Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 18, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 277. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1915, PORTY CENTS PER MONTE. BALLOON BELIEVED T0 HAVE ASCENDED FROM 42460 1S FOUND IN 0008 Charles and Andrew Warfield o. City Discover Remains of Ga. Bag While Deer Hunting. MAY HAVE BEEN THAT OF DR. FREDERICK FIELDING Dispatch to Pioneer Says Fielding Has Never Seen Bag After it Was Released; Won Big Race. Charles and Andrew Warfield of this city while deer hunting near Lake George last week discovered the remains of an old balloon. It is believed to be that of Dr. Frederick J. Fielding of San Antonio, Tex., who won the international races which started in Chicago, July 4, 1908. Fielding made a perilous landing near West Shefford, Que., 895 miles from Chicago. He had trouble with his gas bag and was compelled to cut it loose. It soared to an enormous altitude and drifted away. As far as Dr. Fielding knows, according to United Press dispatches to the Pioneer, the bag has never been seen, Found Year Ago. The bag, near Lake George, four miles from the state park, was dis- covered for the first time a year ago by Steve Rhodes, the Lake George hotel proprietor. At the time noth- ing was said of the discovery. There were 1,000 feet of rope on the bal- loon. The balloon was in a tree but later fell to the ground. Since then farmers in the vicinity have used parts of the canvas and silk for tents. The discovery by the Warfield brothers was the first report of the baloon discovery made public. It was at first believed to be a balloon sent up from St. Louis but later re- ports from St. Louis state that no balloon from there was ever lost. JUDIGIAL DITCH 34 CONTRAGTS ARE LET Contracts are being let this after- noon at the court house for the coun- struction of Judicial Ditech No. 34. TO CONSIDER REPRIEVE FOR J. HILLSTROM Salt Lake City, Nov. 18.—Gover- nor Spry this afternoon called an ex- ecutive session of the state pardon board to consider the president’s re- quest for a reprieve for Joe Hill- strom, who is sentenced to be shot at sunrise tomorrow. BUENA VISTA HOTEL CLOSED FOR WINTER Mrs. J. W. Speilman has closed her summer hotel at Buena Vista for the winter months and has gone to In- ternational Falls where she will visit her son, C. W. Speilman. She will later go to Chicago where she will spend the remainder of the winter. BAZAAR TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK AT CITY HALL The Catholic church will give a ba- zaar at the city hall, Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday of next week. All kinds of articles will be sold. Sup- per will be served each evening. Thursday an initiation of the Knights of Columbus will be held. Services will begin Thursday morn- ing at eight o’clock with solemn mass. In the afternoon and evening the first, second and third degree ‘work will be exemplified. A banquet will be held. The church is spending over $12,- 000 for remodeling and building an addition to the church. It is expect- ed that all work will be completed by Christmas. New heating plants have been installed in the church and the rectory. Now is the time to have a good sole put on your shoes, to keep your feet dry. You can get it done at the ‘“‘Shoe Hospital” on quick notice.— Adv. 124122 Mrs. Ed Jackson left today for Cass Lake where she will visit with friends for a few days. Fred Deneau went to Blackduck today on business. Subscribe for the Pioneer. R Minneapolis Soloist To Begin Vocal Class In This City Music lovers of Bemidji will wel- come to their circles the addition of of apolis, who will conduct a class here on instruction in voice placement and Miss Frances Kenney, Minne- artistic singing. She has just com- pleted a five years’ study with the best vocal instructors of the Twin Cities, Miss Kathleen Hart Bibb of Minneapolis and Mrs. F. H. Snyder of St. Paul, the prominent impres- sario of that city. MISS FRANC ES KENNEY. For the past two years, Miss Ken- ney, besides being engaged in con- cert work under the direction of the University Extension division, has been acting as first assistant vocal instructor to Kathleen Hart Bibb, who is conducting a class in Minne- apolis. Miss Kenney has had much experience as a soloist, having served in several of the Minneapolis churches. Miss Kenney will reside at 1110 Bemidji avenue. GAME POSTPONED. The-game -in-the-Bemidji bowling. league scheduled between the Sentin- el and B. Popp teams for last evening was postponed to Friday evening. DEPUTY SHERIFF RETURNS. George Denley, deputy sheriff, has returned from Baudette where he has been on business. NEBISH POSTMASTER INDIGTED ON GHARGE Fergus Falls, Nov. 19.—Christ Thompson, postmaster at Nebish, was indicted and pleaded not guilty in the Federal court here. He is ac- cused of burglarizing the postoffice of $269. His case will be taken up at this term of court. MAY FURTHER POSTPONE RANGE “LID” HEARING Chisholm, Minn., Nov. 18.—Little interest outside of those immediately concerned is being shown in the hear- ing on the temporary injunction, re- straining the Indian “lid” from being clamped on, which takes place Sat- urday before Judge Page Morris in Minneapolis. The illness of Victor L. Power, it is said, will be put for- ward as a reason for asking for a further postponement of the casse. Several saloon men have already gone into other lines of business, mostly in the confectionery and soft drinks line. The saloon men meet every Wednesday and contribute a small \veékly payment toward the de- fense fund. SIMENSON SHOOTS BEAR NEAR DEER RIVER Lee Simenson of this city shot a big bear in the woods north of Deer River several days ago. He will have the bear shipped to this city. REPORTER 1025 BIG GAME *LIGENSES ISSUED Over 1,025 big game licenses have been issued to hunters in Beltrami county. The hunting season was given a big impetus this morning by a light snow. A large -number of hunters are returning with their deer, HELPLESS BABY DIES; DOCTOR NOT BLAMED Chicago, 111, Nov. 18.—The help- less, defective baby of Mrs. Anna Bol- tinger is dead. Allen Boltinger, the father, de- clared thai it would have been sel- fishness for the parents to let the baby live a life of misery. Dr. Haiseldon has been cleared of criminal responsibility by the coron- er’'s physician. Haiseldon declared today that in spite of the wave of bitter criticism he would not change his point that it was better for the child to die and that the child should not be allowed to live. ‘When it was found that the child was helpless and would be crippled for life the doctor and parents de- cided to let the child die from lack of nutrition. Hundreds of protests from all parts of the county were received in Chicago yesterday stating that the act was one of paganism. GHURCHILL GOES T0 FRENCH FRONT London, Nov. 18, — Winston Churehill left today for the Anglo- French war front. Hundreds gath- ered at the station and gave him ani ovation. The Infaniry Has lis Advantages | United Press Correspond TWO NARROWLY ESCAPEDEATH WHEN - AUTOTURNS TURTLE C. F. Bogers of Wilton sad Six-year old Son Are Pinned Under -Ma- ohine; Slightly Injuzed. | . — LEANS FORWARD T0 TURN O LIGHTS; CAR IN DITCH Rescued Three-quarters of an Hour Later by Bemidji Men; Taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital, C. F. Rogers of VV/ilton and his six- year-old-son, Bennie,‘ narrowly es- caped death last evenlng, shortlysaf- ter six o’clock, when their automobile turned turtle on the’cerduroy road two miles northwest of this city. Mr. Rogers and soh were pinned under the machine and were rescued about three-quarters of.an hour later by Roy Titus, Dr. Darragh and §. Jasperson of Bemidji. Mr. Rogers and his son were taken to St. An- thony’s hospital where it was found that their injuries were slight. They Wwere taken to their home late last evening. According to Mr. Rogers, he was driving slowly along the road and as he leaned forward to turn on the lights, the car swerved to one side and went in the ditch, overturning. Both the boy and Mr. Rogers were thrown under the car, the machine pinning Mr. Roger’s leg. They were unable to move the car and had to wait for someone to pass along_ the road. The machine was slightly damaged. ELKS TO MEET. The Bemidji lodge of B. P. 0. E. will hold a meeting at its hall to- night. A class will be initiated. FALL OF VILNA ENDS DEATH STRUGGLE : Describes Scenes After Russianis Under Czar . Were Defeated—City of Dead. By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Pross :Staff Correspondent) Mejsagola, near Vilna, Russia, Oct. 3.—(By courier to Berlin, mail to New York.)—Today is Sunday and we have motored out to the valley of Mejszagola, where the battle of Vilna was fought. Our way lay through abandoned trenches and barbed wire entanglements, dug - or stretched through cemeteries, cabbage patches and potato fields. View of Battlefield. Entering the ruins of Mejszagola, we obtained the first real view of the battlefield, and in its center the dil- apidated skeletons of what in peace time was a church. It was all so quiet! One could hardly realize that from the second to the eleventh of September, 45,000 of the Russian guard and the German landstrum were locked, in this three-mile valley in a seething death struggle. It was but one of the terrible, decisive en- gagements of this war, about which the public has scarcely heard. Czar Commands Army. This battle was the beginning of the fall of Vilna, the first city the czar tried to save when he took per- sonal command of his army. Vilna was a beautiful, modern city about the size of Indianapolis, a terminal on the main rail line to Petrograd. The czar entrenched 500,000 troops about the city, including three divi- sions of his personal guard. Kovno had fallen and Hindenburg was com- ing. September 2 the armies met at Mejszagola and for nine days the crash and roar of bedlam reigned in the Russians’ hopeless task of check- ing the Teutons’ advance. The night of the eleventh the Germans stormed an entanglement and the‘trench back of it, delivered heavy flank attacks and were commanders of theé whole (Continued on Page 4) WEL\: FIRST LEYS SEE_ WHAT NOU KtoW 4BouT™ PEAGE CONFERENGE T0 BE HELD AT BERNE Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 18.— Dispatches received here from Berne are to the effect that the internation- al congress to study and determine tpon basis for a durable peace will be held as originally announced on Dec. 1, at Berne. Thirty delegates repre- senting belligerent and neutral states already have announced their intén- tion to attend, while an American le- gation already is on the way. The only country which thus far not an- nounced whether it will send a dele- gation is France which will give a definite answer shortly. The confer- ence is expected to last a week. JUSTIGE LAMAR MAY QUIT BENGH ‘Washington, D. C,. Nov: 18— President Wilson may have the ap- pointment of another justice of the Unitéd States supreme court this win- ter. Justice Lamar’s condition is said to be such that there is grave doubt of his resuming his duties. If Chief Justice Edward D. White should intimate that the business of the court required a full bench, it is not unlikely that congress would meet .the demand by passing a bill similar to the bill passed for Justice Moody, retiring Judge Lamar on pay, he not having served long enough to. entitle him to retirement without such a special act. It is intimated that a canvass of the judiciary committee of.the house has been started with a view of learn- ing whether the house would pass such a measure without extended de- bate. The members approached are said to have been quoted favorable. T0 REGEIVE ONLY 80 PER CENT OF AID ‘W. B. Stewart, county superin- tendent of schools, has been advised by the state that all counties in the state will receive only 80 per cent of the total of state aid on :account ‘of - the-appropriation by-the* Tégfify- ture being too small to take care of the full amount. - This, however, does not apply to the building of consoli- dated schools. Beltrami county, if it were to receive its full aid, would receive about $32,000. T0 ORGANIZE YOUNG PEOPLE'S GITY UNION The Baptist Young People’s society has invited the Epworth League of the Methodist church and the Chris- tian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church to attend a meeting Friday evening at the Baptist church at which time a Young People’s City Union will be organized. The meeting will be in the form of a social with the aim of becoming better acquainted and planning for more general Christian work in the city. Many phases of Christian work can be handled by such a union which would be impossible by one society alone. The societies have felt the need of such a movement for some time. STEAMER CARRYING WHEAT TO BELGIUM SUNK Amsterdam, Nov. 18.—The Nor- wegian steamer Ulriken, carrying 3,- 000 tons of American.wheat to the destitute Belgians, has been sunk by a mine. Five of the crew perished. HUGHES IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY ‘Washington, Nov. 18. — Justice Hughes today announced his formal TAX RECEIPTS FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY SHOW LARGE INCREASE Earl Geil, County Treasurer, Com- pletes Work on Tax Collections; Work Completed Earlier. $19,220.97 MORE MONEY COLLECTED THAN IN 1914 4,320 More Tax Receipts Are Issued Thai During June 1 to Oc- tober 1, 1914. Earl Geil, county treasurer, has completed the work of tax collec- tions for the period ending October 31. 5 The comparison of the work in that office this year with last year shows that from June 1 to Oct. 31 this year there were 4,329 more receipts issued than during the same period last year. There were 6,015 receipts is- sued this year and 1,686 receipts is- sued last year. i There was collected by the county treasurer $19,229.97 more money than there was collected during the period, June 1 to Oct. 31.- This year the collections amounted to $97,- 891.45 and last year the collections were $78,661.48. The work this year, despite the in- crease, was completed nearly one week earlier than last year. BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP 1S SUNK Dover, England, Nov. 18.—The British hospital ship Anglia, with about 300 wounded men aboard, in addition to the crew, nurses and at- tendants, bound from France for Do- ver, struck a mine in mid-channel vesterday and sank in a vert short time. Nearly 100 men, most of them seriously wounded and therefore in their cots, lost their lives. The collier Lusitania, which .was nearby at the time of the accident, fmmediately went to the assistance of the Anglia, and her boats had just been lowered when she also struck a mine and foundered. All her crew was saved. A patrol vessel succeeded in Tes- cuing 300 of the Anlgia’s passengers and crew, including some nurses. A number of bodies were recovered. WEDDING LICENSE ISSUED. A wedding license was issued to- day to Nels’s. Youngren and Miss Myrtle Kechum of Tenstrike. BULGARIANS TAKE SERBIAN TOWN London, Nov. 18.—A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company from Athens, dated Wednesday, says: “Official war dispatches are still lacking but according to press dis- patches received here, Peérlepe is said to have been occupied by the Bul- garians, who are now two hours ris- tance from Monastir and making a turning movement under command of German officers. The situation at Monastir is reported to be most critical. The foreign counsels except the French have gone to Saloniki, at which place the prefect of Monastir has sent the city’s achives.” There are no changes on the French, Italian or Russian fronts, but the presence of Russian warships on the coast of Courland, where they have been bombarding the German positions, suggests that General Ruzsky has not concluded. the of- fensive which he undertook west of Riga. YEOMEN TO MEET. The Yeoman lodge will hold its declination of candidacy for presi-|regular meeting at the home of Mrs. dent on the Republican ticket aslH. F. Schmidt tomorrow evening at placed on the official primary ballot ' 8:30 .o’clock. All members are re- in Nebraska. quested to be present. ~Nou SEND TH' HORSE. OVER 1T ALINE UNIRORM 1S SWELL- BUT N0V DONT HAVE SO B\ FAR VO FALL| AN INFANTRY | (D AT SMINP ~MALTO- M — UNITED STATES MAY CONSTRUCT OWN BATTLESHIPS Administration Considering Buying of Ore and Factories to Build War- ships, Says Daniels. PRIVATE FACTORIES BUSY ON EUROPEAN ORDERS Bids Are Above Proposals; Federal Authorities May Ask fof Tax on Bank Checks. Washington, Nov. 18.—Because of the serious situation which has arisen in the national defense program, Sec- retary Daniels today announced that a plan is being considered for the government ownership of almost ev- ery element connected with battle- ship construction. “The plans are being definitely worked out,” said Daniels today, “for government owned or leased ore filelds, ship yards, armor plate fac- tories and manufacture for all mater- ials needed.” Private Factories Busy. Private factories are so busy on European war orders that they can- not spare the time to build U. §. battleships. The administration - is still worried over ways of raising money for the defense program and is considering the extension of the income tax to smaller incomes and probably war tax, possibly to include all bank checks. Because of the apparent failure of private bidders to keep their pro- posal within the $7,800,000 limit of the cost set by congress for the hulls and machinery of battleships No. 43 and 44, bids which were opened yes- terday at the navy department for construction of both vessels may be undertaken at the government navy yards. . Lowest Bids. The New York and Philadelphis government plants submitted estt- mates of less than $7,000,000 eac] steam and electric drive to-ba naal-Tusaams steam and lectric drive to be used the "new superdreadnoughts building at the New York yards. These were the lowest bids and the same yards also submitted the lowest figures for ships equipped with Par- sons steam turbines, the basis of all of the private bids. The Mare Island yard with an estimate of $7,- 413,156 for the turbine ship was lowest. AMERICAN SURVIVOR TELLS OF ANGONA SINKING Washington, Nov. 18.—An afi- davit from Dr. Cecile L. Grail, the only American survivor of the liner Ancona which was sunk by an Aus- trian submarine, was received by the state department this morning. The affidavit gave some details of the sub- marine attack but did not clear the question of the vessel’s alleged flight. The affidavit described the panic on the Ancona and asserted that the shells were fired by the submarine while the passengers were disembark- ing. BULGARIANS ARE BEFORE MONASTIR Athens, Nov. 18.—The Bulgars are beating down the last line of Serbian resistance before Monastir. The cap- ture of Prelips gave them an open road southward to the Greek from- tier. Small bands of Serbs are fight- ing desperately with the rear guards. It is the hope that the Allles’ ald will reach the Serbians before Mon- astir falls. The towns are nearly cleared of civilians. ANGLO-FRENCH RUN RISKS, SAYS MAJOR Amsterdam, Nov. 18.—Continu- ing his criticism of the Anglo-French operations in the Balkans, Major Mo- raht, the military critic, says in the Tageblatt: “From a military point of view, never before has an expe- ditionary army which came over the sea relied on an insécure base for its operation run such risks.” ESTABLISHMENTS MUST DECLARE G00DS Paris, Nov. 18.—The Havas cor- respondent at Geneva says the Ger- man military authorities at Ghent, Bruges, Mont St. Amand and Lede- berg had ordered by poster that all industrial establishments must . de- clare in what quantities they possess copper, brass and bronze and in Wwhat forms. The penalty for inexact or incomplete declarations is a fine of 20,000 marks or imprisonment, = b5