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

VOLUME 13, NO. 253. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WUWAY EVENING, 0CTOBER 21 1915, SALOONS INHIBBIKS AND GHISHOLM WILL GLOSE NOVEMBER | Long Expented Governmental Order Under S “an Treaty of 1855 ‘ 1’(% livered. ) ! _%, ‘ SALOON MEN PL%, o i FIGHT FE AL ACTION Government Officers Are & tive; 1 Hibbing Has Forty-sevea Saloons. 1 Hibbing, Minn., Oct. 21.—Saloons|" in Hibbing and Chisholm must close by Nov. 1, according to an order is- sued yesterday by the Indian bureau. The order, which has been long ex- pected, was delivered by Chief Spe- cial Officer Henry A. Larson of the | Washington bureau of Indian affairs. He notified the 47 saloonkeepers. g Brandt at Chisholm. The text of the order is as follows: b “Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. “Sir—You are hereby notified to discontinue your business in viola- tion of article 7 of the treaty be- tween the United States and the Chippewa Indians, concluded on Feb. 22, 1856, and your attention is called to sections 2139 and 2140 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States . |Agusda, 60 miles from Mothers Meet At Central School Friday Mothers of the children in the first grade at the Central school will meet examine the work that is being done. A lunch will be served at four o’clock. which will be held in order to get the is being done at the school. The teachers of the first gmde at this school are Misses Hardlng, Bu- deln}an and Strand. H WILTON COUPLE IS - LIGENSED TO WED John David Hemshaw was this morning granted a license at the clerk of court’s office to wed Miss Verna Iona Carpenter, both of Wil- ton. The wedding will take place Saturday. THREE U, S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN MEXIGAN RAID Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 21.—Mexi- cans attacked the town of Ojede this here, 3 and Amendments thereto. “And this you will in no wise fail to do on or before the first day of November, 1915, under the pains and penalties of the law. “HENRY A. LARSON, ““Chief _Special Officer.” Special Officer J. P. Brandt notified the saloons at Chisholm. Whether the saloons at Floodwood and Kee- watin will be closed also is not known. No definite information can be se- b cured in Hibbing today as to what action, if any, will be taken to com- bat the Federal closing order. Mayor ¢ Victor L. Power, generally credited with being the attorney of the saloon men in this matter, declared briefly and postively this morning, “I have nothing whatever to say at this time.” Order May Be Resisted. Tt is generally.rumored that the closing order will be fought on the ground that Hibbing and Chisholm are not within the territory covered by the Chippewa treaty of 18565. An attempt, it is said, will be made to show that the Little Swan river, men- tioned in the treaty, runs to the west of Hibbing, and that the stream just east of Buhl, heretofore accepted as the boundary, is only a branch of the main Little Swan. It is considered certain here that legal action will be taken which may result in postponing the closing beyond the date of Nov. 1, set in yesterday’s notices. Supply Ten-day Limit. Liquor dealers in Hibbing have felt certain that the blow was soon to fall and have been reducing their stocks for some months, and all of them are prepared to dispose of their present supply within the ten-day limit, CATO SELLS SAYS HE WILL ENFORCE LAWS Lake Mononk, N. Y, Oct. 21.— i Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian af- 1 fairs, who has been criticized by the Lake Mononk Conference on Indian affairs, today announced that he will enforce all the anti-liquor laws in all the territory covered by treaties. He exhibited a telegram from Henry Larson, chief special officer of the In- dian bureau, in which Larson advised him that he had already began serv- ing notice on Hibbing and Chisholm, Minn., saloons to close. INDIAN LID MAY APPLY TO PELICAN RAPIDS Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. 21.—It is believed that government officials are about to apply the Indian lid to the Pelican country. Pelican Rapids is dry by local option, but this does not prevent liquor being brought in or shipped in by private parties. The Indian treaty, however, absolutely forbids the importation of liquor in- to the territory affected. Pelican Rapids is just about on the line of the treaty territory. The treaty was made before the county was surveyed, and the boundaries of the so-called “Indian country” had to be defined by natural objects. The treaty provided that the boundary of the territory should be a direct line from the mouth of the Buffalo river to the outlet of Otter Tail lake. This line, according to some maps, passes just outside Pelican Rapids, but other maps would include the village in the dry zone. PRESIDENT WILSON PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 25 THANKSGIVING DAY ‘Washington, Oct. 21.—President ‘Wilson today named November 25, Thanksgiving day. morning. Three United States sol- diers were killed and six were wounded. 300,000 TROOPS FOR BALKANS London, Oct. 21.—It was reliably learned today that the British and French will send 300,000 British and French troops to the Balkans to aid the Serbians. GRAND RAPIDS ELEVEN HERE FOR GAME 0CT 31 The Bemidji city football team has secured a game with the Grand Rap- ids team, to be played at the fair grounds here, Oct. 31. The local team defeated the Grand Rapids eleven last Sunday by a score of 14 to 9. N GERMANS CAPTURE TERRITORY ON DVINA Berlin, Oct. 21.—The war office this afternoon announced that the Germans have captured the Dvina river bank from Borowitz to Bera- munde from the Russians. The Bul- garians have reached the Ajecar-Kne- zavao highway. DISTILLER RECEIVES BIG SENTENCE FOR MOONSHINING Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. 21.—Federal Judge Youmans this afternoon sen-| tenced the men who pleaded guilty to the moonshine conspiracy charges. John Gasper of Kansas City a distill- er, was sentenced to nine years and three days at the Leavenworth peni- tentiary and was given a $30,000 fine. NAVY EXPENSES OVER $20,000,000 ABOVE NORMAL ‘Washington, Oct. 21.—On account of the European war and the increas- ing cost in material the cost of the navy next year will be $20,340,000 above normal. SENTIMENT DIVIDED AT CHISHOLM Chisholm, Minn., Oct. 21.—Indian Officer A. Larson, through Special Officer Brandt, served notice on all Chisholm saloon keepers yesterday morning to close their saloons or on before Nov. 1. Great exicitement prevails among the saloon keepers, who are raising a fund to fight the closing order on the ground that Chisholm does not come within the boundary of the Chippewa Indian treaty. Sentiment in town is di- vided as to the good or otherwise of the closing of the saloons. D. C. Weaver of Gonvick is in the city today visiting friends. SCOOP iiroxter REPORTER GEE-ALLTH BEST MEN N TOWN ARE JDINING- TH' SOLDIERS TRAINING CAMP This is the first of a series of meets | JUDIGIAL DITCHES NOS. 34 AND 36 TOBE ESTABLISHED tomorrow afternoon at the school to|Judge C. W. Stanton,-in Distriot Court, Files Order With Clerk of Court. mothers interested in the work that | PROPOSED DITCH NO. 35 IS UNDER CONSIDERATION No. 34 is 60 Miles Long, Will Cost $71,680.22; No. 36 is 117 Miles Long, Will Cost $212,193. Judge C. W. Stanton in district court has filed an order establishing Judicial Ditches No. 34 and. No. 36. Ditch No. 34 is in the towns of Lee, Hamre and Steenerson. It will be 60 miles in length and the estimated cost is $71,689.22. Diteh No. 36 is in the unorganized townships No. 156 and No. 157, range 31, north of Red Lake. The diteh will be 117 miles long, and the estimated cost is $212,193. Judge Stanton has taken the es- tablishment of Ditch No. 35 under advisement. There has been some ob- jection to the establishment of this diteh which is in the town of North- ern, northwest of Bemidji, being 14 miles long and the estimated cost is $9,952. EXAMINES BOOKS OF BUILDING AND LOANASSN. E. F. Kenrick, state bank exam- iner, is in the city today examining the books of the Bemidji Building and Loan association. Mr. Kenrick recently returned from Washington where he took an active part in the review of the G. A. R. by President Wilson. Mr. Ken- rick was a drummer in the parade just as he was a drummer boy in the review after the war fifty years ago. He has been connected with the state banking department for a num- ber of years. His home is in St. Paul. HAROLD KNUTSON FOR - GONGRESS IN 6TH DIST. St. Cloud, Minn., Oct. 21.—Harold Knutson, formerly of this city, is to be a candidate for congress from the Sixth district. No announcement has formally been made by.Mr. Knutson, but his intentions were intimated to- day. Mr. Knutson was formerly pub- lisher of a paper at Foley, was city editor of the Journal-Press of St. Cloud, and at one time president of the Northern Minnesota Editorial as- sociation. Women’s Night at Gould’s Bowling Alleys - Tonight Bemidji women will invade the new Gould bowling alleys tonight. Manager Gould today announced that he would turn the alleys over to the women every Thursday evening. It is expected that a small league will be formed. A large number of women are planning to bowl at the alleys to- night. KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KD WIRELESS TELEPHONE WITH PARIS LAST NIGHT ‘Washington, Oct. 21.—The navy department last night undertook the most inspiring feat in telephony by talking to Paris by wireless. A cable- gram is expected late today saying whether or not the de- partment talked with _Paris and whether the remarks ‘were heard. ARk ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok kR o kkh ok kok kok ok ok kkk & KEXX XK XXX KKK KKK Cook Pleads Not Guflty toFederal Liquor Charge ‘William Cook of the Red Lake In- lian agency was brought before Judge Hiram A. Simons, United States court commissioner, this morning by Depu- ty United States Marshal Frank Tufts charged with having sold one gallon of whisky to an Indian by the name of Ke‘me-wun, & ward of the gov- ernment. Cook pleaded not guilty, waived examination and was bound over to the Federal grand jury which meets in Fergus Falis, Nov. 9. He was released on $690 bail. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DANGE rnmv NIGHT The Bemidji high school -football team will” give a dnoe at the city hall Friday eveniiig. The proceeds of the dance will be used to pay the expenses of the team on its trip to Akeley Saturday. The hall is being decorated and ex- cellent music has peen sprovided. g GERMAN WAR LOAN IS RAISED Berlin, Oct. 213~To Oct. 18 over 68 per cent of the total third Ger- man war loan had been raised. SALONIKA-NISH RAILWAY IS CUT Paris, Oct. 21.—Dispatches from Nish state that the Salonika-Nish railway has been cut in two places’ by the Bulgarimms. CHARLTON TRIAL IS DELAYED; LAWYER ILL Como, Italy, Oct. 21.—The Porter Charlton trial has-been postponed un- til Friday because of the ‘illness of Attorney Picardi, -Charlton’s chief counsel. i BETHLEHEM STEEL ADVANCES New York, Oct. 21.—On two: sales of the floor of the stock exchange here this -morning Bethlehem steel advanced seventy points, selling at 599%. e NEW ‘BKTTLESHIP' FOR- BEMIDJI NAVAL MILITIA ‘“Come on down with me-and take a ‘squint’ at the new battleship,” was the invitation'receoived by a repre- sentative of the Pioneer from Lieut. Earle A. Barker of the Bemidji naval division this morning. There on a flat car near the lake front lay a boat with all the “ear- marks” of a battleship. “It’s a cutter,” said Mr. Barker, ‘“equipped with a gun deck for one- pound rapid-fire guns, sliding gutter rigs, sails and there is a place for forty men and twelve oars:” Senator D. P. ONeil of Thief River Falls will now think there- is more truth than poetry in the remarks he made at the business men’s meeting Tuesday, when he said: “You Be- midji men got my normal school away from me and are now launching a navy on your lake to protect it.” The boat will be unloaded today and placed in the waters of Lake Be- midji. BOYS' GLEE GLUB = - AT HiGH ScHooL Over twenty-five boys of the high school will organize a'glee club at the high school this evening. They are planning a number of musical entertainments for this winter. 4,729 REGISTRATIONS AT FT. BERTHOLD RESERVATION Minot, N. D., Oct. 21.—A total number of 4,729 registrations for the lands on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation, drawings for which will be made November 4, were reported this morning at the Minot land of- fice. The Fever Is Gmmng—-llnder Gover BANCROFT ORDERED Bulgarla Makes Progress - RELEASED BY STANTON Toward Teutons; England‘ Judge of District Court Issues Order in International Falls Saloon i Case, (By Special Correspondent.) International Falls, Minn., Oct. 21. —Judge C. W. Stanton has issued an order which was today filed with the clerk of court here directing the sher- iff to discharge S. K. Bancroft from custody because no legal case had been shown for his imprisonment or restraint. Bancroft was nrreated charged with running a saloon illegally. The license of Bancroft’s saloon was to expire September 12 but a re- newal was requested in July. On Au- gust 2 the county voted dry under the county option law and it was al- leged that the renewal of the license which became operative in September was not in effect. The city council refused to cancel the license and Bancroft kept his saloon open. The county attorney ordered the arrest of Bancroft and he was bound over, the municipal court refusing to allow the giving of bonds. Judge M. A. Spooner of Bemidji and W. V. Kane secured the habeas corpus writ. The hearing on the same was held here Oct. 10 and Judge Stanton’s order is the result of that hearing. ONE KILLED WHEN TRAIN CRASHES THROUGH TRESTLE Cleveland, Oct. 21.—One man was killed and two were injured when two construction cars loaded with con- crete plunged through trestle this morning on the Brooklyn-Brighton bridge. JOHUN LIND HERE ON HUNTING TRIP Ex-Governor John Lind was in the city this morning on his way to Red Lake where he will hunt with A. L. Molander of this city. FUNERAL OF THOMAS MBELAS The funeral of Thomas W. Bell, who died Wednesday morning at St. Anthony’s- hospital, was held this morning at 10 o’clock from the family residence, 911 Minnesota avenue. The pallbearers were Dr. C. J. Lar- son, Earl Geil, Dan Gracie, E. W. Hannah, A. L. Collard and T. W. Campbell. Interment was made at Greenwood cemetery. Rev. J. C. Strand of East Grand Forks offi- ciated. Note To Germany Regards Escape Of Ship’s Officers Washington, Oct. 21.—State de- partment officials are eonsidering the form of a communication which may g0 to the German government in re- gard to the escape of two commission- ed officers and six warrant officers from the interned commerce railer at the Norfolk navy yard. Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the navy department, sent to Secretary Lansing a formal report on the es- cape of the men, his letter following| a conference with the secretary of state. If it is determined from the report that the general parole covering all officers and men of their crews given by the commanders of Kron Prinz ‘Wilhelm and the Prince Eitel Freider- ich when the ships were interned, can be construed as a personal obligation ‘upon the two commissioned officers missing from the Eitel, the German government probably will be asked o return Lieutenant Koch and Dr. Kro- neck to the custody of the United States in the event they reach Ger- man soil. No trace of the missing Germans llms been reported. school football camp. were injured this morning when a Lackawanna ferry boat, Netherland, collided with a pier at Pier Head dur- ing a fog. were aboard the ferry and pier, in- cluding 800 women and girls who were enroute to their work. pact caused wagons and automobiles carried on the "lower decks of the ferry to be thrown together in heaps. A panic was threatened, women be- came hysterical and when taken from the ferry they screamed with fear. from- Frankfort that still another campaign, this KRR KK KK K * JULIUS A. § * SECRETARY OF STATE, IS * * CANDIDATE FOR GOVEENOR * KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KF | JULIUS A. SCHMAHL. St. ‘Paul, Minn., Oct. 21.—Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of state, at Cincinnati today gave an interview in which he stated that he would run for governor of Minnesota on the Re- publican “ticket. Football Players Declared Ineligible For Akeley Game Gloom has entered the Bemidji high Eight of the regular players have been declared ineligible on account of being below in their- class grades. Several other members of the team are about on the verge of dropping below the con- dition mark. The game of the second team with Blackduck which was scheduled for next Saturday has been cancelled as Coach Bestul will need most of the ame with Akeley at that o “fiext~ Baturday. A double- header has been arranged for a week | £ Saturday when the first team 1l ‘meet Crookston and the ‘second team will meet Blackduck." Among the players that will go to Akeley are: R. Johnson, C. Bailey, A. Cameron, M. Witting, F. Phibbs, F. Madson, P. Gray, D. Woods, H. Warfield, H. White, G. Graham and C. Neumann. SQ.INIURED IN N. Y. FERRY WRECK DURING F06 New York, Oct. 21.—Fifty persons Several thousand people The im- TEUTONS TO MOVE AGAINST MONTENEGRO London, Oct. 21.—It is reported the Central powers have decided to undertake time against Montenegro. According to this report, forward- ed from Amsterdam by a correspond- ent of the Central News, 20,000 Aus- trian and German infantrymen, with artillery, have arrived from Galicia at Sarayevo, in Bosnia, about sixty miles north of the Montenegrin bor- der. These troops, the correspondent 'says, will soon be dispatched against the Montenegrins, with whom there has been only desultory fighting for months. C. M. Johnson of Cass Lake is in Bemidji today on business. By "HOP" (hty of Radijevatz in Serbia is Occu- pied—Inhabitants Seek Refuge in Rumania. German Officials Say Way to Con- stantinople Will Be Cut in- Five Weeks. Great Britain ‘Makes Grecians. Big Offer if Latter Toops Will Aid in Balkans. Riga is Again Nnder Fire—Premier Asquith Has Good Night and is Resting Easily. Paris, Oct. 21.—The Bulgarians . are today making progress toward a Jjunction with the Teutonic forces in northern Serbia. The Bulgarians have occupfed the city of Radujevatz in Serbia. The inhabitants are seek- ing refuge in Rumania. v Mackensen’s steam roller is pro- gressing somewhat faster througn Serbia than was expected. ”, High German officials in Berlin say that the way through Serbia to Con- stantinople will be cut within five weeks. At Constantinople great quantities of food supplies wil} be se- The Germans will be ghle to _ secure Anatolian cotton and - wool which will make the demand for Am- erican cotton decrease. The Teu- tons after reaching Constantinople are expected to begin war on England by striking Egypt and the . Suez. German officials in a recent state- ment said that they had enough of French and Russian people to insure peace. London reports that Preml;r As- quith had a good night and i; -rest- ing well. Makes Formal Offer. Great Britain has made a formal offer of the Island of Cyprus to Greece as soon as Greece undertakes toiim- tervene in the war on the side 9| allies. The Daily Telegram this announeement. yesterds; “Thus™far,” says tli¢' Datly Telé- gram, “Greece has not replied to the offer of Cyprus. Our Athens-correés- pondent informs us that. it is believed the offer will create an excellent im- pression in Greece, since it is am ac- tual concession and not a mere prom- ise which Germany might suggest and would never be carried out.” Report on Good Authority. The Daily Telegram, in an edit- orial, claims that its report is based on good authority. The newspaper points out that the offer differs from the German offer to Greece inasmuch as it is not contingent upon the final triumph of the Triple entente, but would take effect as soon as Greece performs her part in the suggested agreement. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, 60 miles from the coast of Asia Minor. It has an area of 3,584 square miles and & population of nearly 300,000. To Send Ultimatum. A Rome dispatch to the Daily Majl~ gives the report that the entente al- lies will send an ultimatum to Greece insisting that she define her posi- tion. A dispatch to lleutern Telegram company from Odessa says a mission the Rumanian government is send- ing to France, with a son of General Guatenano at its head, has arrived. The mission will visit Petrograd on its way to France. Considerable im- portance is attached in London to this mission. Its object is not known but it is thought here that such & mission would hardly be undertaken unless Rumania contemplates. action on the side of the allies. iga Again in Danger. Battles south of Riga, where Ger- mans have made some progress at the new thrust at the. Baltic province ports and in Bolhynia and Galicis, where the Russians have gained rather important victories, are mow competing in interest with the opera- tions in the Balkans. Is Stubborn Battle. The Germans have concentrated very large forces with a great amount of artillery south of Riga and a stub- born battle has been in progress for several days. The situation is con- sidered by the Russians to be more serious than it.has been for a long time, and there is again talk of the evacuation of -Riga by the military, who have been sole occupants of the city since the civilian population left a month ago. 3 cured. ST. PAUL MAN REPORTED WOUNDED Ottawa, Can., Oct. 21.—William @. Johns of St. Paul is given as woundesd in last night’s casualty lists of the Canadian contingent, issued by the Canadian war office here.