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

VOLUME 13, NO. 298. mmou, MONDAY E VENING, m 13, 1915, TWO HOMEs-,\ NYMUHEI]ESTI\&, BYFIRE; LOSS$2,5.. Charles Reinke House Totally De- stroyed Saturday Night By Fire Starting From Over-heated Stove PARTIAL INSURANCE IS CARRIED ON BOTH Frank Edstrom House, Occupied l;y Ted Payment, Burned to Ground Sunday Night. Two fires at Nymore, one Satur- day and the other Sunday night, did over $2,500 damage when two houses were totally destroyed. The home of“Charles Reinke was destroyed Saturday night, the loss being estimated at $2,000. Sunday night a house belonging to Frank Ed- strom and occupied by Ted Payment was destroyed, the loss being about $500. Both losses are covered by in- surance. Gets Beyond Control. The fire at the Reinke home was discovered shortly after eight o’clock by David Lacombe of Mill Park, who was driving his jitney bus to Ny- = more. The flames had already reach- ed the roof and the Nymore fire de- . partment was unable to do any ef- fective work as the fire was beyond control. Efforts were made to save I some of the furniture without re- sults, Mr. and Mrs. Reinke were not at home at the time the fire was dis- covered. They were visiting with friends at Nymore. Mr., Reinke be- fore leaving home had banked a fire in a stove with tamarack to keep the house warm until they returned and it is believed that the fire started when this stove became overheated. Insurance $1,500, The home was a large, two-story frame building and was directly op- posite the box factory. About $1,500 insurance was carried. Mr. and Mrs. Reinke will remain with friends in Nymore until they are able to rebuild. Awakened by Flames, 5 Z i nn The Edstrom.honss was.found afire by Ted Tayment at ten o’clock Sun- day night. Mr. Payment, who occu~ pied the house, filled the stove and 4 went to bed early in the evening. He was awakened by the flames and was forced to leave the building be- fore fully dressed. The fire department was called, but the building, which was a one- story tar-papered structure, burned like tinder and was totally destroyed. No furniture or clothing was saved. The Bemidji fire department was not called to either of the fires. RED GROSS SEAL SALE IS AGTIVE Mrs. C. M. Jacobson, manager of the Red Cross Seal sale for the Wo- man’s Study club in Bemidji, today announced that the sale of Red Cross L seals was very active and that pros- pects were that many more seals L would be sold this year than were sold last year, Seals have been delivered to the various stores and everyone in the city is being urged to use as many of the seals as possible. If a suffi- cient number of seals are sold Be- midji will be entitled to the services of a school nurse for ‘one month. Any- one desiring ‘to place seals on sale who has not received any can have same by applying to Mrs. Jacobson. Twin City people have sent cir- culars to Bemidji people telling them to buy direct from them. Everyone is being notified that by so doing it would be injuring Bemidji’s sale and all are being urged to buy all the seals in this ecity: VILLAGE OF WILLIAMS T0 HAVE PAPER The village of Williams, 18 miles from Baudette, is to have a news- paper. The first issue will appear January first. It will be called the Northern Light and S. S. Sherman, who has successfully conducted a newspaper in Iowa for.thirty years, will be the editor and publisher. SECRETARY LANSING’S APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—Secretary Lansing’s nomination was today con- firmed by the senate. Senator Chamberlain, of the senate military affairs committee introduced a bill proposing policy on conscrip- “BIG BEMIDG"” MEN MEET; ASK MERGHANTS' HELP At a meeting of the members of N “Big Bemidg"” basketball team Others yesterday afternoon at the Pioneer office it was decided to ask the Merchants’ assoclation or the Commereial club to assist in getting a place for games. A number of out-of-town teams have already writ- ten to several of the players request- ing games and it is hoped to start the season shortly after Christmas. It is believed that if the “Big Be- midg"” team is reorganized that the team will be strengthened by several fast players who have come to Be- midji since last season. REYNOLDS & WINTER RENT GIBBONS BLOGK Reynolds & Winter, land agents, have rented the ground floor and basement of the John Gibbons block, next to the Markham hotel, on Bel- trami avenue. The Hazen saloon formerly occupied the floor. Since the clamping on of the Indian “lid” the floor has not been occupied. Reynolds & Winter will move their offices to the'new location this week. THREE MAKE FILINGS FOR HOMESTEADS Edward Leghtinen and John and Louis Larson of Little Falls this morning made filings for homesteads. Mr. Leghtinen filed on 1-159-34. John Larson filed on 27-156-29 and Louis Larson on 34-156-29, both in Koochi- ching county. FIRE DEPARTMENT GALLED TO CHIMNEY BLAZE A small chimney fire at the Eli S. Arnold home on' Thirteenth street and Park avenue caused a turnout of the fire department last night at ten o’clock. No loss was incurred. GEORGE GHURGH LEAVES SAW MILLS George A. Church has resigned his office as superintendent of the Inter- national saw mills at Spooner and In- ternational Falls, and will leave the employ of the company in the near future. He is to be succeeded by M. L. Elsmore of Chicago. S SOUTH DAKOTAN RECEIVES $578.12 FOR LOAD OF SEED Volga, S. D., Dec. 13.—Will Bohlke hauled a load of produce into town last week which sold on the local market for $578.12. The load con- sisted of 62 bushels and 17 pounds of clover seed, which brought $9.25 per bushel. Mr. Bohlke had a large patch of clover which averaged two bushels of seed to the acre. BEMIDJI FARM GLUB HOLDS MEETING Fifty-six farmers and their fam- ilies met at the Carr Lake school house at a regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji Farmers’ club, Satur- day, Dec. 11. After lunch, which was served at noon, discussions were held on economy and the establishing of a mail route and plans of action out- lined. One new member was added to the club roll. The next meeting will be held in the sehool house Jan- uary 15, at which time new officers will be elected. The women of Alberta have won their fight to save the life of Mrs. Annie Hawkes of McLeod, sentenced to hang for the killing of Mrs. Stoley. Announcement was made at Ottowa, Ont., that the sentence has been com- muted to 10 years’ imprisonment. SCOO tion for the United States citizen army. The annual report of the Interstate Commerce commission was ~made public today. THE CUB REPORTER MERCHANTS REPORT | 600D BUSINESS [HigH SCHAoL T0. ' PUE( RED WING ON DflllAIl DAY s, ekt Ml o G Letters and Comments Reoeived by Daily Pioneer Which Indicate That Movement Was a Big Success. MANY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BIG BARGAINS OFFERED Complete Stocks Are Sold Out in Morning; More Similar Days Are Urged. That Bemidji’s “Dollar Day” was a success and that many out-of-town people came here on account of the bargains offered by merchants is evi- dent from the volume of business done by merchants who entered into the plan. The Pioneer (oday re- ceived the following letters in regud to “Dollar Day”: Sold Out in Morning. “I wish to let you know the re- sults received through your co-opera- tion of our Bemidji $1 day sale. It certainly was a remarkable success. ‘We were unable to handle the crowds of people and at 10 o’clock Saturday morning we were completely sold out in our women’s department of . all good on sale at $1, and I wish to heartily commend you and your paper for your kindly co-operation in help- ing us make a success of this §1 Day Sale. Yours respectfully, Schneider Bros Co. Per Chas. Cominsky.” Want More Days. “We are glad that we participated in “Dollar Day” and wish to compli- ment your paper on the results ob- tained. Our force was busy from early morning until late at night. Be- ‘|midji should have more ‘Dollar Days’ and we’ll be with you, whenever your enterprising institution will take the initiative. Very truly yours, E. A. Barker.” Here is what other merchants say in regard to Dollar Day: ‘W. N. Bowser, of the O’Leary-Bow- ser company—*‘‘Business was very satisfactory. We sold out practically all our big dollar bargains.” David Gill, of Gill Brothers’ cloth- ing store—‘‘Business ad a- wholé=wis {¢a; very satisfactory.” G. D. Backus, of the Bazaar store— “We did a big business Saturday.” ‘W. F. Elliot, of the Fair Store— “The biggest business we ever had. That Dollar Day stunt did it. Pio- neer ads bring results.” Taxed to the Limit. F. G. Troppman. of the Troppman department store--“Every department was taxed to the limit. Dollar bar- gains here were much sought for.” ‘W. G. Schroeder—*A fine business. Rushed all day.” C. A. Knapp, of the Knapp Shoe Store—*Dollar Day brought us one of the biggest sale days we ever had. More than satisfied.” A. T. Carlson—*As big a day as any three days before Christmas. The best ever and what’s more, our cus- tomers were much pleased with the special dollar bargains.” N. E. Given—"“Business in general was very good. We-had many take advantage of our dollar bargains.” Bring in Lists. George ' T. Baker—‘Those Dollar Day ads certainly brought the people into town Saturday. Our business was fine, many coming in with their lists cut from the paper.” C. A. Huffman, of the Huffman & O'Leary furniture store—“We had a nice business Saturday and benefited by the large number of people brought here by Dollar Day.” E. F. Netzer, of the Netzer drug store—“Although we did not offer special dollar bargains, our general business was good, owing to the large number of people brought into town by them.” R. Gulbranson, of. the Bemidji Sup- ply company—*General business was good. We had calls for dollar bar- gains, but we gave a special $1 dis- count on all purchases of $10. A satisfactory day as a whole.” Among the visitors in Bemidji Sat- “fjects. With Illt Year’s State Champions. Efforts are being made by the Be- midji high school basketball team to secure a series of three games with last year’s state Champions, the Red ‘Wing high school quint, Dec. 21, 22 and 23, the games to be playel in this city. Thesé games, if secured, will ‘open the season in Bemidji. A tull turnout of not less than nine | high school players and ome or two old city team men is greeting Coach Bestul’s call every Monday, Wednes- day and Friday nights and the team is rapidly getting into condition for their holiday games. The approach of the first gameé is adding great stimulus to the energy of every play- er and regardless of the end of the tryout period, severpl of the team’s regulars are not confident of their positions, which makes every practice grow more tense. The greatest difficulty- before the team at present is the ineligibility of several of the players who are be- low grade in their subjects. This requirement is apt to prove disastrous to the quint. ¢ The conference, composed of high schools of Northern Minnesota, of which the Bemidji institution is a member, requires that every player be above in all but one subject, and if a player is down:in two subjects |- - for one week he is barred from prac- tice until he can keep up in his sub- Several of the best players are now on the ragged edge and elim- inations will probably have -to be made before the Winlock, Wash., and Red Wing series, ANDREW WARFIELD SLIGHTLY INJURED Andrew -Warfield was slightly in- jured Saturday evening when a car owned and driven by A. Lord skidded into him near the - postoffice. Mr. ‘Warfield was: thrown about twenty feet. The only sustained : tohes about the EXTRA SLEEPER FOR HOLIDAY GROWDS R. E. Fisher, ticket agent at the Union depot, has requested the addi- tion of an extra sleeper on the Min- nesota & International railroad for the night of December 17. As the schools will close on that date, sleep- er reservations will not be able to be made to accommodate all with one sleeper unless some remain over till Saturday. Thé two sleepers will handle very easily and comtortubly the extra number. ‘While there is no certlinty that the officials of the road will comply with the request. Mr. Fisher stated that it would be very probable that extra accommodations would be added. No extra coaches will be en- gaged during the Christmas rush as the service can be maintained very easily with the present equipment. “NEAL OF THE NAVY" MOVIES BESIN TONIGHT v — The first episode of ‘“Neal of the Navy,” entitled ‘The Survivors,” will be shown tonight at the Grand theater. The serial story of “Neal of the Navy” will be published each week in the Daily Pioneer, the first installment having been published last Saturday. . The Bemidji naval militin will be the guest of Manager Harding at the theater tonight and every Monday while the pictures are shown. -The pictures will be in twelve install- ments. W. B. Stewart, county superintend- urday were Otto Ashby of Puposky |ent of schools, left this merning for a and Miss Lillian McGregor of Turtle several days' trip through the county River. " DEAR MADE A | LIST OF SQME OF TH' THINGS I; wxrwcle'voGETm 4 - ILL READ ; Ms‘E.M OFF’IDW visiting sehools. (lnly Twelvn More Days Till Christmas EoRA Elc e S0 e FOR AN ELECTRIC CO0-PAY - OR. 00 EVER NOY CALL I -AND THEN ~ P OR WHAT AMERICAN DOCTOR-IS - T0 PLAGE RED CROSS SEALS ON PACKAGES B ey, SUBMARINES SINK 508 VESSELS, GLAIM AIISTIIII GERMANS Teuton Fleet Wanders Unrestrained in Baltic Sea, Says Berlin Reports 3,000,000 MEN ARE RECRUITED IN ENGLAND Mine Explodes in Front of French Trenches; Troops Occupy Pits; " No Developments, In order to increase the sale of Red Cross stamps in Bemidji the Stewart Grocery Co. today announced that on Dec. 21 there would be placed on each package that left the store on that day, a Red Cross - seal. The same plan was instituted last year and nearly 1,000 stamps were used. It is hoped this year to double the number of stamps used and thereby help the city in securing a school nurse. FORD SENDS WIRELESS T0 EUROPEAN RULERS New York, Dec. 13.—From the Dpeace ship Oscar II, now approaching Christiania, Henry Ford has sent a wireless peace appeal to all European rulers. The messages called upon the rulers to let the armies stand where they are that men might be saved from another bitter winter in the trenchies. It asked that truce be established immediately. WAR BREAKS 0UT AMONG PEACE MEN Aboard Oscar II, (wireless to Eng- land) Dec. 13.—War has broken out among the peace delegates on board the Oscar II. Several are preparing to ‘quit the party at Christiania and return to America, alleging that ex- treme pacificists have adopted an in- sulting attitude to everyone who up- holds President Wilson'’s prepared- Berlin, Dec. 13.—German-Austrian submarines since the beginning of the war have sunk 508 vessels, it was announced -here today. The state- ment denied the British claims of a complete blockade of the Baltic sea and pointed out that the German fleet still wanders unrestrained in the Baltic. London, Dec. 13.—That three mil- lion men answered Lord Derby’s call for volunteers, was the report in offi- cial circles here today following the close of the great recruiung cam- paign. Paris, Dec. 13.—Germans exploded a mine in the front of the French trenches at.Mesnil in the Champagne district last night. The French troops immediately occupied the pit dug by the explosion. No other de- velopments are reported today. BRITISH STEAMER ness program. Ford is doing his best SUNX; CREW SAVED to prevent an open break. One fac- London, Dec. - 13.—The British |tion alleges that the extreme paci- steamer Pinegrove was sunk today by a submarine. The crew was saved. FRENCH TROOPS RETREAT ACROSS GREEK FRONTIER Athens, Dec. 13.—French troops have been retreating across the Greek frontier since early Saturday, according to inféormation received by Greek military authorities. Giegveli has been evacuated by the Allies. The retreat of expeditionary forces is being covered by artiltery machine guns stationed a few miles across the Greek border. It is understood that no opposition will be offered hy the Greeks ‘f the advancing Bulgars cross into Greece. ficists ars using steam roller tactics. ADMINISTRATION GASES IN PROBATE GOURT The petition of final account of ths estate of Harvell A. Rust was heard in the probate court this' morning. Other hearings were for the final ac- count of the Sardine S. VanOrnum es- tate and hearing for administrator in the John B. Grignon estate. COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN London, Dec. 13.—Rare bravery was displayed by Dr. Richard Jett, Cleveland, O., and Matron Anna Dull during a Bulgarian attack on the Serbian city of Pirot, Lady Sibyl Finley declared today on her arrival from Salonika.” She said that Dr. Jett and Matron Dull remained in the hospital while the buildings were about all but demolished by shells and removed the wounded under heavy artillery fire. Jett was com- missioned a captain of the Serbian army for his bravery. FREE MOVEMENT FOR FRENCH IN GREECE Salonika, Dec. 13.—Satisfactory agreement has been reached by An- gle-French authorities with Greece. It calls for a free movement of expe- ditionary forces between here and the Greek border. TO BRING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON GERMANY London, Dec. 13.—Lord Cecil, un- der secretary of foreign affairs, to- day declared that England intends to bring all the possible economic pres- sure on Germany to bring the war to a successful close. SHUWS 65 PER GEHTBAIH Baudette, Minn., Dec. 13.—There are 1,312 persons living in Baudette, according to cénsus figures by Judge A. Schmidt. This 1s a gain of about 65 per cent over the last figures. The census was taken at the time the mills closed and it is safe to say that if taken in the summer at least 200 additional names would be added. The last census, taken in the summer of 1910, showed a population of slightly over 800. SENATOR OWEN WOULD REQUIRE WAR VOTE Washington, Dec. 13.— Senator Owen of Oklahoma would have the Federal Constitution amended to pre- vent any war of aggression by this nation without approval by popular vote. The -Oklahoma senator will press a resolution providing submis- sion of such an amendment. JAPAN. INDIGNANT OVER GHINA'S AGTION Tokio, Dec. 13.—Newspapers here today printed indignant articles de- nouncing Yuan Shi Kais’ acceptance of the Chinese throme. They de- clared that Japan’s advice has been openly flounted and urged Japan to take the proper stand. That the Japanese censor, usually strict re- garding news messages concerning Japanese foreign affairs allowed this to pass, is considered extremely sig- nificant. MINNESOTANS PLAN NEW LUMBER MILL Roseburg, Ore.,, Dec. 13.—Reed- port, on the line of the Williamett- Pacific railroad, now nearing comple- tion between Eugene and Marshfield, is to have one of the largest saw mills in the West, according to announce- ment made today. The mill will have a daily capacity of 125,000 feet of finished lumber. In addition to the mill there will be erected a sash and door plant, box and veneer factory, dry kilns and several planing mills, Those signing the contract: for the erection of the warious industries here today were J. R. Wells, George P. Thompson of the North Star Lum- ber company of Minnesota, Warren Reed and the officers of the Reedportl company. 3 - Final arrangements are being made today for the marriage next Satur- day of President Wilson to Mrs. Nor- man Galt at Washington. A New York dressmaker, preparing wedding gowns for Mrs. Galt, is at the Galt home today making the final fittings. By "HOP" Imany will advise Austria to afiswer L. 5. NOTE T AUSTRIA MOST “EMPHATICOFWAR Demands Prompt Denolmoemt of Sinking of Ancona; Act “Tllegal and Indefensible.” Reasonable Time, Perhaps a Week, to Be Given for Reply Before Further Action. Washington, Dec. 13.—America’s note to Austria in regard to the sink- ing of the Ancona, as made public here, contained a formal demand by the United States for prompt de- nouncement of the act, characterized as “illegal and indefensible.” The note also demanded the pun- ishment of the submarine command- er and indemnity for killing and wounding innocent American pas- sengers. - The note arraigns the shelling and torpedoing of the liner as “inhu- mane, barbarous and wanton slaugh- ter of helpless men, women and chil- dren.” It is the most emphatic declaration coming from the American govern- ment since the beginning of the war. No attempt was made to conceal the fact that unless the demands be mmediately complied with diplomatic relations between the two countries would be broken off. Reasonable time is to be given Aus- tria before further action is taken. It is believed here that Austria must accede to the demands within a week. CAN’T LOCATE OFFICER OF AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE Vienna, Dec. 13.—It became known here today that the Austrian gov- ernment has been unable to get into communication with the commander of the submarine that sunk the An- cona, since that time. This is the reason for Austria’s delay in comply- ing to the American request for de- tails. GERMANC TO ABVISE AUSTRIA, IS BELIEF 3 gton: Deg.. 13 —How, Ger- - the Ancona note was a question con- sidered today by official Washington. On the answer depends whether the diplomatic relations with Austria will be severed. The impression here is that Germany will advise Austria to bring about long-drawn out nego- tiations such as followed the Lusi- tania disaster. It is probable that Austria may feel out American sen- timent with a reply only partially satisfactory. INDIAN LID AGENTS STUB TOES ON GAGHE Hibbing, Minn., Dec. 13.—After an entire day’s fruitless search to sur- prise tilters of the Indian 1id and discover secret liquor caches, Federal Indian agents late Saturday stubbed their toes on their quarry, dug of $2,000 worth of liquor and dumped it into Sturgeon lake, 12 miles north of here. In the sands along the lake beach, within a zone 100 yards long, the searchers unearthed whisky, &in and rum by the barrelful. In a similar stretch nearby, numerous casks and bottles, some of them bearing the name of a former Hibbing saloonkeeper, were dug up. The = “find” was the largest since the agents have been on the job. SALOONS IN THREE COUNTIES ARE CLOSED St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 13.—As a re- sult of the county option law, saloons in Redwood, Todd and Renville coun- ties were closed Saturday. BARON SWIEDINSK ASKS FOR PASSPORTS Washington, Dec. 13.—It is re- ported here that Baron Zwiedinsk, Austrian attache, has asked Secretary. Lansing for his passports after a con- ference between the two this after- oon. Nine billion: dollars 15 the price American farmers get for their crops every year, while enough is added by the middlemen so that the consumers pays twenty-seven billion dollars for the same crop, according to the state- ments of rural credit and marketing. experts before the Southern Commer- cial Congress, which opened lt Charleston, 8, C., today. : Infdnmtlon received at San l‘fln- cisco states that the Great Norther