Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 1, 1915, Page 1

YOLUME 13, No. 236 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1915. ,FQRTY CENTS PER MONTH. JURY I DISTRICT COURT FINDS BYAN NOT GUILY",0F LARGENY CHn ¢ Spooner Man Not Implicated in Robbery of Mike Demkoiv Which $48 Was Taken. -~ ANDERSON AND GAGNON WITHDRAW APPEALS Civil Cases Are Rapidly Being Completed and Court May Finish Next Week. The jury in the district court in the case of Martin James Ryan, ac- cused of grand larceny in the first degree. returned a verdict late yes- terday afternoon of not guilty. Two Guilty. Ryan was accused with J. Labuda and Edward Miley of holding up and robbing Mike Demikov, a Russian Pole, of $48 and a revolver while on a highway near Spooner. Labuda turned state’s evidence and pleaded guilty and Miley was found guilty after a trial. Ericson is Attorney. George Ericson of Spooner was the attorney for Ryan and Graham M. Torrance, county attorney, appeared for the state. “ FINED $50 AND $75 IN LIQUOR CASES Ole Anderson and Frank Gagnon who appealed their cases of selling liquor illegally from the municipal court to the district court, late yes- terday afternoon withdrew their ap+ peal and asked that the former ver- dict stand. Gagnon was fined $50 and Anderson was fined $75 by the lower court. CASES ARE SETTLED AND DISMISSED Judge W. S. McClenahan is rapidly disposing of the cases on the calen- dar and the fall term of court will probably be completed the latter part of next week. The case of Arthur Goerke against the Great Northern railway has been settled and dismissed. The case of Howard Lamb against W. E. George has been dismissed. The case of Theo. G. Helle against C. Howard Parsons, P. G. Soeakes company, H. Doran, Electric Engi- neering company, Avery Steel com- pany and the Theo. Hamm Brewing company, et al, will be taken up by Judge C. W. Stanton in his cham- bers. PETITION HELD INSUFFICIENT Antelope, Mont.,, Oct. 1.—The county commissioners have refused to grant the petition for a special election to vote on county option in Sheridan county. After the ‘“‘drys” had filed their petition, the ‘“wets” filed a withdrawal containing 670 names. From these the ‘“‘drys” se- cured 34 withdrawals, still the “dry” petition was short 244 names. STATE BUILDS CHAIR FACTORY Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 1.—Employ- ment will be furnished 150 prison- ers at the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, Jan. 1 in the new chair factory, according to W. J. Dixon, chairman of the state board of con- trol. At present these prisoners are unemployed except at odd jobs. Edward Knudsen of Polk county, Wis., and Miss Thea Cliffgard of Grafton, N. D.,, were united in mar- riage by Rev. Osmund Johnson at the Scandinavian Lutheran parsonage yesterday afternoon. They will re- side at Hazel, Minn. The Dorcas society of the Scandi- mnavian Lutheran church will meet at the home of Mrs. J. Nygaard, 1217 Bixby avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. E. H. Jerrard, manager of the St. Cloud Oil company, left Thursday evening for St. Cloud and Minne- apolis on a business trip. Among the out-of-town visitors in the city today are L. M. Moon, C. J. Lingenfelter and A. E. Witting of Blackduck. DRESS-UP. Dress Up! Why? Because there are “piping times of Prosperity” with us. Two million dollars of gold are in the banks suffocating to get out into many times this amount of credits to buy things. Billions of bushels of corn, wheat nd other crops have ripened into ‘ars, which will be spent to Dress ‘*.t is the big asset of this coun- try, ‘anyway? One hundred millions of people un- afraid, who can afford to Dress Up. Every American is a sovereign. Dress Up and prove it. Take the cash you have hid in a “stocking’ ’and Dress Up! The “safety razor”” has coined mil- lions because it helped men to dress up! “Phoebe Snow” we all love because she is a sweet girl all dressed up. Don’t be a ‘“‘sloven.” Dress Up. Nature is ever proclaiming the truth to people to Dress Up. She is ever dressing up. In the morning the East is rosy with the dawn. At “high noon” cool shadows invite people in the quiet caress of their charms. In the evening, day passes into twilight and to rest. Dress Up! Bemidji’s Dress Up Week which begins tomorrow evening at eight o’clock is different than the ordinary Dress Up week. Dress Up week does not apply to clothes alone, but ap- plies to food, to drugs, to household furnishings, to amusements, etc. Dress Up your home. Dress Up yourself. Dress Up the inner man. Dress Up the sick man. Everybody boost for Dress week. Let’s give it a rousing welcome to- morrow evening by parading the business streets. Everybody Dress Up. There ig going to be dancing on the pavement, band music, etc., on the program tomorrow evening. Let’s go. GHARGED WITH -THE INTRODUGTION OF LIQUOR Louis Long, who was arrested by a Federal officer for the introduction Up of liquor into this territory, was be- fore Judge Simons this afternoon. Long was arrested while on a train on his way from Thief River Falls to Superior and had in his possession two quarts of whisky and four quarts of beer. SISTER OF AVIATOR TO MAKE LONG FLIGHT Miss Marjorie Stinson, a sister of Miss Katherine Stinson, the aviator who made exhibition flights at the Beltrami county fair here, is plan- ning a cross-country flight to the California exposition. COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION TONIGHT A special meeting of the city coun- cil will be held this eveping at the city hall to approve the tax levy which is being completed by the tax levy committee this afternoon. FEDERAL OFFICERS FIND BOOZE IN NYMORE In a raid made by Federal officers on a private dwelling and soft drink parlor in Nymore Wednesday evening eight quarts of liquor were found. The soft drink parlor proprietor was ordered to close up his place or suf- fer prosecution. CANADA MAY BAR FORD PRODUCTS Ottawa, Oct. 1.—Major General Sam Hughes, Canadian minister, to- day is awaiting an answer to his tele- gram that he sent Henry Ford in which he asked confirmation in re- gard to statements attributed to Ford that he would withdraw his funds from banks subsecribing to the allied loan and that the United States should “tie a can” to the allied com- missioners and send them back home. Hughes said today that if sueh declarations had been made it is de- liberately unfriendly and a sufficient provocation for the Canadians to dis- continue dealing with Ford. o’clock. PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE DRESSED GOUPLE Pioneer to Give Individual Prizes to Man and Woman Appearing in Dress-Up Procession Saturday. BEMIDJI BAND OFFERS SERVICES—TO GIVE CONCERT Twenty or More Young Men Plan to Appear in Evening Attire and Visit Theaters. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer will offer prizes for the best and most fashionable dressed man and woman, young or old, appearing in the Dress Up procession Saturday night. The judges will not be made kaown to the public until Monday when the prizes will be awarded. The judges will visit the various stores and pick the “best”” between the hours of eight and nine o’clock. Band to Play. The Bemidji band has donated its services to the merchants and will give a concert on the streets Satur- day evening beginning at eight This will be the first pub- lic concert to be given by the band since its return from the state fair and is in appreciation of what was done by the citizens in making the trip to the fair a success. Young Men to “Doll Up.” The young men of Bemidji are making big preparations to lead the Dress-Up celebration Saturday eve- ning. It is understood that about twenty young men will wear proper evening costumes, including evening dress suits, silk hats and canes, and will be seen in groups visiting the various stores and theaters. It is reported that at: some of the pla; houses they ' will "appear ~ on - the stage. Women Interested. The rumor that the men promise to carry out their end of the program has interested the women of the city and efforts are being made to orga- nize groups of the young ladies to carry out a similar program. Throughout the entire business sec- tion the Dress-Up idea will predom- inate, proprietors, clerks and other assistants will wear their best garbs. Citizens from every section will join them, dressed in their best Sunday- go-to-meeting apparel. PARTRIDGE HUNTING SEASON OPENS TODAY Today is the opening of the part- ridge hunting season in Minnesota. To date 431 hunting licenses for small game have been issued at the county auditor’s office. A large number of local hunters have responded to the call and are after the birds today. STUDENTS DISMISSED | FOR CLASS HAZING ‘Washington, Oct. 1.—Secretary Daniels announced today that six cadets at Annapolis have been dis- missed, four cadets have been sus- pended for one year and fifteen turn- ed back into a lower grade for class hazing. CARNEGIE AND ROCKEFELLER HEAD NEW YORK TAX LIST New York, Oct. 1.—Andrew Car- negie and John Rockefeller, Sr., have personal property valued at $3,- 000,000 in New York. These men head the list of tenta- tive valuations for taxation. The city’s total valuation has in- creased three billion dollars. Eighty-eight millionaires live in New York,fiaccording to the asses- sor’s report. FIVE INJURED WHEN TRAIN IS DERAILED Wellsville, Mo., Oct. 1.—Five pas- sengers were injured this morning when, threé steel coaches and one wood coach of the Wabash, St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha train was derailed. . CLERK BEGINS WOBK. Miss Nellie Larkin of Buffalo, Minn., today began her -duties as clerk in the office of County Treas- urer Geil. - UNIVERSITY ELEVEN THREE OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED IN BANK CASE ‘Washington, Oct. 1.—Three offi- cials of the Riggs National bank were today indicted by the Federal grand jury. FOURTEEN DEAD IN IN PIONEER MOVIES| NEW ORLEANS STORM — Bemidji Daily Pioneer Northwest Property Loss Will Exceed $2,000,- Weekly at Grand Theater to Show Gophers in Action. The Minnesota university football team will be shown in the Bemidji Daily Pioneer Northwest Weekly moving pictures at the Grand theater Monday. The management of the weekly, believing that the fans here would like to see the Gopher team in action secured moving pictures at a prac- tice game in which the fans can get a line on Dr. Williams’ men. / Fire a Feature. ‘Other features of the Weekly will be the big Midway fire scene in which a large Twin City grain ware- house was destroyed, Duluth scenes as-well as the famous Old Dock Yak cartoons. E The fire pictures are said by mo- tion picture men to be the best they ever saw. The falling of the walls is a real pictute. The Duluth scenes are interesting. No Increase in Price. The Grand theater will not raise the price for admission on the eve- nings of the Daily Pioneer’s North- west Weekly. The admission will be five and ten cents. LANSING MAY ASK FOR PAPEN'S RECALL Washington, Oct. 1.—It is strongly intimated here that when Secretary snsing meets Count von Berntsorft in New York tomorrow he may ask for Von Papen’s recall. BOND PROPOSAL IS VOTED DOWN Thief River Falls, Minn., Oct. 1.— The bonding proposition, voted on for the purpose of deciding whether or not the city of Thief River Falls should purchase the Kretzschemer dam and water power at.this.point for the sum of $38,000, was defeated by a vote of 270 to 188. The result of the special election was a decided surprise to many and a disappointment to the Commercial club, the business men’s organization of the city, which had gone on record as favoring the purchase of the prop- erty, believing that it would prove a valuable asset to the city and a good business investment. Different factors entered into the defeat of the bonding issue, among them the always present distrust of more taxation and another fact that some $19,000 revenue to the city has been cut off for another year by the voting out of the saloons at the recent county option election. STAMP CANCELLATIONS MA ADVERTISE ARMY Spokane, Wash., Oct. 1.—W. G. Hall, a letter carrier, has received letters from the postmaster general, secretary of the navy and the sec- retary of war praising him for his suggestion that the military forces of the United States might be adver- tised in stamp cancellations. Sena- tors Poindexter and Jones and Rep- resentative Dill also indorsed his plan. Hall evolved the idea from seeing so many expositions and fairs advertised in that way. His sugges- tion was that each cancellation give some educational fact concerning the army or the navy. MEAT IS HIGHER; RESULT OF WAR ORDERS Chicago, Ill, Oct. 1.—John Rus- sell, former president of the National Association of Master Builders, to- day told-the /United Press that the demand of exporters to fill war or- ders has caused a shortage of meats in this country and has caused the prices to raise from three to five cents a pound. 000—Telephone, Telegraph and Train Service is Severed. Bulletin. New Orleans, La., Oct. 1.— (By wireless.)--Nineteen persons are dead as a result of the hur- ricane here Wednesday night. Southern Pacific wharves and ' offices are totally destroyed. New Orleans, La., Oct. 1.—(By wireless.)—As a result ‘of the hurri- cane - that visited here ~Wednesday night there are 14 dead and a score injured. The property loss will reach over $2,000,000. The street car service in the en- tire city is paralyzed and the tele- phone, telegraph and train service with the outside world has been com- pletely severed. No large buildings were destroyed but there is hardly a building in the entire district. that did not receive some damage. SMALLER CITIES DAMAGED IN STORM Mobile, Ala., Oct. 1.—The West Indian hurricane that spent its force Wednesday night against New Or- leans, took a toll of at least two score lives, and did extemsive prop- erty damage at smaller cities on re- corts along the central gulf coast; ac- cording to advices coming in slowl¥ over the crippled lines of communi- cation. Most of the loss of life reported was in Frenier and Manshac, La. The railroad agents at the former . town telegraphed that-eight white persons and seventeen negroes had been drowned, and many injured when the wind drove the waters of Lake Pont- chartrain. into the streets. At Man- shac, ten miles 1urther north, a rail- road section foreman and sixteen negro laborers were reported drown- ed. Two children lost their lives in Pascagoula, Miss., when a house was demolished, and two men were elec- trocuted here by wires torn down by the storm. Several other deaths were reported in isolated sections. Low districts of a number of other cities and villages along the coast are flooded. At Gulf Port, Miss., four steamers, including the British steamer Birchwood, of 1,800 tons, were washed over the wharves and are now fast aground. Miles of track in bad sections have been swept away. The New Orleans and north- western railroad bridge over I.cke Ponchartrain is under several fect of water. MOVIE TRUST IS ORDERED TO DISBAND Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 1.—Judge Dickinson of the United States dis- trict court today handed down an opinion ordering the dissolution of the movie trust. LICENSE FEE RAISED; 600 SALOONS TO QUIT New York, Oct. 1.—The increase of $300 in the state retail liquor li- cense fees which becomes effective today will force 300 saloons out of business 'in Manhattan and Brooklyn and reduce the- city’s share of this revenue about $360,000, according to estimates of the officers of the Re- tail Liquor Dealers’ association. The increase brings the cost of licenses up to $1,500. The excise commis- sioner of Manhattan said today he be- lieved that people are not drinking as much now as in past years, and that in his opinion motion pictures keep men from saloons. SMUT IN WISCONSIN CORN Eau Claire, Wis.,, Oct. 1.—After cold: weather and frost have cut the prospective corn yield in this sec- tion to .ome-half the normal crop, smut has now appeared and farmers are predicting a one-fourth crop. FRENCH CONTINUE BIG DRIVE AND GAIN IN VIMY HEIGHTS DISTRICT Allied Offense Continues; King George Congratulates President of - France and Gen. Joffre. RUSSIANS ALSO VICTORIOUS; REPORTS ARE WITHHELD Spanish Ship is‘sfink.;' Many Sea Battles; Reported Turks Again . Attacked at Dardanelles. Paris, Oct. 1.—The French army gained several important points to- day in the Champagne region in the great allied drive. The armies have progressed further in to the Vimy heights district. The Germans are making violent counter attacks near Artois and Champagne but have been repulsed in each attack. Russians Victorious. From Petrograd comes the report that the admission of important Rus- sian victories has purposely been withheld by the Slavs and during the recent operations in Russia many prisoners and guns were taken. This gives evidence that the long Russian campaign is weakening the Germans. From Russia also comes the report today that the allied successes have caused intense excitement in Petro- grad. GERMANS BREAK ALLIED ATTACKS Berlin, Oct. 1.—The war office this aftgrnopn in an official statement sgid’that the Germans in their coun- ter attacks.in the vicinity of Loos are pressing the English back. The French attacks in the Artois- -and Champagne regions, including fu- rious attacks at Massignes, - were broken under German fire. 3 TURKS SINK TORPEDO BOAT - Constantinople, Oct. 1.—The war department this afternoon officially reported that Turkish shore batteries sank an enemy torpedo boat in the Dardanelles Wednesday. MEDALS FOR LUSITANIA HEROES London, Oct. 1.—King George to- day presented medals to the heroes of the Lusitania. NORWEGIAN STEAMER IS BURNED London, Oct. 1.—The Norwegian steamer Actie was burned at sea this morning. The crew was saved. SAILING VESSEL SUBMARINED 3 London, Oct 1. The sailing vessel Helen Bonyon was submarined and sunk early this morning. The crew ‘was rescued. BALTIC ARRIVES SAFELY AT LIVERPOOL Liverpool, Oct. 1.—The White Star liner Baltic arrived safely here this afternoon. : FRANCE HAS SUFFICIENT MUNITIONS Paris, Oct. 1.—Senator Stephsn Pichon, former French foreign min- ister, today told a United Press rep- resentative that France has suffi- cient munitions to insure the success of the Allied offensive. FRENCH SQUADRON BOMBARDS TURKS Athens, Oct. 1.—A French squad- ron entered the Dardanelles Thursday and bombarded the Turkish shors batteries all day with much success. SPANISH STEAMER SUNK; CREW LOST Madrid, Oct. 1.—Word has been received here of the sinking of the Spanish steamer Milan Garrisco. The crew was not rescued. KING GEORGE CONGRATULATES FRENCH PRESIDENT Paris, Oct. 1.—King George of England has sent a person4l telegram of congratulation to President Poin- care and General Joffre on the re- sults of the great allied drive. }