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

SRR ————————————— BRI g - Y VOLUME 13, NO. 234. - BEMIDJL, mmi:son, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915, : MAYOR M'GUAIG POOLRODY SCNSE |+ City Executive .‘fix’cs Action Against Frank Dewey Whose Place Was Raided and “Booze” Found. CASE TO BE HEARD IN MUNICIPAL COURT TOMORROW Fifty-three Gallons of Cider Contain- ing Ten Per Cent Alcohol and Pure Alcohol Found in Raid. Frank Dewey was today ordered by Mayor William McCuaig to ap- pear in the municipal court tomor- row morning and give reasons why his license to operate a pool room should not be revoked by the mayor. Pool Room Raided. Dewey’s pool room was raided on Monday evening by Frank Ripple, chief of police, and 53 gallons of cider containing ten per cent alcohol and several quarts of alcohol were found. Dewey was accused of selling the “booze” and was fined $25 in the municipal court yesterday morning. Mayor Takes Action. Mayor McCuaig has taken action because he believes that Dewey should not be given a license to op- erate his pool room, on account of the number of complaints received in regard to the pool room. At the trial yesterday morning, |, when Dewey plehded guilty, Federal | - officers threatened to take the mat- ter into the Federal courts unless the city take immediate action. serve. make no fight to retain his license. |: JOHNSON TO LEAVE | Minnesota has not been determined, N L MBER Gu according to local officers of the naval GR K T 1| reserve. e cruiser Des Moines may be Accepts Position With Shevlin Com- |1 brought to the Head of the Lakes. The Des Moines has a displacement of 3,- 200 tons, and is 285 feet long. _Her keel was laid in 1900, and she is equipped with ten five-inch guns and cight six-pounders. pany as Office Manager at Bend, Ore. Carl A. Johnson, bookkeeper at the Crookston. Lumber company offices, the has accepted a position with the Bend, Ore., offices. or ten days. Emil Larson will succeed Mr, John- son in the Bemidji office. Both posi- tions .are promotions. ARDMORE TO PROBE GAS TANK EXPLOSION Ardmore, Okla., Sept. 29.—Pro- ceedings to fix the responsibility for the disaster of Tuesday in which a| Eats” Planned for Next Meeting, tank car explosion caused the death of 44 persons, injuries to 100 others and property loss of more than half a million dollars, were started today by the municipal authorities who charged the Gulf, Colorado and Santa |the merchants next Tuesday after- criminal [ noon at 4 o’clock, just at the opening This was announced to-|of their regular weekly session of the day by Russell Brown, city attorney | Bemidji Merchants’ association. Fe railway officials with negligence. of Ardmore. -: - The death list stands at 44, accord- ing to a statement from police head- quarters. COUNTY OPTION EXTENDS ONLY TO COUNTY LINES St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 29.—Attor- ney General Smith this afternoon de- cided that: county option extends to the county lines in the dry counties and not to a half mile beyond as in local option. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED A weddifig license was issued yes- terday to Ora E. De Bord of Hennepin county and Miss Ada Fowler of Bel- trami county. Judge D. H. Fisk, court commissioner, performed the wedding ceremony yesterday after- noon. PLAN SOGIETY FOR PROTECTION OF GAME * Gitizens interested in maintenance of the Lake Bemidji state refuge will meet at. the Lavinia gro-! cery store, Lavinia,-Saturday night, Oct. 2, at- 7:30 o’clock. An effort will be made to perfect an organiza- ticn to ‘protect game in the refuge and secure conviction of any per- son hunting in that territory. All citizens of Bemidji are quested to be present if possible. Te- Mrs. Andrew Rood: was called to Thief River Falls today by the fll- '«iiilli#*#illttii oill allowing naval militia officers to muster in four more Minnesota divi- or Eaton declared that the training ship U. 8. S. Gopher would be too |23, 1915. They were arrested in small. Spooner. Two long cruises were made on the Ryan Case Up. sions at the same time. Two Duluth deck divisions, two engineering divi- ) sions and the one Pine city division Will Not Fight. ook the first trip. It is expected that Dewey will|rformed divisions from Lindstrom, Be- of Commander Eaton’s trip will be,” Shevlin company as office manager of |said Lieut. Clyde Kelley today. *“He He will leave [ Was not called East, but decided to for the west in the course of a week |80 In order to take up the matter of securing better accommodations for the reserves.” LUNCH TO BE SERVED ing Tuesday afternoon. chairman of the committee to inves-] tigate the picnic plan, reported that the general sentiment members was for a picnic_has been held this year. menu which is being prepared. Sug- gestions of rye bread, hot beef and cheese sandwiches, with a good old fashioned drink that makes a noise mittee to investigntp a publicity cam- *[GEORGE CLARK IS FOUND GUILTY ON - STATUTORY CHARGE Northwest Angle Homesteader - Will Be Sentenced This Week; Verdiot \ Returned Late Tuesday. “A slovenly dress betokens Don Quix- K * * * Qct. 2-9, 1915. : * KRR EHEE KK KKK KKK MILITIA. NEEDS BETTER SHIP Commander Eaton of Naval Militia Goes to Washington to Present Request for Cruiser. CASE AGAINST JAMES RYAN IS CONSIDERED BY COURT Ryan Charged With Grand Larceny in First Degree of Robbing Russian Pole Near Spooner, Duluth, Minn., Sept. 29.—United States naval authorities will be asked to station a third-class cruiser at the Duluth-Superior harbor, for the use of the Minnesota naval militia. Commander Guy A. Eaton of the state’s naval reserve has left Duluth for Washington, D. C., and he hopes to secure a larger training ship be- ‘ore returning West. With him is Lieutenant Commander Alfred En- zels, paymaster of the Minnesota re- The object of Mr. Engle’s trip is to obtain information relative to :he making up of payrolls. Ship Too Small. When the last legislature passed a George Clark of the Northwest An- gle, a homesteader, was found guilty by a jury.in the district court late yesterday afternoon on a statu tory charge. He will be sentenced by Judge W. S. McClenahan the latter part of this.week. In Progress Several Days. The case caused considerable in- terest and has been in progress at the court house for several days. Attor- ney P. J. Russell defended Clark and Graham M. Torrance, county attor- ney, presented the case for the state. Woman’s Case Dismissed. The case against Mrs. Cora Lemay on a similar charge was dismissed. Both were indicted by the grand jury and have been lodged in the county jail since they were arrested, June sions, thus doubling the size of the state’s naval reserve force, Command- Gopher this summer, as it was impos- - The case against James Ryan of sible to handle all of the eight divi- Spooner, eharged ‘with grand larceny in the first degree, is being taken up by the court today. The case may be completed tomorrow. George E. Ericson of Spooner is defending Ryan. Later the newly- nidji and Crosby were taken for their nitial voyage. Outcome Unknown. ‘Which vessel will be assigned to Two Found Guilty. Ryan was accused with J. Labuda and Edward Miley of holding up a Russian Pole on a highway near Spooner and robbing him of $48 and a revolver. Labuda pleaded guilty and Miley was recently found guilty. EXTENSION WORK MEETS TO BE HELD nounce Program for Next Two Weeks. It is believed that the third-class taken rom the Atlantic squadron and “I do not know what the outcome The meeting at Swenson Lake for the Bemidji high school work to have been held tomorrow has been post- poned on account of the condition of the roads. A meeting will be held at the school house two miles south of Nary where Miss Eliza Boobar is teacher, Tuesday, Oct. 5. On Oct. 14 a meeting will be held at the Buena Vista school house where Miss Margaret teaching. The meeting held in the school house in the town of Eckles last Thursday evening was a success. Among those who spoke at the meet- ing were B. M. Gile, agriculturist, A. D. Bailey, manual training instructor and Misg Elizabeth Vermilye, domes- tic art instructor. TRAINS TO BE TAKEN OFF M. & I. IN OGTOBER Brainerd, Minn., ‘Sept. 29.—W. H. Gemmell, general manager of the Minnesota & International railway, in a recent interview stated that the passenger travel north of Brainerd has shown a steady falling off over previous years all. summer, and as the winter months approach, the de- crease is becoming more noticeable. Such being the case, some curtail- ment of train service is absolutely necessary, and to begin with, the AT MERGHANTS’ MEET Include Rye Bread, Hot Beef, Cheese Sandwiches, “Drinks.” A business lunch is to be served No Picnic This Year. Plans were discussed at the meet- F. Koors, among the banquet. No The Pioneer will publish the lunch like a genuine “Dutch Lunch,” will be among the items on the menu. ~ Investigate Publicity Plan. ‘W. Z. Robinson, C. A. Huffman and G. W. Harnwell were named a com- paign carried out by Racine, Wis., merchants. They are to report at|Sunday night southbound and: Mon- the next meeting. day morning northbound passenger —_— trains will be withdrawn some time Read the Pioneer want ads. in October. ness of her hisband. Condon is|. KRR KRR R KKK * AS G. A. B, PARADES i (5 . Washington, Sept., 29.— While watching the parade of the G. A. R. this afternoon President Wilson; wept and brushed his eyes repeatedly. The president stood on the same spot where 50 years ago President Johnson watch- ed the same men, then beard- less youths, marching to dis- band after the war. Fk ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok kok ok ok ok ko *h Kk khk Tk hkhkhkhkkk LR R R ERER SRS SR 8 S GILE TO ASSIST IN SHIPPING CATILE Agriculturist for Bemidji Public Schools, Prepares to Make Shipments. B. M. Gile, agriculturist of the Be- midji public schools, ‘is preparing shipments of cattle to South St. Paul Oct. 9, 23, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 for Beltrami county farmers. Three Carloads Last Fall. Last fall three carloads of -cattle were shipped co-operatively under his supervision. Each man’s cattle were marked and the owner received the selling price of the cattle, less the expense, which averaged forty cents per hundred. May Organize Association. “‘One does not realize as much by this method as by selling the meat in small parcels,” said Mr. Gile today. ‘“However, some do not care to.do this and last fall, the local market was glutted. Several men have in- quired about shipping this fall. I shall be glad to be of service in that way again if there are enough people who wish to ship to make up a car- load.” Perhaps’ we will be able to organize a shipping association in the near future.” A farmers’ meeting will be held Nov. 20 and a shipping organization will be discussed. |spoonER NoT TO LEVY TAXES NEXT YEAR — Spooner, Minn., S#pt- 29:—The village council has decided to make no tax levy for the ensuing year. The only village taxes to be paid next year will be those levied by the state auditor for the purpose of meeting maturing state bonds and interest. At the council meeting the clerk reported that one bond for $2,000, given to the state in 1909, has been redeemed this year, and that village has several thousand dollars’in the treasury. This sum is more than sufficient to meet the demands of the village for the coming year and it was decided that no levy be made for running ex- penses. MISS GARTER IS WED AT DETROIT, MICH. Miss Addie Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carter, of Bemidji was married -Monday at Detroit, Mich., to Charles Lentz of St. Paul, Minn. The wedding took place at the home of G. B. Woods. After a short wedding trip to Nia- gara Falls and New York Mr. and Mrs. Lentz will return to Detroit where they will make their home. Mr. Lentz is connected with the Woods Machine company in that city. Miss Carter is a graduate of the Bemidji schools and is well known here. She has been in Detroit for the past year where she has been employed. FIRST SNOW OF YEAR : / FALLS ON THE RANGE ‘Winton, Minn., Sept. 29.—Snow fell for an hour and a half here yes- terday. The flakes were filmy and ! melted almost as soon as they reached Ithe ground. - The first fall this year is much earlier than usual on this part of the Iron Range.- -|to+an annual mid-winter fair,” sug- EEX RN RN RN RN U. S. TROOPS : ' : EES * TO PREVENT UNLOADING - * MAYBECOMPELLED (. o tow =eiom coows £ - x ‘Washington, Sept. 29.— i. Tu ENTE“ MExIcu ¥ The United States is prepared ; ¥ to prevent the unloading of ¥ : < S i % * low priced goods on our shores’ ¥ 4 i3 5\ > ¥ following the war, according Situation Along Border is More [ to a statement made today by % Acute—Bandits Reported to Be X Secretary of Commerce Red- % : B * fleld to the United Press. x Planning Raid. x x T LR R SR E SRR R R R B HEAD OF AMERICAN HELD 5 AS TROPHY BY RAIDERS PLANS COMPLETED FOR BIG WAR LOAN Allied Loan is Made for $500,000,000 and Will Bear Interest at 5 Per Cent; Public Allowed to Buy. Colonel Blockson Advises Secretary Garrison That Immediate Action May Be Necessary. Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 29.—Re- ports received here this afternoon state that Mexicans on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande are exhibiting the head of United States Trooper Richard Johnson, who disappeared during the Progresso battle. Offi- cials here are investigating. New York, Sept. 29.—The agree- ment between the Anglo-French financial commission and the Amer- lcan bankers with whom they have been conferring over the proposed credit loan to Great Britain and France has resulted in the formation of a definite plan. for the establish- ment of a $500,000,000 loan issue on five-year 5 per cent joint British and French bonds, payable jointly and severally by the two nations, upon which the big loan will be made a first lien. $25,000,000 Annually. The Allies must pay $25,000,000 annually and interest on the loan. The bonds will be issued to the public at 98, thus yielding approxi- mately 5 1-2 per cent to the investor and to the nation-wide syndicate bankers which will subscribe to the loan at 96. Formation of the syn- dicate has been left to J. P. Morgan & Co., and “a large group of Amer- ican bankers and financial houses.” The bonds will be issued in denomina- tions as low as $100 and subscribers thereto may pay for them by install- ments. Bonds Are Convertible. At maturity these bonds will be re- payable in cash or convertible to 41 per cent Anglo-French bonds, redeem- able from 10 to 20 years thereafter by the two governments jointly and severally. SHOW IN DECEMBER Vertible ‘at the option’ of the holder, Merchants Association Discusses Plan into 4% per cent bonds of the two governments, repayable not earlier for Having Mid-Winter Fair at Development Meeting. Washington, Sept. 29.—Conditions along the Mexican border in the Brownsville district have become acute, according to messages to the war department today from ,Major General Funston, and a battery of mouutain artillery has been dispatch- ed to Progresso, Tex., to prevent a raid by 50 bandits who threaten to cross into American territory. Band is Independent. Colonel Blockson, in command of the troops near Progresso, reported through General Funston that the bandits seemed to constitute a band independent of Carranza control. “If Carranza does not stop these bandits,” telegraphed Colonel Block- son, “I believe we shall soon be com- pelled to follow them across.” Troops May Cross. Secretary Garrison said he inter- preted the colonel’s telegram today that if conditions did not improve he would find it necessary to recommend that American troops be permitted to pursue attacking forces across the in- ternational line whenever necessary to deal with them. than 15 years and later than 25 years from the present time. It was announced that Russia would not participate in the loan. TALIAN BATTLESHIP 18 SUNK; 300 LOST Fire of Unknown Origin Breaks Out and Sets Off Powder Magazine —Ship Not Attacked. The premium list for the crop show to be held in connection with the Northern Minnesota Development association meeting in December has been prepared. As soon as premiums are provided for all exhibits, the list will be sent to the secretary of the association for publication and dis- tribution. Lycan and Gile Active. F. 8. Lycan and Bueford M. Gile, who are taking an active part in con- nection with the meeting, appeared before the merchants’ meeting Tues- day and reported on plans. It was suggested that the show be made a potato_and poultry exhibit. Action will be taken by the Commercial club at the next meeting. “This show might be worked up| Rome, Sept. 30.—Over 300 men are known to have died when the Italian battleship Benedetto Brin was sunk this morning near Brindisi. Officials have confirmed the sinking. Fire broke out on board the ship and reached the powder magazines, causing an explosion. The origin of the fire is unknown. The ship was not attacked. SUFFERIN, N. Y., IS SWEPT BY FIRE Sufferin, N. Y., Sept. 29.—Twen- ty-five residences and a business block containing 20 small stores were destroyed by fire which swept Sufferin late last night and -this morning. 2 The blaze has been controlled but the property loss will be heavy. gested Mr. Lycan. His {idea met with much favor, Association Gives Prizes. The association will give $300 as prizes to children exhibiting pota- toes and if another $200 can be raised for additional potato and poultry ex- hibits it is believed that the sliow will be & big success. Five association prizes will be awarded on each of the following varieties of potatoes: Carmen No. 1, Carmen No. 3, Russets, Early Ohio, Red Biiss Triumph and Burbanks. First prize, $6.00; second, $4.50; third, $3.50; fourth, $2.00, and fifth, $1.00. RAIN ENDANGERS GRAIN Crookston, Minn., Sept. 29.—A two-day rain has stopped all thresh- ing operations until Thursday at the earilest. Grain in the shock will sprout if the weather becomes warm and the rain continues. M. E. Smith, of the Smith-Robin- son Lumber company, will leave to- night on a business’trip to the Twin Cities. 2 3 ., German lines is over, and the Allies .|T0O HELP .SERBIA struck, according to an announcement at the state department today are that | Liere this morning and will continue for. two days the anti-saloon forces GREATESTBATILEN HISTORYINPROGRESS "IN FRENCH FAONT Allies Continue Drive Against Ger- mans and Make Further Gaing— Capture Several Heights. - GERMAN LOSSES IN WESTERN ARENA SINCE DRIVE IW Eaiser Goes to Front to Take Charge' of His Troops; Von Hindenbyrg London, Sept. 29.—Great storm shells are bursting across the France- Flanders front in the second phaze of the greatest battle in the world’s history. Mad Rush Over. The first mad rush through the have settled down to steady hammer- ing, intending to exhaust and wear down the Germans in preparation of another rush intended to bite deep into the German lines. French Make Gains. The war department this afternoon stated that the French had made im- portant gains both in the Artois and Champagne regions. Furious attacks, says the statement, continued last night and this morning. After a stubborn battle the French took a hill dominating the heights south- y ward and 300 prisoners were taken, § mustly guardsmen. German Losses 120,000. The German losses thus far along the entire western front are figured at 120,000. In the Artois and Cham- pagne regions alone the French have imprisoned 23,000 men and have taken 79 cannon. From Berlin comes the report that important successes along the front, despite the Allies’ greatest attack, have aroused wildest enthusiasm. French Attacks Repulsed. - All the French attacks sipce Sup- day have been repulsed, says the-Ger- man war department. 2 Field Marshal von Blndenher! is again threatening Dvinsk on ‘the eastern front. k The Germans realize that'the bat-: tle along the western front is incom~ - plete and that the Allies may make further gains but it is believed that the Allies struck their best blow Sat- urday and that they have been stopped. - BRITISH AND FRENCH Berlin, Sept. 29.—The British and French, it is expected, will assist the Serbians against the expected German offensive. MEMBERS RESIGN ACCOUNT WAR NOT BEING DECLARED Athens, Sept. 29.—Two members of the Bulgarian cabinet have re- signed because of Czar Ferdinand’s failure to immediately attack Serbia. 2,400 MINERS AGAIN STRIKE Cardiff, Eng., Sept. 29.—Twenty- four hundred miners have again made this morning. The miners are protesting against the employment of non-union miners. KAISER GOES TO WESTERN FRONT Amsterdam, Sept. 29.—It is re- ported here today that Kaiser Wil- helm has gone direct to the western front to take charge of the army. German newspapers received here do not admit that the western strug- gle will probably be decisive. U. S. TO ASK THAT MASSACRES BE STOPPED Washington, Sept. 29.—Indications the United States may ask Germany to use its good offices to stop the massacres in Armenia. The president will probably appeal to the kaiser on humanitarian grounds. % NEBRASKA DRY CAMPAIGN LA Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 29.—The 1916 prohibition campaign-aimed to place - Nebraska in the list of dry mu! Was formally launched today._ In the convention which opened of the state began planning their line of battle. 3 e MUSIC FESTIVAL AT EXPOSITION ‘San Francisco, Sept. 29.—“The Autumn Music Festival” opened at the Panama-Pacific exposition today and will continue to Oct. 3. *The exposition chorus of 400 y is under the léadership of Emi lenhauer, of the Handel and socie ‘and the Appollo club .