Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 20, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 252. SUPPER IS - PRIZE L FOR SIDE sfi‘«:ms MOSTMEMBEN 38 a COMMERCIAL CL. Meeting Held Tuesday Night and Or- i ganization Was Divided Into Sides ,}f to Campaign for Members. HARRY MAYER AND EUGENE BERMAN CAPTAINS OF TEAMS I ] Land Men Belonging to Club Are Ap- i pointed as a Committee to Act ] on Land Queries. The Bemidji Commercial club has begun an active campaign for new ‘. members. At a meeting of the club held Tuesday evening two sides were | chosen, headed by captains, to se- cure members. The side securing the least number of new members 3 will buy a supper for the members of the other side. Harry Mayer was L chosen as the captain of one side and Eugene Berman was chosen as the other captain. No Dues Until April 1. It was decided to admit new mem- bers and charge no dues to the new members up to April 1, 1916. The entrance fee is ten dollars. At the meeting Tuesday evening the names of a hundred citizens were read, who should be members of the organization. The organization at i present has 105 members. Desires Large Membership. The club is making the campaign this time as it is taking active work in the entertainment of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion which will meet in Bemidji Dec. 9 and 10, and is desirous of having a large club membership. At the meeting Tuesday night a communication from the governor’s office was read in which Governor Hammond asked the club if it would take the initiative in securing dele- gates from Beltrami county to a meet- ing to be held in St. Paul of repre- sentatives from all counties to dis- cuss proposed legislation. The sec- 7 retary of the club was authorized to adyise the governor that the..club would secure the delegates with the assistance of the other commercial clubs of the county. Appoint Land Committee, ] Secretary Mayer reported that he was kept busy with a deluge of land queries. He read one letter in which a homeseeker advised the club that he was going to “ship his wife and four children to Bemidji next month and wanted to find a farm.” All the land men in the city belonging to the club were appointed as a land com- — mittee to act on all land communica- tions. POLIGE LOGATE HOLD-UP VICTIM Police in this city were requested this morning by the Crookston police to locate William More and another man whose name was unknown, who were held up recently near Crook- ston. The hold-up men have been ar- rested by the Crookston police and the two men are wanted as witnesses. The men were located by the local — FOURTEEN MEN ARE KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION AT BUTTE Butte, Mont., Oct. men were killed at the Granite Moun- tain mine of the North Butte Mining company yesterday by the explosion of 500 pounds of giant powder. All :} bodies were recovered. > men, all working at the sur- I <e, were seriously injured, one of them, a shift boss, probably will die. 179; B. Erickson, 175 the two dates. total ounces. Last year 977 a year ago. cial delivery. police at the John Moberg camp No. 2 at Bena. THOS. W. BELL, OLD RESIDENT, DEAD Dies After Two-year Illness; Age 63; Had Lived in Bemidji for 16 Years. Thomas W. Bell, a resident of Be- ( midji for the past 16 years, died early ) this morning at the St. Anthony’s | hospital. He had been suffering from bronchitis and heart trouble for the past two years. Y Born in Pennsylvania. P Mr. Bell was born in Mercer coun- 1y ty, Pennsylvania, in 1852. On Dec. ‘ 24, 1872, he was married to Miss | Marquerite Brown at New Bedford, | Pa. He came to Bemidji in 1899 E and -became a millwright. Funeral Tomorrow. Surviving are the wife, three daughters, Misses Florence and Mary and Mrs. F. B. MacLachlan; one son, _ Sulton,: living at Royalton, Minn., and a brother W. J. Bell, of this city. The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at 10 o’clock from the family residence. Rev. J. C. Strand of the Presbyterian church will of- ficiate. ness. SCOOP Cominsky Bowling Team Wins by One Pin; 2483 to 2482 The bowling season in Bemidji was formally opened Tuesday at the Gould bowling alleys when a team managed by Henry Cominsky defeated a team managed by D. §. Gould by a score of 2,483 to 2,482. In the first game Cominsky’s team was in the lead by 77 pins. Carroll had the high score of the game, averaging 187 2-3. The other averages are: F. Cords, insky, 172; F. Hubert, 171 2-3; D. Gould, 170 2-3; R. Grover, 154 2-3; M. 8. Gillette, 149; Halgren, 148 1-3; Barney Popp, 146 1-3. The following are the totals: B. Erickson....169 198 160 527 F. Cords .. .183 181 173 537 R. Grover ....160 151 153 464 Barney Popp ..162 118 159 439 H. Cominsky ..191 192 133 516 TTOLRY, 550 51 8 BRS04 Seii 2,483 M. S. Gillette ..133 155 159 447 D. S. Gould ...162 166 184 512 Halgren ...... 112 168 165 445 F. Hubert ....186 186 143 515 Carroll .......195 185 183 563 TOLAL ¢ ooia wrsmararriviaiaisistiimn 2,482 PARGEL POST REPORT SHOWS INCREASE Business at Bemidji Postoffice Makes Slight Gain Over Last Year; Packages Heavier. The parcel post report of the Be- midji postoffice from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 this year shows a slight increase in" business over last year between The number of parcels mailed this year between these dates was 1,134, postage $108.48. weight was 3,905 pounds and seven 1,137 were mailed, weight 2,766 pounds, 14 ounces, and postage, $85.18. Receipts Increase. The number of parcels received for delivery this year during the two dates were 2,088 as compared to 1,- This year between Oct. 1 and 15, 479 parcels were delivered through general delivery windows and post- office boxes, 240 by city carriers on |- regular trips with other mail, by rural carriers and three by spe- The number of parcels delivered by all other conveyances and by substitute carriers on foot were 1,216 and the cost of delivery by all other conveyances and by sub- stitute carriers -on foot was $23.80. 3,222 Parcels Handled. The total number of parcels han- dled by the local postoffice between Oct. 1 and 15 this year were 3,222 as compared to 3,115 last year. This year 68 parcels were insured and 45 parcels were sent C. O. D. between Oct. 1 and 15. TRANSIENT PAYS FINE ON DRUNK CHARGE John Leer, a transient, paid a five- dollar fine in the municipal court this morning on a charge of drunken- MISS CLARA SMERUD TO WED CHARLES B. HOWE A wedding license was issued this morning to Miss Clara Smerud and Charles B. Howe, both of this city. 20.—Fourteen Eight evening 2-3; H. Com- The total parcels 150 THE CUB REPORTER O’Neil. called. river. for. TO ASK GOVERNMENT Lake district. 0. L. Dent on Committee. The committee appointed is W. B. Torgeson, Oklee; S. Schroeder, Red Thief E. M. Stanton, Thief River Falls; O. J. Peterson, Town of Mayfield; A. Chandler, Grand Forks; Peterson, Crookston; Dan Patterson, St. Hil- aire, and Peter Wold, Town of High- Lake Falls; River Falls; G. Halvorson, O. L. Dent, Bemidji; C. land. O. L. Dent is the only representa- tive from Bemidji. Senator O'Neil will act as chalrman of the organization and F. Lincoln of Thief River Falls as secretary. Complain of Overflow. “Settlers complain of of the ditches not being able Necessary to Drain. “Two-thirds of the water of the Red River of the North flows out of the Red Lake river. to drain and to conserve the territory around and affected by Probably the only way in which all| interests-can be takeneare of -is by dredging the lake and installing a controlling dam. By this- way the water could be held at a certain level during certain periods of the year without being detrimental to the land and the ditches below the lake would have a chance to empty.” the Government to Aid. The government will be petitioned through the congressman of this dis- trict to take action in regard to this matter and to aid the settlers, the Red Lake river being a navigable State aid will also be asked RAILWAYS OFFER LOW RATE TO DAKOTAS For the next few days the Minne- sota & International and Soo rail- ways are making a low round-trip rate to North Dakota points for har- vesters. The tickets are good for way fare. This low rate is given in order to secure enough help for the farmers in North Dakota to move the “bump- er” crop. CONGRESS MAY ABOLISH D. C. HALF AND HALF FINANCE PLAN ‘Washington, Oct. of the district’s expenses. ence. Take advantage of a want ad. Defective COMMITTEEAPPOINTED | 10 SECURE DATA ON- RED LAKE DRAINAGE Sen. D. P. 0’Neil of Thief River Falls Announces Committee Appointed to Investigate Complaints. AND STATE TO AID Overflow of Waters of Red Lake and Ditches Cause Much Damage; to Consider Water Power Rights. - Senator D. P. O’Neil of Thief River Falls while in Bemidji Tuesday an- nounced that he had appointed a committee, as delegated by a recent convention held at Thief River Falls, to secure data and to make recom- mendations for drainage in the Red overflow along the Red Lake river on“account to empty their water,” said Senator ““A mass meeting was called and later a delegated convention was At the convention, it was pointed out that there were conflict- ing interests to be decided upon, the water power interests and the farm land interests. It is necessary lake. thirty days and at a number of points the round-trip fare is less than a one- 20.—Senator Chilton of West Virginia, chairman of a special congressional investiga- ting committee, began hearings today concerning the half-and-half plan of financial support by congress for the ' | District of Columbia. der this plan, appropriates one-half Abolition of the plan may follow the confer- Congress, un- —— Jemy City, l‘f Oct. .20.—New. Jersey at the- pqllu»yuterdly regis- tered an emphatic to woman's appeal for ‘the ballot, The white and yellow bnnngr of ‘“‘votes for wo- men” luttered down to defeat in each of the state’s 21 counties and the majorities-agsinst adoption of the constitutional amendment to enfran- chise women i5 betwéen 50,000 and 60,000. The suffragett, their defeat yesterday and have be- gun to lay plans for carrying - the campaign to the legislature. Presi- dent Wilson’ obn district rejected Are Closed, — Promium List Complgted For Potata and Poultr the standings of the _|school garden work. The premium lm and plans for the potato and poultry show to be held in Bemidji during the n_n_nual winter convention of the Northern Minne- sota Development association, Dec. 9 and 10, have beep completéd. Many Prizés Offered. Besides the prizes, amounting to $300 offered by the development as- sociation in an efghth of an acre po- tato contest for ¢hildren, prizes will be offered for allikinds of exhibits of potatoes and péultry. There are many merchandise prizes besides cash prizes. The prize list wnl be pub-,| lished in a_ few V8. First Show. At the meeting of the Commercial g, Bueford M. ‘ltualt. in charge of the arrangeme]) ts, reported on the premiums secureq:from the-business men and announed plans for the show. The poulfry show will be' called the first ghnual show of ‘the Beltrami County Poultry association. It is planned to hold similar shows each year. C. E. Brown Judge. C. E. Brown of the experimental station at Crookston has been select- ed a8 judge of the poultry. Premiums wil)be offered in six varieties of poutcés, seven premiums to each variety. Over 1,000 exhnms are expected: Sk J. J. Opsahl announced to the Com- mercial .club ‘at the meeting that he would-donate $100 toward defraying the expenses of the premiums. JUDGE STANTON FOR GOVERNOR, IS RUMOR * Judge C. W. Stanton of Bemidji for governor and Governor W. 8. Hammond for United States senator is the political gossip among local -| Democrats in Bemidji today. ‘Whether or not Judge Stanton will be a candidate is not known as he is not in the city today. riculture. In_the third, fourth Doris Flatley has the Bertha Webster has the in the fifth grade, 89; favorable. Seventh Grade. Bertha Webster, 91; 91; Alice Hammond. Fifth Grade. 26¢; Paul Johnson, RECORD REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 0CT. 16 IN JOREIGN BUSINESS Olson. ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—A record ex- port business is shown by foreign trade figures for the week ending Oct. 16, made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic com- merce. Exports for the week, $78,- 694,663, as against $67,744,921 the week before. Imports were $29,- 782,055, giving a favorable trade balance of $43,912,598 for the week. CROOKSTON FIRM C;oukston, Minn,, Oct. ties of $58,000. NORTH DAKOTA LAND REGISTRATION FALLS OFF Minot, N. D., Oct. 20.—There was a heavy falling off- yesterday in the number of registrations for land on Fort Berthold reservation, the num- ber received being 800, as against 2,470 received on the first day of the rush. JELLE RESIDENT SECURES WOLF BOUNTY and Friday. Albert Arneson of Jelle was this morning given a bounty for a good- sized wolf. hold its 1916 convention !eity. It Sure Looks Like War To Scoop REPORT ISSUED OF STANDINGSINSCHOOL GARDEN WORK Prof. B. M. Gile Announces Results of Students’ Work; Gardens + undsunted by |MISS DORIS FLATLEY HEADS Bt et by LIST WITH 83 GRADE Prizes Offered in 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades; Sixth and Seventh Grade Students Get Credit. ‘Prof. B. M. Gile, -agriculturist in the Bemidji schools, today.announced students The gardens | have been closed for the season 1915. No Prizes in 6 and 7th Grades, In the sixth and seventh grades no prizes were offered but those. re- ceiving a standing above 80 will get one-half credit in eighth grade ag- in and fitth grades, cash prizes were offered to those getting the highest marks. Boris Flatley Highest. highest standing for the seventh grade, 93; highest The following are the students of the school that had gardens, arranged in the order of their final marks: Doris Flatiey, 93; Earl Dell, 87; Claire Miller, 86; ‘Ruth- Baumgard- ner, 88; Amy Peterson,- 85; Arthur Hovey, 85; Pearl Phibbs, 84; Lloyd Lalone, 84; Catherine Bagley, John Henry, 82; Ruby Edwards, 80; William McGregor, 80; Edla Rudy, 80; Tom Simons, 80; Lewis Newman, 75; Lorraine Kreatz, 70; Philip Den- standing in the sixth grade, 91; Rus- sel Clark has the highest standing Lawrence Johnson has the highest standing in third and fourth grades, 85. Season Not Favorable. The season this year, although it compares very favorably with last season, is not as good as it would have been had the weather been more 83; Alice Dyer, June Williams, 91; May Clark, 91; Arline Deneau, 90; Earnest Robi- deaux, 90; Maud Clark, 90; Emily Loulan, 85; Marie Annette, 85; Sum- ner Whitney, 84; Margaret Peterson, 81; Helen Lauritzen, 80; Robert Nay- "lor, 76; Ethel Marin, Melvin Geil and Russel Clark, 88, prize $1.50; Al- vira Deneau, 86, prize, $1.00; Gordon Smith, 83, prize 50c; Earl Black, 82, prize 25¢; Henry Gordon, 81, prize 80, prize 25c¢; Vivian Rasmussen, 89; Earl Roe, 77. 3rd and 4th Grades, Lawrence Johnson, 85, prize $1.00; Francis Rhea, 83, prize 75¢; Francis Hansen, 81, prize 50c; Cornelia Mec- Pherson 75; Fred Bourcier and Ted GOES TO WALL 20.—The DELEGATES TO VIRGINIA FOR CITY LEAGUE MEET Mayor William McCuaig, F. S. Ly- can, president of the city council, and P. J. Russell, city attorney, left for Virginia today where they will at- tend the meeting of the Minnesota League of Municipalities Thursday They were appointed delegates to the meet by the council at the last regular meeting. Bemidji will invite the league to in Spokely clothing houses in Crookston and Fargo have gone to the Combined assets of the concern are [approximately $41,000, with liabili- wall. city this DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF AMERICANS Brownsyille, Tex., Oct. 20.—Ten Mexicans yesterday paid with their lives for alleged complicity in Mon- day night’s wrecking of a St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway pas- senger train on the outskirts of Brownsgville, the killing of three Am- ericans and the wounding of four others. Peace officers said today they had clues to other Mexicans connected with the wreck. Advocates Good Roads and Park System for Bemidji Senator D. P. O’Neil of Thief River Falls, Minn, al a meeting of the Merchants’ association Tuesday af- ternoon, advocated the building of a good road between Bemidji and Thief River Falls and also the building of a park system in Bemidji. Many Would Come Here. “There are a large number of people in Thief River Falls,” he said, “who would come-to Lake Be- midji to spend their week-ends and their vacations in the summer if there was a good auto road. I believe that it would be a good thing for the two cities to get together and build such a road. Will Aid Park Building. “Bemidji should have a park sys- tem and should plan to preserve the pine. T will personally agree to give all the support that I am able to give in order to assist in bulding up a park system.” Senator O'Neil explained the ac- tion taken in regard to the reclama- tion of lands around Red Lake and the drainage there. Senator Campbell Present. Senator W. Campbell of Minne- apolis was another very interesting visitor at the meeting. He told sev- eral short stories in regard to his éx- periences in ‘the house of represen- tatives. J. J. Opsahl, at the meeting ex- plained the letter that he ' recently fent the organization in regard to farm - markets. . George French was admitted as a member “of the ' organization. The next:meeting-will-be-held next day afternoon. PRINCESS PATRICA MAY ATTEND WOMEN’S CONGRESS ON COAST San Francisco, Oct. 20.—Women of national and international promin- ence will attend the Congress of Wo- men here Nov. 1. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, is expected to attend. Princess Patri- ca, daughter of.the Duke of Can- naught, governor-general of Canada, may be here also. The congress will be presided over by Lady Aberdeen, president of the International Council of Women, and author of many books. Lady Aber- deen is one of the foremost leaders of the feminist movement in the world. Many brilliant social affairs are planned for the distinguished visitors. PLENTY OF GAME IN NEW REFUGE Game in the new game refuge re- cently established north of this city, has already found that there is to be no hunting there and hundreds of ducks are in the small lakes of the district. Partridges are very plen- tiful. g Oats has been thrown in the water for the ducks and white clover will be seeded for the partridges. Farmers-living in the vicinity are enforcing the rulings made by the State Game Refuge association and are demanding that anyone found guilty be prosecuted. The associa- tion will give a $10 reward for the information of anyone violating the rules. A Bemidji merchant and a lawyer who recently went through the ter- ritory with their guns have been warned. Guns taken through; the territory must be in cases or “knock- ed down.” . BY uHOP'c BULGARIA TO BE MISTRESS OF THE BALKANS-KAISER INPROCLAMATION: Press Dispatches to London Report That Bulgarian Troops Have Re- ceived Advices From Berlin. ASQUITH’S CONDITION IS . REPORTED IMPROVED Italians Call Out Four More Classes of Reservists; Serbians Repulse Austro-Germans, London, Oct. 20.—A proclamation issued today by, the kaiser declares that Bulgaria is to be mistress of the Balkans. The territory included in the Balkans is southward to the Aegean sea and from the Black sea to the Adriatic sea. The proclama- tion was received by the Bulgarian troops, press dispatches here today say. Rome reports that the Bulgarians have been thrown out of Vrania. The Saloikanish railroad is working un- interruptedly. Germans have advanced against the Russian troops in the northeast, says a Berlin wireless report today. Fighting still continues along the Styr. The Russian attacks morth- west of Daroane and north of Rafal- evka have been repulsed by the Aus- trians. SERBIANS REPULSE AUSTRO-GERMANS Geneva, Oct. 20.—The Serbians have repulsed the Austro-Germans north of Shabitz. The Serbs are on ! the offensive at Pozarevac and have 2 routed the Bulgars at Ortaki. & ASQUITH’S CONDITION REPORTED IMPROVED London, Oct. 20.—The Russians have broken through the Austrian line at the Stretha river. The Aus-- trians have evacuated Czarnowioz, ' o the capitol of the Austrian crown Lo land. of Bukovina. . -Asquith’s uon- : dition hdepoztedflhnpwud. = ;: st FOUR MORE CLASSES OF ITALIANS ARE CALLED Rome, Oct. 20.—Four more classes 2 of Italian reservists have been called | to the colors. The mobilization is | complete. ZEPPELINS TO ATTACK SUBMARINES IN BALTIC Berlin, Oct. 20.—Confidence is felt here that the German Zeppelins now being used against the Allied sub- marines in the Baltic sea will halt the activities of the undersea craft. ESTIMATES OF BILLION DOLLAR DEFENSE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY DANIELS ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—Official es- timates of the navy’s part in the ad- ministration’s billion dollar national defense program was made public to- day by Secretary Daniels. They show that within five years it is pro- posed to spend $502,482,214 on con- struction of new ships, development of aircraft and the creation of a hugh reserve of ammunition and guns for the navy. The five-year building program contemplates the building of ten dreadnoughts, six battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers, 50 destroyers, 15 sea- going submarines, 85 coast defense submarines, four gunboats, one hos- pital ship, two ammunition ships, two new oil ships and one repair ship. The last of these vessels will be built and put in commission late in 1924. WILSON ORDERS EMBARGOONARMS Will Demand Enforcement of Joint Resolution of United States Congress. —_— Washington, Oct. 20.—President ‘Wiison today issued a proclamation placing an embargo on the shipments. of all arms and munitions to Mexico. The proclamation declares: “I have found that there exists in Mexico, customs of violence promoted by the use of arms and ammunitions of war procured from the United States. I hereby order every person to abstain from every violation of the joint resolution of congress and I hereby warn them that all viola- tions will be vigorously prosecuted.” In a letter to the president Secre- tary Lansing asked the president to- let Carranza receive arms. For the - present, however, Carranza will not be allowed to receive arms,