Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 13, 1915, Page 1

\ILY PIONE THE BEMIDJI D VOLUME 13, NO. 273. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, NO' 'VEMBER 13, 1915. TEUTONS PURSUE SERBIANS; CAPTURE 1,100 MEN--)UN % % UNEASINESS IS FELT OVER GRECIAN SITUATION Important Operations Along Eastern Front; Attacks Grow Weaker; Russians Gain. Berlin, Nov. 13.—Crossing the Jas- trebrac mountains 20 miles south of Krusevac, the Austro-German troeps have joined the Bulgarian forces in pursuit of the main Serbian army. It 1s announced that 1,100 men have been captured. The report that two German sub- marines have been sunk by British warships near Gibraltar is officially denied here. ! London, Nov. 13.—The continued v landing of British and French troops ( at Salonici s causing some uneasiness in Bulgaria and Turkey and the min- isters of those two powers today again protested to the Greek govern- ment, which took formal notice of their protest. The determination of the entente allies in their Balkan campaign is shown by the large force they are sending to the Balkans and news was ¢ received from Rome today that Italy " also had decided to intervene in this A region. Outside the Balkans the most im- portant theater of operations is now along the eastern front. In the north the Germans apparently have aban- doned any hope of reaching Riga and Dvinsk, at least until the ground freezes, and are falling back or are being driven back from the Dvina, which was their objective. The Germans are also falling back before Dvinsk, as the result of the ! 9 Russian offensive near Lake Swenton, x § while in the south General Ivanoff ] has continued to harass the invaders by repeated thrusts which during the past week, according to Petrograd dispatches, have brought them nearly 130,000 prisoners,” THREE GOUPLES ARE LIGENSED T0 WED ¢ ‘Wedding licenses were issued today to Jacob Elias Williamson and Tilda Olive Olson, Joseph J. Wheeler and Nellie Rood and William Clark and Clara Campbell. The first couple is from Baudette and the other couples are from Be- midji. 1S WOUNDED AT HUBERT IN MYSTERIOUS ATTACK Brainerd, Minn.,, Nov. 13.—At- tacked by a stranger with a pistol at Hubert, a station on the M. & I, = north of here, and wounded in the head and fleshy portion of his arm, Peter Klinest, late of Minneapolis, who came to this section to work in the woods, is being treated in a lo- cal hospital. He does not know who his assailant is and claims the man who attacked him without provoca- tion at while in a shack near the track at Hubert, firing at him as he { was leaving after getting warm at the shack stove. The authorities are trying to fath- om the strange case. EXPLOSION IN DU PONT POWDER WORKS Wilmington, Del.,, Nov. 13.— Buildings at Rising Sun, Del., and DuPont were rocked as by an earth- quake when 200 pounds of powder exploded in the lower yards of the DuPont Powder works this morning. ) No one was in the factory at the i time. MACALESTER DEFEATS ST. THOMAS ELEVEN, 6-0 St. Paul, Minn,. Nov. 13.—The Macalester college football team won the annual battle with St. Thomas college here yesterday afternoon by the narrow margin of one touch- down. The final score was 6 to 0. GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE BOMB PLOTTING CHARGES ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—Sweeping 4 fire-setting incendiaries will be made by the department of justice, it was announced at the White House this morning. Centerville, 8. D., Nov. 13.—Frank M. Stover of this city has been offi- cially advised of his appointment to the office of deputy collector of in- ternal revenue. . investigations of bomb plotting and |. FIVE CONYICTS ESCAPE Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 13.—Five prisoners made their escape from the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing at 8 o’clock last night, and are still Report That German Subma. o, 'at large. The five were in separate 5 i <. vells when all of the cells were un- - Have Been Sunk is Denied ~ © o " b ‘ked. Leaving the cells, they By Officials. ‘e through the roof of the build- h ‘ith an iron bar and let them- se. down outside the wall by a rope made of bed sheets. GCHURGHILL TO JOIN ARMY IN FRANGE London, Nov. 13.—It is officially announced thpt Winston Spencer Churechill, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, has resigned from the cab- inet and will join the army in France. Mr. Churehill in his letter of resig- nation, explains that he agrees in the formation of a smaller war council and appreciates the intention which Premier Asquith expresses to include him among its members. He foresaw the difficulty that the premier would have to face in its coposition, he states, and he makes complaint be- cause the scheme was changed, but with the change his work in the gov- ernment naturally closed. He says he could not accept a position of gen- eral responsibility for a war policy without any effective share in its guidance and control, and did not feel able in times like these to remain in well paid inactivity. INDIAN LID TILTERS INDIGTED BY JURY Fergus Falls, Minn., Nov. 13.—A large number of indictments against parties who are alleged to have tilted the Indian lid were returned in the United States court here yesterday. Those indicted were James Kelly, George Couture, Joseph Houle, Wil- liam Vsetickla, Ole Anderson, Carl Bartness, Olaf Bartness, August Sandberg, O. S. Narvana, Herman Balke, Leo Schuller, Anton Wold and several others who are not yet in custody. It is expected that about 40 indictments will be returned 4n all. Several of the defendants imme- diately plead guilty and received from two to six months in jail and fines of $100 each. Leo S. Roscoe, a clerk in the Staples postoffice, plead guilty to the charge of embezzling a letter containing a small sum of money and some checks and was giv- en a three months’ jail sentence and $100 fine. 0’'DOWD WINS IN FIGHT AT HUDSON Hudson, Wis.,, Nov. 13.—Mike J’Dowd of St. Paul was declared a winner over Soldier Bartfield of New York, last night in a popular decision of the sport writers who gave the Minnesotan eight of the ten rounds. 0’Dowd was the aggressor throughout and fought one of the best fights of his career. ONE GETS WOLF BOUNTY AT COURT HOUSE A. Nord of Alaska township this morning was paid a wolf bounty for a full grown wolf, at the office of the county auditor. New York, Nov. 13.—The Yolanda II, a hydroplane drawing five inches of water and driven upwards of 40 miles an hour by two air propellors, is here awaiting shipment to Bogota, Colombia, where she will be used to carry the mails and government offi- cials down the Magdalena river be- tween the capital and the coast, 600 miles. ‘Winnipeg, Nov. 13.—Jack Aldous, Winnipeg hockey star, who was cap- tured by the Germans during an en- gagement at Ypres, has not been executed, as recently reported to his family in this city: Aldous is still a prisoner of the Germans. SCOOP THE CUB REFORTER AMERICAN FARMER FROM KANSAS PRISON) pooKETS BIG PROFITS AS RESULT OF WAR Figures Compiled by Department of Agriculture Show Production 7 Per Cent Over Last Year. 10,000,000 MORE ACRES UNDER PLOW THAN LAST YEAR Believed U. 8 .Will Sell 500,000 Bush- ers Wheat and Corn to Euro- pean Countries. ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—The Amer- ican farmer has been quietly pocket- ing big profits as a result of the Euro- pean war, according to figures com- piled by the department of agricul- ture and announced today. The aggregate production of all crops during the year is estimated at seven per cent greater than last. Farmers grasped the opportunity by putting 10,000,000 more acres un- der the plow than last year. The yield also increased, according to the figures. , Figures show that the United States will probably sell to European countries over 500,000,000 bushels of wheat and corn during the coming year. STRANGER MURDERED IN N. D. ON TRAIN Stanley, N. D., Nov. 13.—A strang- er was cold-bloodedly shot and mur- dered by a companion on Great Northern train No. 4, east-bound, near White Earth at 4:30 o’clock yes- terday morning. The murderer escaped but advices received state that a suspect had been captured at Williston. The man who committed the mur- der is said to have been a bottlegger, and, according to the authorities, had been selling liquor on the train. That the crime was the outgrowth of some argument over liquor is beleved by the authorities” * It has also been stated that the two men were trav- eling with a woman and that she was more or less responsible for the trouble. DEMANDS OF STRIKERS HURT LABOR CAUSE Chicago, Nov. 13.—Representations made today to the officials of the Switchmen’s union here may lessen the tension between the railroads and 3,000 switchmen in the Chicago dis- trict before it reaches the strike stage, over the demand of the men for an increase of five cents an hour. The National Brotherhood of Trainmen has notified the men of the Chicago switching district that their demands will injured the general de- mand on all lines for an eight-hour day without a change in the present wage., : BRAINERD DRY, MAY SOON BE REAL DRY; NO WATER Brainerd, Minn., Noy. 13.—Brain- erd may soon be so dry that even city water will be scarce because of the supply of lime chloride is running low. This is used to purify the river water. Now comes a scarcity of the lime as the warring nations of Eu- rope are using it to make noxious gases. Brainerd is dry under the In- dian lid law. Petrograd, Nov, 12.—The official communication says: ‘“We broke the enemy’s line southeast of the village of Budki, and during the pursuit of the retreating enemy our troops occu- pied this village and also the forests to the south and north. Toward mid- day we made prisoners of fifty offi- cers and more than two thousand men of whom half were Germans. We also took about twenty machine guns. A large number of the enemy was drowned in the River Tcherniavka. This success was due to the brilliant co-operation of our artillery.” [BARBERS DEFEAT BARKERS N HOT - BOWLING GONTEST First Leg of City League Schedule Ends; Good Scores;Made at Last Night's Games. FINAL SCORE OF SERIES 18 2,303 TO 2,208 PINS St Britten Bowls High:Score, Securing 206 Pins; Barker’s Take First Game; Lose Iyt Two. k4 Standing of the Teams. : ‘Won Lost Pet. Barbers ....... 2.1 0 1.000 Schneider ..... .1 0 1.000 Quality Grocers. 1 0 1.000 Crookston Lbr. Co. 1 0 1.000 Pioneer ....... 1 0 1.000 Sentinel .. 0. 1 .000 Beltrami County 0 1 .000 Koors Bros..... 0 1 .000 B. Popp . 0 1 .000 Barker’s ...... 0 1 .000 The first leg of the' Bemidji Bowl- ing league schedule ended last eve- ning with the Schneider, Quality Grocers, Crookston Lui;:ber company, Pioneer and Barberé' team in first| place, each winning the only games played during the wéék. In the game last evening at the Gould alleys the Barbers defeated Barker’s quint by 112:pins, the final score being 2,320 to 2,208. Barker’s took the first game by three pins, the score lieing 749 pins to 746. The second game resulted in a victory for the Barbers, 809 to 759, and the third game was 765 10 700 in favor of the Barbers. All the players bowled a good game. S A large crowd witnessed the con- test. i The scores for the ‘evening were as follows: 1 Barbers— i Teppel . .. 176% 159 160 Paquin . 167 171 119 Leighton . 1404 166 131 Britten . 1864 170 206 Otto . - 13807143149 Totals ....... 746 809 765 Total pins—2,320. i W. Brown ...... 185 146 158 Barker ........ 126 133 108 Chichester .. 101 167 137 Coppernell 182 138 145 M. Brown . 166. 186 162 Totals ....... 749 759 700 Total pins—2,208. SEVEN TOLL OF DEATH IN TORNADO Great Bend, Kan., Nov. 13.—The list of dead in Wednesday night’s storm was today-brought to seven, when Mrs. D. 8. Ferguson, wife of a restaurant keeper whose place of business was destroyed, succumbed to her injuries. ANGONA DECKS ARE SWEPT BY GUN FIRE London, Nov. 13.—Shells riddled the Italian steamer Ancona, which was sunk Wednesday by an Austrian submarine, and swept the decks while the passengers were fleeing in wild panic for the boats, according to a statement received here this morning . from Dr. Cecil L. Greil of New York, one of the passengers. Rochester, Ind., Nov. 12.—A wom- an thought Ira Einart’s cider so de- licious that she drank over much. Later she caused his arrest, declaring it was spiked with whisky. Bighty- eight quarts were seized. ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—May Irwin, the actress, called on President Wil- \. T. CARLSON OPENS A. T. Carlson this morning opened his second variety store. It is located where the Grand theater was former- ly located. A new front has been built and the building has been re- paired and painted. A new line of goods has been installed. Mr. Carl- son will continue to run his other va- riety store until after the holidays when he will move his entire line of goods into his new store. U. C. T. TO GIVE BIG DANGE TONIGHT The U. C. T. will give the first of a series of dances tonight at the city hall. It is expected that a large number of couples will attend as this will be one of the leading social functions of the season in Bemidji. A special program of music has been prepared. A special meeting of the members of the U. C. T. will be held at eight o’clock, before the dance. All mem- bers are requested to be present. NEW YORK COMMISSIONER 3 IS ASKED TO RESIGN New York, Nov. 13.—Misconduct in office, neglect of duty and ineffi- ciency are among the reasons given by the legislative committee investi- gating the public service commission in a public statement today, for its recommendation to Governor Whit- man for the dismissal from office of Edward E. McCall, chairman of the public service commission of this dis- triet. DRAFT ARMY BILL FOR APPROPRIATION NEXT WEEK ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—Work of drafting the army appropriation bill in accordance with the -administra- tion’s national defense program will be undertaken next week by Senator Chamberlain and Representative Hay, chairman of the congressional mili- tary committees. ANNUAL TURKEY SUPPER “NEXT WEDNESDAY EVERING| The men of the First Presbyterian church will give their annual turkey supper at the church parlors next Wednesday evening. The following menu was announced today: Roast turkey, cranberry jell, mashed pota- toes, giblet gravy, mashed - baggies, cabbage salad, mixed pickles, hot rolls, apple pie, cream cheese and coffee. ‘Winnipeg, Nov. 13.—Premier Nor- ris of Manitoba has denied the re- quest of the women of Manitoba that they be given an opportunity to vote on the liquor prohibition measure which will be submitted to the voters of Manitoba next March. Madison, 8. D., Nov. 13.—Madison claims to be the most moral city in the state, basing its contentions on the fact that during the past two months not an arrest or prosecution of a criminal case has been made in the city in either the county or mu- nicipal court. Valley City, N. D., Nov. 13.—N. C. Macdonald, state rural school inspect- or, will be a candidate for superin- tendent of public instruction to suc- ceed E. J. Taylor, who has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election. New York, Nov. 13.—A police cen- sus of Manmattan borough made pub- lic today shows a population of 2,- 195,671. Taking the police figures sus of Manhattan borough made pub- department estimates the population of New York city as 5,498,982, Amsterdam, Nov. 13.—The execu- tion of three Belgians found.guilty by a German court martial of com- municating news of troop movements son to tell him that she has loved him | to the Allies, is announced by the for a great many years: Scoop Passes Up The Infantry Echo Belge. : Fou;—Year 0o1d SECOND VARIETY STORE To Death: Plays Wit h Matches; House Desti‘éyed CASS LAKE WOMAN BUYS N. D. HOTEL — Grand Forks, N. i)., Nov. 13.— Mrs. J. A. Gilmour, 102 ' Chestnut street, Grand Forks, and Mrs. J. L. Ludwig of Cass Lake, Minn., have bought out the Soo hotel at Lankin, N. D, from Frank Reba, and expect to take possession Nov. 22. 875 BIG GAME LIGENSES IN GOUNTY Over 875 big game licenses have been issued to residents of this coun- ty up to noon today, according to an announcement made at the office of the county auditor. Many hunters have already returned from ~ their hunt, some with game and others with only the story of their trip. Mike Cantillon, owner of the Min- neapolis American association base- ball team, secured his deer. He was hunting in company with A. A. D. Rahn, C. Dowd and Dave Altizer of Minneapolis. STATE AUDITOR PREUS VISITS IN BEMIDJI J. A. O. Preus, state auditor, and Oscar Arneson of the state auditor’s office, were in Bemidji last evening enroute to St. Paul. They conducted a land sale at Park Rapids yesterday. Many pieces of land were sold. LONDON REPORTS GERMANS LOSING GROUND IN EAST London, Nov. 13.—The Germans are losing ground in several places along the eastern front. They are not in general retreat but they are not maintaining the defensive as strongly -as -previous. Russian at- tacks are vigorous in the m}l't):.r TO REMOVE BOILER FROM CROOKSTON J. M. Neumann, chief engineer of the Crookston Lumber company, has gone to Crookston where he will su- perintend the removal of a boiler at the old mill there. TWO STEAMERS SINK ; IN. ERIE HARBOR Erie, Pa.; Nov. 18.—The freighter Philip D. Armour and the grain steamer Perry have sunk in the Erie harbor. BRITISH SUBMARINE REPORTED MISSING London, Nov. 13.—The British submarine E-20 is probably lost, ac- cording to an announcement this morning by the admiralty. The sub- marine has not been heard from since Oct. 13. OFFIGER ESGAPES FROM INTERNED STEAMER Norfolk, Va., Nov. 13.—The es- cape of another German officer from the interned cruiser Prinz Eitel Friederich, was announced today by Admiral. Beatty. S. Thiery, a sea- man," is believed to have lowered himself over the side of the Prinz Eitel and swam along the docks un- til out of danger. Orders have been issued for the muster of the crews three ‘times daily for roll call. Paris, Nov. 12.—The Montenegrin official communications received here says:. “There was an artillery com- bat along the entire Grahovo-Vous- chiboe front Monday. Strong infan- try attacks against the army of the Saniak of Novipazar have all been By "HOP" HEX- SEND FORA HOSS - T WANTA | TOMNTH CAVALRY, 4 chl!aéf Boy Burns James Leland, Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Butts, South-Bemidji Viotim of Fire. - HOME TAR PAPERED; BURNS LIKE TINDER Charred Remains of Lad Found Hud- dled in Corner; Visits Sister and Builds Fire, = Father Employed as Section_ Hand; No One at Home When Blase Was Started. James Leland, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Butts, liv- ing in South Bemidji, was burned to death this morning when the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wakluk was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Wakluk is a sister of the dead boy. Plays With Matches. The little boy had been in the habit of going to his sister’s home, which is but a short distance from his own home. This morning at eleven o’clock he went to her home and, it is believed, secured some matches and started a fire. There was no one in the house at the time. The house, which' ‘was covered on the outside with tar paper and on the inside with wrapping paper, burned like tinder. The little boy, it is believed, after see'ing what he had donme, crawled over to one corner of the room and it was there that his charred body was found. 4 House Burns Fast. The fire was discovered shortly after eleven o’clock by Mr. Wakluk and an effort was made to distinguish the blaze. At the time, however, it ‘was not known that the little boy was in the house. It was only after the house was burned to the ground thet the body was discovered. The fire burned so rapidly that the’ Bemidji fire department was aot " Assistant Coroner Hannah inves- tigated the case this afternoon. The little fellow is next to the youngest of a family of seven, three boys and four girls. His brothers and sisters were playing in the near vicinity when the fire started. - Mr. Butts is a laborer on the Min- nesota & International railway. sec- tion. The fire loss is estimated at sev- eral hundred dollars. INDIAN RESIDENT TAKES OUT BI6 GAME LIGENSE A resident of this county and dis- trict for 51 years, yesterday took out a license to hunt big game. He was Amos Bigbird of Red Lake. He is 51 years of age, having been born in this county. MOSES E. GLAPP ‘AS “FAYORITE SON" Washington, Nov. 13. — News reaching here from Minnesota is to the effect that Minnesota may have & favorite son in the Republican con- vention in the person of Senator Moses E. Clapp. According to the same story, sev- eral Minnesota Republicans are nur- turing a boom for the Minnesota sen- ator and Senator Clapp is said to be thinking it over carefully. He is not at Washington now so could not be interviewed on the subject. Men like Governor Eberhart and Frank B. Kellogg who would like Clapp’s place in the senate, would’ like to see him make the try in the \ hope that he might be lucky enough to land and if he were not nominated for president, he might be named vice president and accept. This would leave the senatorial situation open to the other aspirants. Senator Clapp’s record for two . years would hardly commend him as an out and out Republican, but the senator’s friends insist that his rec- ord is no more open to criticism in this respect than is the record of such men as Hiram Johnson of Califoraia, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and Senator Cumymins of Towa, all of whom are candidates. They also point out that inasmuch: as the various states are putting forth their “favorite sons,” for Min- nesota to ignore Senator Clapp is to reflect on him in a very reprehensible manner. Rev. L D. Alvord, George Slater and William Towle returned Iast eye- ning from a huating trip to Nary.