Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 8, 1915, Page 1

THE BEMID I VOLUME 18 NO 268, BEMIDJI, mmmsou, MONDAY EVENIHG NOVEHBER‘O, 1915 FIRE IN NYMORE DESTROYS HOME; DAMAGES OTHERS - William Titus" h.\. ’0.3 “wms to Ground; Anton Krog ‘S’%/g[ as. Anderson Houses Scoren. p— TOTAL LOSS MAY REACH OVER $3,000 Bemidji Department Refuses to Aid Nymore as Village Never Offered to Pay Expenses. Fire at Nymore at seven o’clock Sunday morning did about $3,000 damage to tliree houses. The Wil- liam Titus home, which is owned by Anton Krog, was totally destroyed, and the Anton Krog and Charles An- derson homes were damaged. The loss at the Titus home is about $1,500 on the building and about $500 on the furniture. Each of the other homes suffered about a $500 loss. All were insured. The fire is believed to have orig- inated from a crossed wire. The Ny- more fire department was called and did good work but it was feared, for a time, that the entire block would be destroyed. The Bemidji department was called upon but refused to render its ser- vices. Members of the Bemidji de- partment today stated that they re- fused to aid Nymore as the village has never in the past recognized the department after it had aided in fighting fires in Nymore. According to one of the officials, Nymore has never offered to pay the expenses of the local firemen in going to fires in Nymore. FUNERAL OF FRANK GUSTAFSON IS HELD The funeral of Frank Gustafson of Winton, formerly of this city, who died Nov. 5, was held this afternoon from the German Lutheran church here. The Sons of Herman lodge, of which Mr. Gustafson was a member, held services. Surviving Mr. Gustafson are the CONTRACTS ARE LET |GAMPAIGN OPENS FOR DITCH NO, 62 From Meeting at Roseau; Ditch in Two Counties. J. L. George, county auditor, has ‘urned from Roseau where he at- " &d the letting. of bids last week fo. judicial ditch No. 62 which will be built in Roseau and Beltrami counties. The ditch will be about 200 miles in length and will extend in town- ships 169, 160, 161 and 162, ranges 36, 37 and 38, Beltrami county. The balance of the ditch will be in Ro- seau county. The contract for excavating was let to the E. G. Brandenberg company of Minneapolis at $.1048 per foot; for clearing to Jones E. Reisberg for $15.85 per acre; for road leveling at $79.95 a mile and bridges at $7.45 a foot to Thomas Jones of Warroad; culverts at $.42 for 12-inch, $.67 for 15-inch, $.77 for 18-inch and $.81 for 20-inch to the Berger Manufac- turing company of Minneapolis. GITY COUNGIL T0 MEET TONIGHT The Bemidji city council will meet in regular session tonight at the city hall. Routine matters will be dis- cussed. BEMIDJI MAN DRAWS NO. 878 IN LOTTERY Berger Mjoset of Bemidji was the winner of the 878th drawing in the Fort Berthold land léttery at Minot, N. D., Saturday. N. E. GIVEN INJURED; STOVE FALLS ON FOOT N. E. Given, while moving a stove from the show window at the Given hardware store Friday evening, met with a painful accident. The stove slipped off the platform and fell on his right foot. Examination proved that no bones were broken. He is able to be about with the assistance of erutches. widow, two daughters and one son. BAGLEY BOND ISSUE IS APPROVED BY STATE Bagley, Minn., Nov. 8.—The bond issue of $51,000 recently voted by In- dependent school district No. 2 for the erection of a new school building and to cover the floating debt of the district has been approved by the state board of investment. This clears the way for the much needed high school building, and it is planned by the school board to start the work early next summer. Money on the bonds will not be available until several other districts have been supplied. This probably will be some time-after the work of erecting the new building is begun. The assistant high school inspector, who was in the village on an inspec- tion trip, declared that an additional grade schoolroom must be found im- mediately, as the present quarters are overcrowded. CREAMERY WILL PUMP . WATER FOR NORTHOME Northome, Minn., Nov. 8.—The village council and the officers of the Creamery association at a joint meeting entered into -a contract whereby the Creamery association will pump the village water, the price to be $25 per month. The services of the village mar- shal have been dispensed with, which means a saving to the village. For the present and until the creamery gets to running, P. J. McLinn has been engaged to do the pumping. WIVER SELLS LIVERY BARN PROPERTY Samuel Simpson of Minneapolis has purchased Lots 19 and 20, Block 13 in Bemidji, from K. Mclver. The property is the Mclver livery barn. The consideration given is $5,000. GERMAN TROOPS ARE REPULSED NEAR DUBNO Berlin, (via Vienna) Nov. 8.— Northwest of Dubno the Teuton troops were repulsed by strong Rus- slan attacks, says the official state- ment today. CONDITION OF HARRY HALVORSEN IMPROVING Harry Halvorsen, who has been se- riously ill with pneumonia at St. Anthony’s ‘hospital, is improving. CONDITION OF SHOOTING VIGTIMS IS IMPROVED The conditions ot Frank Kozz and Joe Novak, who were shot early Fri- day morning in a row at the Dick- enson hotel, are reported much im- proved today. Both men will prob- ably be arrested as soon as they have recovered. BEMIDJI BOY STARS IN FOOTBALL GAME Harold Schmitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Schmitt, of this city, was the star player on the Thief River Falls high school football eleven in a game with the Fosston high school at Thief River Falls Saturday after- noon. Thief River defeated Fosston by a score of 38 to 0. Harold, who is attending the Thief River Falls highschiool, made four touchdowns and four goals. T0 INSPECT NAVAL MILITIA TONIGHT The Bemidji naval militia will be inspected tonight by Captain Guy Eaton, Commander Inspector Gerald Houze and Lieutenant Wille of Du- luth. ordered that all members be present and will accept no excuses. Inspec- tion will begin at eight o’clock. A. Rossman of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review was a business caller in Bemidji Saturday. Lieutenant E. A. Barker has|. IN I]EGEMIER County Auditor J. L. George Returns | Presidential Candidates Will Be Groomed and Convention Cities Will Be Chosen. " Washington, Nov. 8.—The real, regular machinery which will pick and groom the next Republican and Democratic candidates for president will be started up in December.- ‘With the meetings here of the na- tional committees at that time, the dates and places of meeting of the Democratic and Republican conven- tions will be decided upon. From then on, committee headquarters here will be busily waching booms, primaries, delegations and the other details of the program of picking the president. Chicago After Convention, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco are bidding for the Re- publican convention. The seaboard cities find Chicago’s central location is the chief thing they have to com- bat and each is going about offset- ting this in her own way. The con- vention will be held the latter part of June. Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo and Omaha are contenders for the Democratic convention. Cut of Delegates. Responding to a demand the last Republican convention, there has been a cut of ninety delegates, large- ly among the southern delegations, which represented districts in which there is little Republican strength. The number cut off is as'follows: Ala- bama, 8; Arkansas, 3; Florida, 4; Georgia, 12; Louisiana, 8; Mississippi §; New York, 2; North Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 7; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 14; Virginia, 9. It has been ruled that the Hawaiian, Philippine and Porto Rican delegates, number- ing ten, cannot vote, and they are included in the ninety. Democrats Number 1,088, This brings the number of Repub- lican delegates down to 988. The Democratic ‘delegation numbers 1,- 088. In nineteen states the delegations are now chosen by primaries, and these are looked forward to with keen interest as showing the desires of the country in the matter of candidates. The primaries will be held as fol- lows: ; Indiana, March 7; Minnesota, March 14; New Hampshire, March 14; North Dakota, March 21; Mich- igan, April 3; Wisconsin, New York, Illinois, April 4; Iowa, April 10; Ne- braska, Oregon, April 18; Massa- chusetts, April 25; Maryland, May 1; California, Ohio, May 9; Penn- sylvania, May 16; New Jersey, May 23; South Dakota, West Virginia, June 6. Strictly Neutral, In Alabama, there is a primary bill pending in the legislature and in Vermont the primary bill passed will be voted upon at a referendum this winter. Of the 988 Republican delegates, 582 or considerably over half, are named in this way, and slightly over half of the Democratic delegates. The remainder are chos- en in caucuses. Sentiment at Democratic headquar- ters here is all Wilson. At Republi- can headquarters officials are “‘strict- 1y neutral” on candidates. The action to be taken by the Pro- gressive party is expected to be made known by Committee Chairman Vie- tor Murdock at Wichita, Kan., in a few weeks. FEDERAL GRAND JURY MEETS TOMORROW The Federal grand jury will open its session at Fergus Falls tomorrow morning. Over 100 - liquor cases from this territory will be consid- ered. Judge Hiram A. Simons, United States commissioner, went to Fergus Falls today to attend the sessions. Sheriff .:Andrew Johnson will go to Fergus Falls tomorrow where he will be a witness in a case. Other Bemidji men will attend the sessions. THIRTY-FIFTH, ANNIIAI. AMERICAN FEDERATION I.ABUR MEET HELD Convention Opem in San Francisco; Legislation in Interest of Work- ' ingmen Discussed. WILL FIGHT CONVICT AND CHILD LABOR Plans Made for Ensuing Year; to Take Action for Labor Congress for Permanent Peace. San Francisco, Noy. 8.—With for- mal ceremonies welcoming 500 dele- gates to the American Federation of Labor, the 35th annual convention was opened at ten o’clock this morn- ing. An adjournment was taken im- mediately to arrange: business session. 2 Legislation in the interest of labor which will be asked of the next con- gress, will be discussed tomorrow. Fight Convict Labor. The executive council of the fed- eration made many recommendations in its report and many others were made in resolutions introduced by delegates at the earlier sessions. Practically all the bills which failed of passage in the last congress will be re-introduced at the coming session and lobbied for by the council. The fight which ' organized labor has made upon convict labor and child labor will be continued. The heads of the federation believe that by prohibiting the interstate ship- ment of goods made by convicts or children, these manufacturers will cease. ~“tomorrow’s For Owen-Palmer Bill, Both conviet labor bills were pass- ed by the house in the last session and favorably reported to the senate but they failed. The Owen-Palmer child labor bill also passed the house but died in the senate. “We are confident that a measure similar to the Owen-Palmer bill will become a law in the near future be- cause we believe that congress is not inclined to set itself against the en- lightened public sentiment in behalf of better opportunities for children,” declared one federationcfiicial. Discuss 01d Age Pensions. Old age pensions for government employes is a subject in which- the federation is interested, but no legis- lation, it is thought, will be intro- duced until the employes themselves reach an agreement on the sort of program they wish passed. The fed- eration also approves suffrage for the citizens of the District of Colum-~ bia, but officials declared they would take no legislative action until resi- dents of the district showed some sort of united desire for the vote. Will Talk War. The federation feels that the war has caused a near panic in the United States by unemployed,‘ has made radical changes in American indus- trialism, has brought a near crisis for labor in the suggested embargo on exportations, has been the cause of attempts to stir up international dis- putes and has caused to be postponed the meeting of the International Fed- eration of Trade Unions. The fed- eration was asked to take action which will lead to the forming of closer bonds between the workers of all countries and the quick healing of the wounds of conflict. The fed- eration will form a plan for a great labor congress for permanent peace, to be held in this country at the close of the present war. ST. LOUIS BANK IS GLOSED BY STATE St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8.—Bank com- missioners today took over the af-| fairs of the Broadway bank of St. Louis, with $900,000 deposits and $100,000 capital. A crowd of 400 depositors, including many women, jammed the street in front of the bank when it was closed this morn- lmg [LID GASE IS SET Hearing Scheduled for Today in Min- neapolis is Postponed on Agree- ment of Attorneys. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 8.—The Hibbing Indisgn “lid” restraining or- der case will be argued Nov. 20, ac- cording to an agreement reached by the saloon keepers at Hibbing and the attorneys for the government. Mass of Papers, It was-found impossible to prepare the case and get the necessary papers. from Washington and elsewhere for use in the legal battle scheduled for today, owing to the number of issues raised and the great mass of material to be gathered and digested. Ac- cordingly, the agreement was reach- ed to fix a later date for the argu- ments. Securing Witnesses. Attorneys for the liquor men are scouring the country to find wit- nesses who will swear that what is now known as Swan River or West Swan River was really the river de scribed in the treaty, and which ap- pears on all the official maps as East Swan River. According to the treaty the eastern boundary of the ceded lands were East Swan River, 78 Plaintiffs. There are 78 plaintiffs in all com- prising the liquor dealers of Hibbing and Chisholm. Eight saloon keepers refused to become a party to the suit, but are still operating their estab- lishments the same as those who are parties to the suit. Persons close to the government of- ficials declare it is not the purpose of the Indian bureau to close these eight saloons and thus punish them for not contributing to the defense fund to fight the validity of the treaty. For this reason they will probably mot be disturbed until the whole question is settled and all sa- loon keepers thus be treated alike re- gardless of whether they joined in the litigation. Beer Not Included. Efforts will also be made by the liquor dealers to show that beer was not manufactured or sold within the boundaries of this treaty prior to 1855 and, therefore, it will be urged that the word “liquors” could not have been intended-to include-beer._ Tribal Relations Ceased. The claim is also made by the li- quor interest attorneys that because the Indian tribal relations have ccased that the Indians are not now Indians within the meaning of the treaty stipulations and that there are no Indians in that section of St. Louis county and that no Indians have been in Hibbing for many years except when a few came in 1911 to make an exhibit at the fair. To Supreme Court. It is believed here by many that no matter what decision is made by Judge Morris that the case will be carried up to the United States su- preme court on account of the far reaching issues involved. It is also believed here by many that the liquor men will try and so maneuver the the temporary restraining order until the case is finally decided. In such an event, the liquor men would have won a substantial vie- tory, as they would maintain the status quo for some years. “FISH GAR” IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT The state game and fish commis- sion’s “fish car” will arrive in Be- midji tonight with fifty cans of crap- pies for Lake Bemidji and for the Red Lakes. The car will be in charge of L. Cobb, superintendent of the state fish hatchery. g ] AUSTRIAN TROOPS ADVANCE IN XOBAVA Berlin, Nov. 8.—Additional prog- ress.for Austro-Hungarian troops in the western Morava valley with the capture of a considerable number of Serbian priosners was announced to- day by the war office. U.S. SENDS NOTE ON FOR NOV., 20 TRADEINTERFERENGE NEW WAR COUNCIL; Message to Englsnd Declares Act - legal and Indefensible; De- mands Rights. Washlngtbn. Nov. 8.—The United States in the latest note to Great Britain covering exhaustively the British interference to American trade declares that the so-called blockade instituted by the Allies against enemy. countries is ineffec- tive, illegal and indefensible. Notice is served by the note that the American government cannot with compliance submit to the cur- tailment of its natural rights. Ambassador Page is instructed to impress most earnestly upon the Brit- ish government that the United S}_a:tes cannot be governed by a policy of espediency in relations with Eng- land, but by rules of international conduct to which England held the United States when the latter was en- gaged in war. VILLA GARRISON MAY REVOLT TO CARRANZA Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 8.—The quiet along the American border today is threatened to be broken by Villa's garrison at Nogales revolting to Car- ranza. Mutiny would assume tre- mendous importance if Villa would change his plans and go to Nogales instead of continuing on his way to Cananea where he will levy a gold tribute on the mining companies. Villa is at Navo, Sonora, and the Carranza armies are pressing in on what may be a final battle. Strate- gists believe that Villa will be over- whelmed if he remains at Naco. WHITLOCK TO SAIL FOR U. 8. WEDNESDAY Washington, Nov. 8.—American Minister Brand Whitlock today ad- vised the state department that he would sail for home Wednesday from Rotterdam. Whitlock declared that the German government was much disturbed over the report-that the Berlin government had asked that he be sent home. German authorities is Belgium assured their friendli- ness and assured him that they were in no way responsible for the rumor. BOWLING LEAGUE OPENS SEASON TONICHT The Bemidji- Bowling league will be officially opened tonight at the Gould alleys by a game between the Quality Grocers and the Sentinel team. The alleys have been polished for the occasion and the game will be called at eight o’clock sharp. ‘The members of the Quality Gro- cers team are Scott Stewart, B. R. Erickson, Pohn Pfeifer, Ed. Ebert and C. King. The Sentinel team fs composed of Sam Webster, Sam Young, F. A. Wilson, Raymond Han- nah and A. Marcott. JAPANESE STEAMER SUNK BY SUBMARINE Tokio, Japan, Nov. 8.—The Jap- anese steamer Yaslkuni Maru has been sunk by a German submarine near Gibraltar, according to a war department report today. GITIZEN NAVAL CAMPS - T0 BE ESTABLISHED - Washington, Nov. 8.—It was an- nounced today that citizens’ camps for naval duty will be established within the next two months. Plans contemplate two camps, one at Nar- ragansett Bay and the other on the Great Lakes, probably at Chicago. The first group of citizen soldiers will probably be brought to camp next spring. % THE CUB REPORTER SCOO The Boss Has No Respect For The Dead Now (N THIS CHARGE - NOL WILL BE N TH FIRST LINE AND FALL \N THEORET10ALLY DEAD 1AM ABOUT O DIE By nHOP'O SAX-NOLBIG— \CE WAGON - JUST | WAITLL T COME.. ENGLAND GHOOSES Premier Anmith, First Lord of Ad- miralty Balfour and Munition Min- ister Lloyd George, Members. SIR GREY INCLUDED WHEN FOREIGN POLICIES INVOLVED Berlin Reports Completion of Serbian Attack; to Defend Railway From Allied Attacks, London, Nov. 8.—England’s = new war council has been chosen. The members are Premier Asquith, First Lord of Admiralty Balfour and the minister of munitions, Lloyd George. = Sir Edward Grey, foreign minister, will sit with the council when Brit- ish foreign policies are involved. Berlin reports today that from the Germans’ standpoint the Serbian , campaign has been completed. All that is remaining for Germany now is to provide defense for the railways against Allied attacks. The Ger- mans are pushing south from Va- varian and have joined forces with the Bulgarians coming north from Nish. —_— NEW GRECIAN | CABINET FORMED London, Nov. 8.—The - political crisis in Greece has been overcome. M. Skouloudist has accepted the pre- miership and has performed the task or reorganizing the cabinet which is being composed of all the members of e the former Zaimis cabinet except Zaimis himself. The cabinet will carry on its work of maintaining neutrality. War or revolution may depend up- on a meeting of the cabinet and members of the war party this after- noon. An alarming crisis may .re- - sult if Venizelos, former premier and leader of the war party, rejects the new cabinet. LORD KITCHENER TO DIRECT-CAMPAIGN ;" e DAILY WAR ANALYSIS By J. W. T. Mason. (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Nov. 8.—It is probable Lord Kitchener has left England to sume command of all the Allies op- erations in the near east and to direct in person the beginning of the Balk- an’s campaign. The fact that Kitchener had an audience with King George Wednes- day, although the king is ill, and the additional fact that Premier Asquith has taken over temporarily the du- ties of war minister, signify almost beyond doubt that Lord Kitchener has left Great Britain for a consid- erable period. It is mot probable that he has gone to Russia, for the czar certainly would not consent to British military leadership supplant- ing Slav control along the eastern front. Nor can Earl Kitchener have set out for France so soon after General Joffre’s visit to London for the purpose of consulting with the 22 British war ‘minister. Near East Has Opening. Both the western and eastern fronts of the Allies are already under the direction of distinguished leaders. But there is no one possessing a su- perior military reputation among the alleid commanders in the near east. It is reasonable to suppose that the Allies may want to consolidate the Balkans, Gallipoli and Egyptian cam- paigns under a single leadership, and in particular, may be, the British empire desires to adopt this course. The three areas of conflict are inter- related and all bear especially on vital British interests. Under these circumstances it would be a natural move for Lord Kitchener to be sent to the near east with the authority which General Joffre possesses im France and which the czar has re- served for himself in Russia. Move Would Be Masterly. Lord Kitchener made his muh- tion as a military leader in EHgypt and he has specialized on all Levan- tine military problems. Despite the criticisms that have been directed against him as war minister no other commander could be sent to the Balk- ans who would inspire so much con- fidence among Britons. If Kitchener is on his way to the Levant, Great Britain has played her highest trump to match the new German lead. Should Kitchener fail the grave of his reputation will be in the vicinity of its birth. This fact must be his final inspiration to put forth the most supreme effort of his career. WEDDING LICENSE ISSUED. A wedding license was issued this morging to Albert J. Normander and Mln Ida Worthington,