewart, Dr. D. L. Stanton, H. Mayne Stanton, G. H. Strickland, W. J. Twohy, H. L. Wil- cox, A. G. Wedge, Jr., A. P. White, R.. Walsh, Herbert Warfield, J. A. Younggren. There are 49 members. The total receipts are $104, assessment $38, make a grand total of $142. Cash on hand in The hotel closed Sept. 20 for the winter and will reopen early in the summer. plete arrangements for the issuing nf the lease. TEN AMERICANS WOUNDED IN HAITIEN RAID SCOOP THE CUB Cape Haitien, Sept. 27.—In an at-| tack on Haitien rebels on an Amer- ican force two miles from here yes- terday, 40 Haitiens were killed and ten Americans were wounded. .HEARING OF CLAIMS IN FRANK SHEA ESTATE In the probate court this morning a hearing was heard of the claims in the Frank S. Shea estate. Miss Marion, daughter of Mr. and A. G. Wedge, Lake Boulevard, will entertain a number of friends at & party this afternoon, the occasion being Marion’s eighth birthday. , ’Def'ectivo Page C. 0. Moon, register of deeds, vis- ited at Blackduck over Sunday. 8053 THWFE SENTME T DIES OF BROKEN HEART London, Sept. 27.—James Keir Hardie, England’s leading labor so- cialist member of the parliament, is dead of a broken heart on account of the war. Friends say that worry and dis- appointment over the socialist atti- tude toward the war weakened Har- die’s condition, who was suffering from pneumonia. He bitterly 0pposed war, CLUBBED TO DEATH AND HOME BURNED Milwaukee, Sept. 27.— Captain Robert Mueller, former teller of the First National bank, Milwaukee, and his wife, with skulls crushed, were found among -the smoldering ruins of their summer cottage at Punck- away lake, Wisconsin, Saturday night by volunteer firemen from Mar- quette a nearby village. Their bod- ies had been barely touched by the blazing timbers. home of Tony Laissone at Republic. Traces of dynamite - have heen found. _ That's AII nght Boss - You're Not In Our Way ~THAT THERE IS SUCH A COLD WIND ON HER FEET Champagne. GERMANS SINK BRITISH SHIP Berlin, Sept. 27.—The war depart- ment_this aftérnoon announced the bonds, $363,617.94. INDIANS WRECK TRAIN; GREMATE PASSENGERS sinking of a British warship and two other ships badly damaged by the German coast batteries when the British bombarded Seebrugges. SPEND MILLION FOR BELGIANS New York, Sept. 27.—The expendi- ture-of nearly $1,000,000 for relief in Belgium, the appropriation of funds for medical work and research and investigation of conditions in Bel- gium, Holland, Poland and Serbia commission of the Rockefeller foun- dation in Europe up to January 1, 1915. A review of the foundation’s activities after the outbreak of the war and up to January 1, was made public today as the second part of its annual report. “The commission expended for Belgian relief $1,;185,146.46 ‘and later received funds for expenses of ships was the work done by the war relief |/ San Diego, Cal., Sept. 27.—Ya- qui Indians derailed a Southern Pa- cific' train yesterday, threw 80 pas- sengers into a car loaded with hay and set fire to the car. Twenty pas- sengers have been accounted for. Tt is believed that the remainder of the passengers have been cremated. The passengers were mostly wo- men and children and it is believed that no Americans were included. GAS MEN IN CONVENTION San Francisco, Sept. 27.—With delegates and representatives from practically every gas association in the United States, and several for- eign countries, several hundred gas men opened their annual convention at Native Sons’ hall today. the office of the clerk of court this morning to Ellis Johnson and Miss |Anna Matilda Berglund of Spooner. plan to leave for Chicago where they will attempt to -intergst western financiers in the loan. By "HOP" London, Sept. 27.—War's deadlock in the trenches has been broken. The Allies have started the greatest of- fensive they have undertaken since the war began. In Flanders and along the entire western front, the French and English haye come out of their mole-tunnels and have made a concerted advance against the Ger- man lines. . Coupled-with this, the Russians have initiated a new offensive in Galicia, while, as a result of General Joffre’s recent visit to the Itallan — front, the Italians are believed ready to begin a drive against Vienna, it- self, over the Alpine route that Na- poleon took 100 years ago. The greatest allied effort of the war is'on. Admission of the launch- ing of the Allied offensive on the western front was contained in the Berlin official statement yesterday. KAISER PEEVED AT GERMANS’ FAILURE London, Sept. 27.—Reports _re- ceived here say that the Kaiser is very much “peeved” at the faflure of the Germans to surround the Rus- Even Eichorn is re- ber. ALLIES CLAIM i LARGE GAINS London, Sept. 27.—Over 2,000 un. ‘wounded German prisoners with many dead and wounded on both sides, the numbers not being able to be estimated, is the toll, of the first two days’ allied forces drive against German entrenchments in the west- ern zome, reaching from the North sea to the Swiss frontier. There has. been incessant bombardment along the entire front. Berlin of- ficials admit the retirement of Ger: man forces at various points but. minimize the result of the engage- ments. In addition to hmné captured Souhez, a much disputed . poin the French claim they have driv the Germans. into: second line tr ches.