Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 301. MUCH INTEREST IN CHRISTMAS RED GHD:"’*feSEAI. SALE Efforts Being Made b zens to Secure Services of Schoo. ? for One Month. + MANY SEALS ARE BEING SOLD; MUST SELL MORE People Urged to Help Worthy Cause by Purchasing and Using Seal; Must Buy Immediately. Much interest is being shown by Bemidji citizens in the efforts of the Woman’s Study club to school nurse for Bemidji through the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. The sale of stamps is being ecarried secure a on energetically and with the aid of every citizen it is expected that suf- ficient seals will be sold to secure the aid of a Red Cross nurse. Bemidji last year secured the aid of a nurse through the sale of Red Cross seals and excellent work was done by the nurse in this city. Has No Funds. “The board of education would be glad to hire a nurse if it had funds,” said W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools, today. “Excellent results were secured by the school nurse in Bemidji last year and I hope that every citizen will do his share by purchasing seals this year to aid in securing the nurse. The nurse last year examined all of the children in the schools and interested the doctors on the city to give free services in needy cases. The idea of a school nurse is gradually creeping over the -entire United States. One month is a short time for a school nurse to re- main in the city but it is better than notking. The sale of Red Cross seals mean much to Bemidji.” - In speaking of the campaign of selling Red Cross stamps to secure a nurse, Mrs. C. M. Jacobson, who has charge of the work being carried on by the Woman’s Study club, today said: Accomplishes Much. “In taking up the Red Cross seal campaign this year both Mrs, Jewett and myself felt that as long as the promises for support seemed so meager it would be hardly worth while taking up the work unless there was some direct benefit, other than having Bemidji’'s name put on the list of towns, to be reaped. The proposition in regard to obtaining a school nurse was finally offered, and solved the problem of receiving some immediate good. I feel that such a nurse accomplishes a great deal more than the public realizes and deserves more credit than has been given them in the past. ““Since taking up the work, the re- sults have proven most satisfactory and promising. This year the work has been more exacting, since the basis has been placed on the stamps sold per capita. The sales have, howevar, been progressing most rap- idly as already they are approaching ‘the $200 mark and only $250 worth of seals were received. As far as I am concerned I haven’t the slightest doubt but that a nurse will be se- cured.” Doctors Favor Movement. A statement made by Dr. E. W. Johnson, who has offered his services to the county in order to improve the health of the rural schools at large, shows that he is in sympathy with the steps taken by the Woman's Study club to secure the services of 2 nurse. He says: “The amount of good a trained murse can do for the school children ‘cannot be estimated. Bemidji is one of the only cities of its size where 2 nurse is not constantly employed by the school board. Lack of funds ‘here make that impossible. “The Woman’s Study club is sell- ing Red Cross Christmas stamps for this purpose. It will be necessary for them to sell a large number and I think it is the duty of every citizen %o buy as many stamps as possible, thereby in a small way assisting in a wery profitable work.” DIVORCE IS GRANTED. A divorce'was granted today to Mrs. Zella Mashino from W. F. Mashino on the grounds of desertion. Both are residents of Bemidji. BEMIDJI SCHOOLS T0 GLOSE FRIDAY FOR CHRISTMAS Teachers and Out-of-town Students to Leave Immediately After School for Homes. PROGRAMS TO BE GIVEN BY SCHOOL CHILDREN Parents and Friends Invited to At- tend Exercises Tomorrow Morn- ing and Afternoon. .- Bemidji schools will close tomor- row afternoon for Christmas holidays. The teachers and out-of-town stu- dents are planning to leave for their homes immediately after the closing of school. School will reopen in Be- midji January 4. Christmas programs will be given at all schools in the city tomorrow. At the high school and seventh and eighth grades programs will be given. The North school has also prepared programs. At the Central school the entire day will be turned over to Christmas programs. Programs will be given in the morning at ten o’clock and in the afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The following are the programs to be given by the different grades in the Central building. All parents and friends of the children are in- vited to attend the exercises. Frist Grades. Songs—“A Letter to Santa,” “If You're Good,” three first grades; Candle Girls and Firefly—12 girls, one boy, from Miss Budelman’s room; Lullaby--Elverna Hazen, Flora Burns, ‘Verna Krause, Edith Erickson, Lucile Flatley, Myrtle Moberg; recitation— “Waiting for Santa,” Deneice Blon- do; songs—“A Little Old Man,” ‘“Santa Claus,” 16 children from Miss Harding’s room; Finger Play—*“Jolly Santa Claus,” 12 children from Miss Strand’s room; recitation, ‘“Letter From Santa,” Elmer Gaines; recita- tion, ‘“‘American Stocking,” Delia Hanna; song, ‘“Jolly Old St. Nich- olas,” 12 children from Miss Budel- man’s room; “Waiting Up for Santa,” Ruth Meilicke and Dan Rose; Doll Show, 8 children from Miss Strand’s room; Christmas play, ten children from Miss Budelman’s room; recita- tion, “I’'ve Rocked This Doll,” Gwen- dolyn sivord; Christmas Candles, Clarence Larson, Edith Erickson and Violet Paquin; ‘‘Santa’s White Kit- ten,” Hulda Anderson; ‘“Looby Loo,” 12 children from Miss Strand’s room; “Capture of Santa,” 12 children from Miss Harding’s room; recitation, ‘“A Gift to Santa,” Lael Chase. Second Grades. Song, “Jolly Santa Claus,” school; concert recitation, school; “The Toy- man,” Miss Murphy’s room; song. “In a Lowly Manger,” school; recita- tion, “A Letter From Santa,” Reuben Bergh; song, “Once Into the Shep- herds,” school; Mother Goose Chil- dren, Miss Welch’s room; “The Sick Doll,” Edna Moore, Imogen Harring- ton and Clifford Klein. Third Grades. Song, “Merry, Merry Bells,” school; ‘““The Lost Reindeer,” Mrs. Santa, Catharen McKee, Jack Frost Robert Graham, EIf, Gordon Harn. well; recitation, Ardus Malzahn; due: Robert Graham and Mildred Clark; “Christmas With Mother Goose,” Mother Goose, Bernice Hannah, Man in Brown, Julius Goldberg; song, “I've Beén Good,” five girls; recita- tion, “Santa Claus,” Forrest Sathre; solo, ‘““Christmas Chimes,” Gordon Harnwell; Stocking drill, eight boys; song, “Jolly Santa Claus,” school. Fourth Grade. Song, “Santa Claus Land;’” Christ- mas dialogue, “The Children and the Stars,” characters—Russel George, Mpyrtle Orth, Frank Elliott, Pearl Peckles, Clyde Coyle, Ruth Collard, .|Ingiborg Bjorstad, Evelyn Hickerson, Julia Towers; song, ‘“Santa Claus is Coming, Children;” Christmas play, “A Home-Made Santa Claus, act I, scene I, scene II; song, “Merry, Merry Christmas Bells;” act II, characters —Ben, Richard Cahill, Tom, Henry Krause. Fifth Grades. Song, ‘“Merry, Merry Xmas Bells,” by the fifth grades; display of mech- anical toys—showman, Merton Den- ley, doll, Aileen Naylor, athletes, Wil- liam Burns, William Barnell, ele- plants, Earl Coe, Clyde Shadiow, sol- dier, Walter Barker, Teddy Bear, Mil- [ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1915. Letters To Santa Claus By Bemidji Children Wants Drum. Santa Claus: Please send me a Carlson, Jr. drum.—John Autos—Trousers. Dear Santa Claus: This is what I wish to get and it is this: four books, a sweater, a pair of trousers, a garage and two autos. Good by, dear Santa Claus, and do not forget.—Leslie Bourcier. George Wants Dog. Dear Santa Claus: George wants a doggy and a set of blocks and a rag doll for Christmas. Will you give him it, please? Yours sincerely.—George Bourcier. Don’t Forget Buggy. Dear Santa Claus: Please send me a reed doll, a bug- 8Y, a pencil, a little horse and cart with a man fastened in the cart, a little boat with a house on it, some building blocks so T can build a church with a steeple, a little table with a little rocking chair, a sho-fly rocking horse and a big doll and some dishes. Please, Santa Claus, don’t forget the buggy, anyway.—Evelyn G- 2 Wants Big Sled. Dear Santa Claus: I want a sled like Clarence Lar- son’s with iron runners and a pic- ture of a horse on top. I want some stone building blocks and a little dump cart with two horses on it and a box of ten pins. I want a pencil, too. Please don’t forget any of this, Santa Claus.—Kenneth G——. Asks for Hammer. Dear Santa Claus: J I want a dump cart and a big ham= mer with big nails and lots of things. —Wayne G——. Likes Candy, Too. Dear Santa Claus: I wish you would remember me this Christmas. I want lots of toys. I want a doll and buggy and doll bed and table and chairs and set of dishes. My name is Gladys Olson. I am five years old and I like candy, too. Good by. Adds Peanuts, Too. My name is George Olson and T am seven years old. I want a lot of toys. I want a drum and sled and skis and horn and a big sack of candy and peanuts, too. Must Come Down Chimney. I want a big doll in my stocking and a doll buggy and a bed for my Wants a Bank, 1 would like some nice toys and a train and some fruit, too. And a checker board and some candy for the tree and some good games and a drum, too.. To Santa.—Budd Klein. A High Chair, Dear Santa Claus: I want a doll, a set of dishes, a rocking chair and a high chair. Yours truly—Verna Krause. Can’t Wait for Christmas. Dear Santa Claus: I would like to have a pair of mit- tens and a doll. We are going to have a Santa Claus at school Friday. I can’t wait till you come Christmas. Yours, with all kinds of presents coming my way.—Bertha Krause. Don’t Forget Sister. Dear Santa Claus: Please send me a doll and a book, Alice in Wonderland, a sled for Lyle and fill up my stocking and don’t for- get Doris. She wants a doll and an A B C book.—Gladys Wood, 7 years old. Baby Wants “Kewpie” Doll. Dear Santa: Please bring me a blackboard, a horn, some tinker toys and a pair of ice skates, a book that I can read and please don’t forget to bring Baby Beryl a “Kewpie” doll.—Hugh Me- Cormick, 6 years old. To Have Tea Parties. Dear Santa Claus: ‘Will you please bring me a doll with curls and a little piano, a set of dishes, table and little chairs so that baby and I can have tea parties. —Katherine McCormick, 4 Yyears old. Wants Pmt\u-e Machine. Dear Santa: I thought I would write Yyou a little Fot4sr to tell . wikidkwanted. « Phisd BSME. L0TmAly; declaring. + American government has no connec- is what I want: First of all I want a picture machine so' I can have a show some day. Then I want a fid- dle so I can learn how to play on it. I am Jack Frost in a play. I want a horn and a drum. And an electric train which I asked ma for a long time ago. Well, let me see what I want next. Oh, I forget it, I want an American Model Builder No. 3. We did have a No. 2 but we want a No. 3 this year because we built everything in No. 2. Well, I guess this is all I want for this Xmas. Well, good by, Santa Claus. Yours truly. —Robert Graham. “Stop at Our House.” doll and T want Santa Claus to come |Dear Sarita : down the chimney and bring me a puzzle and a muff and fur. And the doll wants some clothes.—Margaret McGregor. Wants Pair of Shoes. Dear Santa: I'm a little boy, seven years old. Now I will tell you what I wish for' most is a pair of shoes and a drum and a sled. Now Santa, don’t forget my name. Dear Santa, don’t forget my two little brothers who want ‘Will you stop at our house? I want a pair of mitts and a little horn. And a knife. Ernest wants a Teddy Bear and a set of blocks and Lloyd wants a steam engine and a sled. Please, Santa, don’t forget our mamma. Good by, Santa, from Wilbur Marte- son. Don’t Forget Doris. Dear Santa: I want an erector and a book on Robinson Crusoe and do not forget everything what little boys want.|Doris. Gladys and I want a sled. Your little—Clifton Martison. —Lyle Wood, 8 years old. ler Jewett, Jack-in-the-Box, Theo- dore Cushner, Dutch Woman, Bertha Todd, scrum woman, Bernice Kirk; song, “Shine Out, O Blessed Star,” by the fifth grades; “The Strike in Santa Claus Land,” Mr. Santa Claus, Fran- cis Rhea, Mrs. Santa Claus, Margaret Carson, Dr. Curem Quickly, Ray Wil- son, Fairy Youngheart, Grace Currie, Little Girl, Sadie Williams, Jack Frost, Leslie Bailey, Santa’s helpers —Brownie Good Cheer, Kenneth Har- rington, Brownie Help-a-long, Har- lan Stewart, Fairy Kind Thoughts, Bernice Tibbetts, Fairy Good Will, Helen Erickson, Spirit of Christmas Joy, Jean Walker. The two sixth grades of the Cen- tral building are giving the Christmas cantata, “The Star of Glory.” STANTON TO GRAND RAPIDS FOR GOURT Judge C. W. Stanton and Lee A. LaBaw, -court reporter, went to Grand Rapids this moon wl;gre they will complete . the fall court term there. of. 0. B. GROTTE COMMITS SUIGIDE 0. B. Grotte, aged 55, committed suicide at a local hotel yesterday af- ternoon by hanging. His body was discovered about three o’clock in the afternoon by a hotel employe. Grotte opened a variety store in this city several years ago which he later sold to T. Megroth. Grotte then went to Guthrie where he op- ened a store and later became post- master of Guthrie. He sold his Guthrie store to John Marin of this city and moved to Bemidji, purchas- ing the Marin home. He went to the hotel Tuesday morning and after being assigned to a room was not seen again until his body was discovered hanging from a door to a bath room. He had used a sheet from the bed as a rope. No reason is known for the act. He is survived by a wife and family. Ben Grotte of Walker, a son, ar- took charge of the body. SALONIKA 1S BEING FORMED INTO FORTRESS Greeks and Allied Soldiers Dig Rows of ‘Earthworks, Anticipating Teutonic Attack. MORE REINFORCEMENTS DISEMBARKED IN GREECE Millions of Serbian Girls and Women Suffering at Hands of Roving Bands in Serbia. Athens, Dec. 16.—Salonika is be- ing transferred into an impregnable fortress, anticipating an Austro-Ger- man attack. Gangs of Greek laborers are at work with the allied soldiers digging rows of earthworks. Three transports of reinforcements disembarked at Salonika today. Millions of Serbian girls and wo- men are facing intense suffering and possible death through the lack of food and clothing or a worse fate at the hands of roving bands not entire- ly suppressed by invading armies. Well clothed soldiers in the allied armies have suffered from cold in southern Serbia. What is happen- ing to the girls and women left be- hind by the retreating Serbian armies, the world can only guess. KING OF SERBIA GOES TO ITALY Rome, Dec. 16.—Aged King Peter "lof Serbia, who fled from the Bulgar- ians, will arrive in Italy within a few days. The royal villa at Caserta has been placed at his disposal. PEACE MISSION. NOT AMERICA’S London, Dec. 16.—The American legations at Christiania, Stockholm and Copenhagen have issued state- - that 76k tion with the Ford peace expedition, according to Copenhagen dispatches. BAUDETTE MAN ADJUDGED INSANE Sheriff Andrew Johnson returned this morning from Baudette having in custody Max Wilhelm of Baudette who is insane. Wilhelm was ad judged insane in the probate court this morning and ordered committed to the hospital for insane at Fergus Falls. Wilhelm is under the delusion that he is on fire and that someone is try- ing to pick out his brains. GASPER GLAUS 1S SENT TO FERGUS FALLS Casper Claus of Bemidji was yes- terday adjudged insane in the pro- bate court. He was ordered com- mitted to the insane hospital at Fer- gus Falls. Claus was formerly an inmate at the asylum, having been committed to that place in 1905. He was released two years ago when he returned to this city. “B16 BEMIDG” TO PRAGTIGE THIS WEEK Plans are being completed for se- curing the armory for the “Big Be- midg” basketball team and it is ex- pected that the team will be reor- ganized and practice begun this week. The team will be strengthened by several new men who have good rec- ords. Many outside teams are requesting games with the team, among them being the Carleton, Oswego, Fond du Lac, Ascension and Grand Forks teams, - A schedule will he made as soon as the team hais been organized. DIVORCE DECREE FILED. . Tim B. Barnhorst* was granted a divorce yesterday from Mrs. Mary FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. AUSTRIA MUST COMPLY WITH L. S. DEMANDS Attitude of This Country is Out- lined by High Washington Official, ANSWER HANDED TO PENFIELD NOT ACCEPTED Teutons Negotiate for More Time; Does Not Mention Punishment of Commander. [ — Washington, Dee. 16.— Austria must definitely comply or refuse in every respect the demands of the United States in the Ancona case. This attitude of the administration was | tiations. outlined today by an official who has advised Secretary Lansing on every step of the case. It was pointed out that Austria has already admitted that the Ancona was torpedoed while standing still. ; Aother note is already under pre- paration to be sent to Austria as a re- sult of the unfavorable press dis- patches regarding the answer handed Ambassador Penfield. Amsterdam, Dec. 16.—Austria has failed to meet the American demand for a prompt disavowal of the sink- ing of the Ancona in her reply to-the American note. Press dispatches to- day said that the reply delivered to Ambassador Penfield contains a re- quest for more time to further nego- According to reports cur- rent-in Vienna, Austria makes no re- ply in regard to punishing the com- mander of the submarine that sunk the Ancona Austria - expresses her desire to exchange views with the United States and the answer . ex- Tesses 3. regret.at -of-Amer- ican lives and suggests that flna.nclnl reparation can be settled after an agreement hds been reached on the other points at issue. YEOMAN LODGE TO MEET. There will be a meeting of the Yeo- man lodge of this city at 8:30 o’clock tonight at the H. F. Schmidt home, 306 Third street. JUNIOR-SENIORS TO PIGK REPRESENTATIVES At a class meeting of both the sen- jors and juniors ‘Wednesday it was decided that both of the classes should choose a team of three to de- bate on the question of ‘“Prepared- ness,” to pick a representative to the discussioh contest at Macalester col- lege, St. Paul, next spring. This elimination contest began this after- noon when the two teams were chosen and work of preparing the material was assigned. Each speaker will be given eight minutes at constructive speech mak- ing and three minutes at rebuttal in the final contest at Macalester and the program to be arranged here will follow the same plan. The subject will be “War Preparedness.” INDIAN “LID” GASE AGAIN GONTINUED The hearing of M. C. Sherwood and Charles LaGesse of Cass Lake, charged with the introduction of li- quor into Indian “lidy i territory, which was to be held this morning before Judge H. A. Simons, United States commissioner. was continued to eight o’clock this evening. TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING GAME LAWS. Sherm Bailey, game .warden, re- turned this morning from the Big Falls district where he arrested two men for violating the gams laws in relation to shooting , moose. Both Barnhorst on grounds of cruelty and {men pleaded guilty and were fined $50 - inhuman treatment. Barnhorst al- Court .cases will bn djsposed |rived in the city this morning and |leged that his wife threw scalding hot water on him. each. Mr. Bailey also investigated several other violations of. the game laws. i i