Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 12, 1915, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIO . VOLUME 13, No. 272, BEMIDJI MAN MAY BE £*NDIDATE FOR SEGh. "2 NMD.A e s, 3 Members Here Believe 1 Man Should Be Named; Orgaw 2 Started Here. L RUMORED CLAYTON C. CROSS WILL RUN Exhibits Being Prepared for Potato and Poultry Show; Epected 500 Will Attend. Inasmuch as the Northern Minne- sota Development association will hold its winter session in Bemidji, Dec. 9-10, is a Bemidji institution and was organized here, an effort will be made at the coming meeting to name a Bemidji man for secretary of the association. Clayton C. Cross, land agent in this city is spoken of as a possible candidate for the position. ‘When interviewed today Mr. Cross declined to state whether or not he would be a candidate or whether Be- midji men had approached him in re- gard to the secretaryship. It is expected that nearly 500 peo- ple will attend the meeting here in December. An excellent program has been prepared and will be an- nounced in a few days. Exhibits are being prepared for the potato and poultry show which will be held in connection with the meet- ing. FREE CONGERT BY BAND TONIGHT Excellent Program to Be Given at City Hall; Miss Ida Virginia Brown is Soloist. The Bemidji band will give the first of a series of free concerts to- ‘night at eight-thirty o’clock in the -city hall. The band will have 24 pieces and will be under the direction of Director Louis Burchard. After the concert a dance will be given. The program to be given is as fol- lows: March—*‘Spirit of Peace”....Kiefer ‘Overture—*“The Sunny South” Lampe (Southern plantation songs) Waltz—*“Coeurs Epris”...... Peiffer Selection—*‘Adele” ....:....Briquet 80105 coco Miss Ida Virginia Brown Descriptive—“The Mill in the Torest! «: von vonuiis veiw s Eilenberg Popular songs—*Grand Slam”. .Lake March—*“Trombonium”... Withrow NEW MEMBERS FOR NAVAL MILITIA Seven applications have been re- «eived for membership to the Be- midji naval militia, during the week, according to an announcement made today by Lieut. E. A. Barker. Ef- forts are being made to increase the membership so that it will be above standard before another inspection. NEGRO IS LYNCHED. Aberdeen, Miss.,, Nov. 12.—John Taylor, a negro, was lynched here this morning because he criticized the prevailing modes of the dress of white women. BLACKDUGK TO HAVE BRICK FAGTORY Blackduck will have a brick fac- tory in the near future. Clay for the manufacture of brick has been found on the Legler farm adjoining the village. Henry Legler, owner of the land, has had the clay examined and is planning to have other tests made-n the near future. If the clay is of the right quality Mr. Legler will begin the construction of a factory for the manufacture of brick and pos- sibly also tile. EXTENSION MEETING AT SWENSON LAKE The Bemidji schools held an ex- tension course meeting at Swenson Lake last evening. Among those who attended from Bemidji were R. L. Given, Prof. B. M. Gile, Prof. A. D. Bailey and Miss Vermilyea. 825 BIG GAME LIGENSES IN GUUNTY Over 825 big game licenses have been issued at the office of the county auditor. Hunters are returning to Bemidji with their allowance in big game. Several violations of the law have been reported and are being investi- gated. No accidents have been reported. BELIEVED ITALIAN CENSORS WITHHOLDING ANCONA NEWS London, Nov. 12.—It is believed here that Italian censors are with- holding important details of the sinking of the Ancona by an Aus- trian submarine. News regarding important phases of the disaster have not been received. An accurate death list is not obtainable at this Bipe: s cseand e ALLIES FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN SOUTHERN SERBIA Monastir, Serbia, Nov. 12.—The Allies are firmly established in south- ern Serbia. Monastir, Prileb and the surrounding region have been saved from the oncoming Bulgarians by the French. The refugees who fled to Prileb are returning. American doctors who escaped from Uskub before the arrival by cars, reached here today after a round- about trip through Albania. PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE BILL TO BE PUSHED AGAIN Washington, Nov. 12.—The bill to give a greater measure of self gov- ernment to the Philippines and prom- ise of ultimate independence, which failed of final passage by congress at the last session, will again be made a part of the administration program for the next session. High officials let it be known today that congress also would be urged to act on the bill giving citizenship to Porto Ricans. CYCLONE DEATH TOLL AT GREAT BEND IS SIX Great Bend, Kan., Nov. 12.—The death toll of the cyclone that swept through this section of the state of Kansas Wednesday evening was to- day raised to six by the death of two who were injured. Three others are in a dangerous condition, but this city is not asking for any outside aid. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 12.—A dis- pute in a small tailor shop here yes- terday which culminated in a strike of a dozen or more tailors, spread to other shops and it was stated today that fully 500 men were out, de- manding an increase in wages and a 50 hour week. SCHNEIDER QUINT WINS BOWLING GONTEST BY 2 PINS Barney Popp Team is Defeated in Fast Contest; Final Score is 2,388 to 2,386. GOULD HIGH MAN WITH 209 SCORE Large Crowd Witnesses Game; Week’s Schedule to End Tonight When Barbers and Barker’s Meet. Standing of the Teams. ‘Won Lost Pet. Schneider .......... 1 0 1.000 Quality Grocers...... 1 0 1.000 Crookston Lbr. Co. 1 0 1.000 Pioneer .. 1 0 1.000 Barker'’s 0 0 1.000 Barbers ... 0 0 1.000 Sentinel ...... 0 1 .000 Beltrami County 0 1 .000 Koors Bros.......... 0 1 .000 B POPD < ves 5o wmi oo 0 1 .000 The Schneider Bros. bowling quint defeated the Barney Popp team last evening at the Gould alleys by two pins, the final score being 2,388 to 2,386 pins. The game was sensa- tional with brilliant flashes of bowl- ing. The men were evenly matched. Schneider’s Take Lead. The Schneider team took the lead and won the first game 768 to 759 pins, and the second game was won by the Popp team, score 809 to 794, and the third game was won by the Schneider team, 826 to 818. Charles Gould bowled the high score of the evening, securing 209 pins. A large crowd witnessed the game. The averages for the game were: Schneider Bros—Berrigan 163, Hal- gren 141, Gould 164, Grover, 164 1-3, Cominsky 164; Popp—Armstrong, 155,--Anderson * 147, Woodmansee; 146, Stanton 178 and Harlon 170. The scores were as follows: Schneider Bros.— Berrigan .. 161 153 175 Halgren . . 142 117 164 Gould ... . 141 209 141 Grover ......... 178 154 161 Cominsky ....... 146 161 185 Totals . . 768 794 826 Total pins—2,388. B. Popp— Armstrong ...... 146 119 197 Anderson ... . 126 164 152 Woodmansee .... 115 168 155 Stanton .. . 203 192 138 Harlan 169 166 176 Totals ........ 759 809 818 Total pins—2,386. The Barbers and Barker’s will meet tonight in the final game of the first week’s series of the league. LINERS WITH MANY PASSENGERS IN DANGER New York, Nov. 12.—Trans-atlan- tic vessels each heavily laden with passengers are today passing through the submarine zone where the Ancona went down. The vessels are the White Star liner Cedric and the Lloyd Ital- ian liner Casetta. The combined pas- senger lists total 2,288. Mrs. E. H. Marcum geturned home today from a visit with her brother, F. R. Davies, at Plummer, Minn. A. B. Palmer, Supt. W. P. Dyer and F. R. Dowell left last evening for Tenstrike on a hunting trip. | BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1915. NEUTRALCOUNTRIES T0 UNITE T0 END EUROPEAN WAR International Peace Congress Presi- dent Calls on President to Ask If U. S. Will Join. BELIEVED INSPIRED BY COUNTRIES AT WAR Hospital at New York to Reconstruct Faces Disfigured in War; Graft- ing to Be Used. Washington, Nov. 12.—David Starr Jordan, head of the Internation- al Peace Congress, today asked Presi- dent Wilson if the United States would unite in the establishment of a peace commission with other neut- ral countries to end the war. The advances of Dr. Jordan are interpreted as being definite overtures toward peace by many neutral coun- tries of the world which are being in- spired by the countries at war. It is ‘not known what the presi- Adent’s answer will be. At New York today, according -to a dispatch here, it was announced that Brie Anema, a noted French surgeon, had arrived to prepare plans for a hospital supported partly by the Ameriean Red Cross to treat disfig- ured faces from European battlefields. Faces minus noses, jaws, lips, etc., will be rebuilt into human semb- lance. Grafting will bs used to re- place the bonds of the dead tissues. There are thousands of such faces awaiting reconstruction. RANGE TOWN SALOONS GET LEASE OF LIFE g \ KER HISTOPlCAL FORTY CEKTS PER MONTH. ENGLAND THHGE WITH uonssmmon-, London, Nov. 12.—A strong inti- mation of compulsion at an early date is contained in a statement by the Earl of Derby, director of recruiting. This statement is made, Lord Derby declares, with the authority of the prime minister. It says: “If young men, medically fit and not indispensible in any business con- ducted for the general good of the community, do not come forward vol- untarily before November 30, the government will ‘after that date take the necessary steps to redeem the pledge made on November 2.” On the date refereed to Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that if young men did not come forth voluntarily and enlist, other and compulsory methods would be taken before married men were called upon to fill their engagement to serve. ADD ONE MORE CLERK ON BOOKS AT HIBBING Hibbing, Nov. 12.—John Swin- borne has been added to the force of state accountants who are examining Hibbing books under direction .of State Public Examiner Fritz. The force now includes, besides Swin- burne, J. O. Davis, J. O. Cederberg and Miss Sarah Moran, who is chief clerk of the examination. Fritz is absent in St. Paul but has announced that he will return to the village within a’week. How long the examination will continue is uncer- tain, but intimations of the public ex- aminer are to the effect that the check will continue several weeks more: The accountants are doing their work in the cloakroom of the village armory on the third floor of the mu- nicipal building. DATES ARE CHANGED FOR DISTRICT COURT Crookston, Minn., Nov. i2.—Judge Watts has changed the dfltes for the Nagpwauk Minn,, Nov. 12.—Nash- | opening of the January term of dis- Z eéwatin and Calumet saloons trict court in Polk county. T grand have received a lease of life from the|jyry will be called to meét Monday, enforcement of the closing order of January 3, instead of January 4, and Special Government Agent that was to - have been Larson | the petit jury will hold its first ses- effective | sjon Monday, January 17, instead of Wednesday when Judge B. F. Wright |yanuary 11. issued an order temporarily restrain- The Red Lake county district court ing the Federal officer from putting|will be in session the week of Jan- into effect his dictum. The agent’s order is temporarily uary 10. held up until Nov. 23, when the re- CROOKSTON ELEVEN straining ‘order is made returnable before Judge Wright at Walker. The distriet judge ibsued the injunction AT EAST GRAND FORKS East Grand Forks, Minn., Nov. 12. at Walker upon the petition of At-{—JIn spite of the fact that three of torneys J.- M. Gannon of Nashwauk |the strongest men to play with the and T. M. Stone of Keewatin, attor-|Crookston high school football aggre- neys for the saloon men. It was first | gation have been declared ineligible, reported that the lawyers would ask |all members of that organization will Judge McClenahan of Brainerd to is-|come to this city next Saturday de- sue the writ but later they decided |termined to carry back the title of to apply to Judge Wright, who is|the holding court at Walker. Ninth congressional district. When the list of eligible players had Although Special Agent Larscon is | been marked “0. K.” by Superintend- a Federal official the state courts have | ent Lurton, two names ja right to act, according to lawyers, | scratched out. and they instance the order made.by Judge Stanton a few years ago by | AMERICAN BANKER REPORTED preventing the Federal officers tem- porarily from closing saloons in Be- midji. Eight of the nine saloons here, five | that W. S. Windham, « KILLED IN MEXICO Nov. 12.—Reports formerly a Los Angeles, of the seven in Keewatin, and two of [ banker and merchant of Pasadena, the three in Calumet are running to-|Cal., has been assassinated in the ter- day and will continue to run until | ritory of Tepec, Mexico, were re- the outcome of the hearing Nov. 23 [ceived by Los Angeles friends yes- is known. At the domestic science demon- terday. It was presumed that he was a victim of bandits. Windham was superintendent of stration at the high school yesterday |the Quimiches ranch in the vicinity afternoon Miss Vermilyea gave a talk | of Tepec. on “Food and Food Values.” Supt. W. P. Dyer spoke on “Relation of School to the Home.” The Eleanore Olson Concert com- Miss Vermil-|pany of Chicago will give a concert yea, assisted by the girls of the dom- [ next Wednesday evening at the city estic science class, served ments. refresh- | hall, under the auspices of the Scan- dinavian Lutheran church. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO Now TH DUTYOF & SCOUT 15 TO PRECEDE A COMMAND ON TH' (MARCH- WHEN FORMING- FOR BATTLE-TO GATHER. Scouting Comes Easy To Scoop NONWNTO-DAYS WaR \ GAMENOUAS A SCOUT TROOP- LOCAYE. TH ENEMIES MACHINE GUN.AND T NATURE AND REPDRT INFORMAT 10N)| REPORT T "\ CONCERNING-TH' ENEMY-(G OF TH'GROUND 1 SEEMTOHAVE. LOCATED TH MACHINE GQUN AND T CERTAINLY By "HOP” had been, -|to have been caused by a bomb, ac- ONSTANTINE THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET T0 GREEK WAR PARTY Parliament is Dissolved; Elections Have Been Set for Dec. 19. GENUINE BALLOT IMPOSSIBLE; MANY MEN WITH ARMY Ex-Premier Venizelos Refuses to Sup- port New Premier Skouloudis; _ Enlistment to Increase. London, Nov. 12.—King Constan- tine has thrown down the gauntlet to the Greek war party. Athens dispatches today announced the dissolution by the king of the parliament. The election has been set for December 19.° It'is evident that ex-Premier Veni- zelos refused to support the new pre- mier, Skouloudis. A genuine ballot is impossible be- cause most of the men of voting age are with the army and cannot vote. It is expected that the army will be increased to 500,000 before the elec- tion, leaving but a handful of quali- fled men to vote. Twenty-seven members of the Greek parliament have deserted the war party headed by Venizelos, according to a report circulated here. If this is true it will insure the king a neut- ral majority. Skirmishing has proceeded inter- mittently for several days between the Anglo-French and Serb Allies along a 90-mile line, gradually merg- ing into a general battle, The.Bul- garian front extends from Tetevo through to the Velesex section. “"London reports that Italy has agreed to lend sufficient aid to the Allies in the Balkan campaign to in- sure complete success, DEMOCRATS ELECT ; GOVERNOR IN KENTUCKY T e, p— Loutsville, Ky, Nov. 12— s diee’ ™" tion of former Congrsesman Augustus 0. Stanley of Henderson, Democrat, as governor-of Kentucky, was conced- ed in a statement issued today by Edwin P. Morrow of Somerset, Re- publican gubernatorial candidate in the election of Nov. 2. Until today the Republican cam- paign managers had claimed a vie- tory for Mr. Morrow. Returns from the 120 counties in the state showed a plurality for Mr. Stanley of slightly more than 300 votes. BELIEVED BOMB CAUSED BLAZE IN ITALIAN VESSEL Port Arthur, Tex., Nov. 12.—The fire on the Italian ship Livietta, which sailed from here Tuesday, with a carload of oil from Buenos Aires, resulted from an explosion believed cording to a report of Captain Lico of the Livietta, to the Italian consul here. DEFEAT OF VILLA IS - REPORTED TO GOVERNMENT ‘Washington, Nov. 12.—The defeat of 3,000 Villa troops who attacked Fuerte, Mexico, by a superior force of the de facto government, was report- ed today in dispatches. The attack was said to have started on Sunday. WILLIS TO ADDRESS ELKS OF CROOKSTON Crookston, Mlnn., Nov. 12.—Judge John Willis of St. Paul will deliver the principal oration at the annual memorial services of Crookston lodge No. 342, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, on Sunday, December 5. FARM CLUB POSTPONES MEETING ONE WEEK The meeting of the Bemidji Town- ship Farmers’ club will meet Satur- day, Nov. 20, instead of tomorrow as scheduled. JULIUS SCHULTZ = - "~ GETS WOLF BOUNTY Julius. Schultz of Woodrow was yesterday paid a wolf bounty at the court house. Otto Schwandt, on:a hunting trip yesterday, shot his allotment of game, one deer. R AP S e A L e