Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 1

5 4 ‘VOLUME XIII, NO. 307. RED WING WINS -, BAPTIST GHURGH TO THIRD GAME AN, SVE PROGRAM TOMORROW) - yopge pige pRogF TAKES SERIES * ‘State Champions for Last Season De- feat Local High School Last Year’s Team by Score of 21 to 16. 350 PEOPLE ATTEND CONTEST AT ARMORY Johnson and Graham Again Play Star Game for Bemidji; Arntson and Hanson Feature for Visitors, The Red Wing high school basket ball team last evening at the Armory in a fast game defeated the Bemidji high school team of last season by a score of 21 to 16, thereby taking the series of three games trom the local lads, winning the first and third games. T}le first game was won by Red Wing by a score of 18 to 16. Be- midji won the second game by the same score. The game last evening was hard played by both teams who were de- termined to annex the third game and take the series. The game started with a rush, with the Bemidji team playing the better. The local team showed ex- celent spurts of team work. Most of the playin® was beneath the Be- midji basket. The first half ended with the score 11 to 8 in favor of the down state team. In the second half the local boys appeared to let up’ and failed to get in the effective team work and de- fensive playing that they did during the first period of play, while the Red Wing boys continued to play a fast game. The game up to the last few minutes of play was close, only one point difference being the #cores, in favor of the Red Wing team. During the last two minutes of playing the defensive work of the local lads failed to hold the ‘Wing boys who succeeded in shooting two baskets. The score in the sec- ond half was 10 to 8 in favor of Red Wing. The Red Wing team is without a doubt ome of the best high sehool teams that has ever been seen in this city. Last season the team won the state championship at the Carle- ton tournament. Every member of the quint is a fast player and to lose to such an aggregation is by uo means a reflection on the ability of the Bemidji players. The three games were the first to be played by the local team and showed lack of practice by the team. In the game last evening Johnson and Graham again starred. Johnson played a snappy game from the first blow of the whistle and was constant- ly after the ball. Johnson, during the second period of play fractured his collar bone but continued to fin- ish the game. For Red Wing Hanson and Arnt- son again featured. About 350 people attended the con- test last evening. The Red Wing team went to Little Falls this morning where they will meet the team of that city tonight. The summary of last evening’s game is as follows: Bemidji Red Wing TAanner . ;.. ovis Hanson Johnson . Arntson Cameron . . Bl onene s Kalfahus Graham ...... ... Nelson Bailey ar . Nesseth Field baskets: Tanner 2, John- son 4, Graham 1; Hanson 3, Arnt- son 2, Nelson 4. Fouls—Tanner, two out of five, Johnson, none out ©f three; Hanson, three out of four. Officials, Diedrich and Howe. Pioneer want ads pay. Red | % "he Christmas program by the Bap- ~hurch has been completed for to. aw night and will ' be one of the - 3 \enjoyable ever presented in this ¢. .- There will be two Christ- mas trees, a fire place and Santa Claus to add to the gaiety of the pro- gram itself. The program will be given in the basement of the church. The program as announced today, begins at 7:30 o’clock and includes the following numbers: Song, “Joy to the World,” by the congregation; scripture reading and prayer, by Rev. I. D. Alvord; *“Shepherds’ Vigil Keep,” by Sunday school; ‘Snow Prayer,” song, by six primary girls; recitation by Helen Darragh; “Lu- ther’s Cradle Hymn,” by the primary Class; “Christmas Tonight,” by Lily Hovey; recitation by Leone Chase; duet, “Lo! He Comes Salvation Bringing,” by Muriel and Ruth Rice; recitation by Bessie Huntosh; can- tata, “The Star of Glory.” Every member of the Sunday school church and congregation are invited to be present at the program. “BIRTHOF A NATION" T0 BE SEEN HERE Manager Harding of Grand Theater Receives Word That Big Production Will Be Here in 90 Days. Manager G. S. Harding of the Grand theater this morning received word that “The Birth of a Nation,” the most wonderful picture of the year, will be shown in Bemidji with- in .ninety days. This announcement will be received with much interest by the theater-goers of Bemidji as ‘the play has been one of the most talked of and one of the most dis- cussed of the day. Much bitter op- position has arisen against the play in the larger cities from the colored race on account of the portraying of Thomas Dixon’s “The Clansman.” Eighteen thousand men and three thousand men enact the terrific bat- tles of the war in the picture. Lin- coln’s assassination at Ford’s theater is presented as if the spectator was an actual eyewitness on the spot; more than a thousand white-robed knights of the fiery cross—the dread- ed Klu Klux Klan—do their wild night rides dealing out justice and punishment where they think it be- longs. There are hundreds of other wonderful scenes of absorbing dram- atic interest and historic value. The picture will be shown at Crookston, beginning Jan. 2, for four days. PRESIDENT CONSIDERS : CHRISTMAS PARDONS Hot Springs, Va., De.c 23.—Snow today kept President Wilson and his bride indoors. The executive cleaned up the mass of official business for- warded to him from Washington. To- day is the last day for Christmas par- dons before the stenographer returns to Washington. 500 CONVICTS FREED FOR XMAS HOLIDAYS Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 23.—The gov- ernor today ordered 500 trusties lib- erated from the penitentiary Friday, Saturday and Sunday, to return to be locked up Monday. This was his Christmas gift to the men. ‘W. Z. Robinson left this noon for Fargo, N. D., where he will meet Mrs. Robinson. They will spend the holidays with relatives in that city. Order Has Been Issued by State Fire Marshal’s Office After An Investigation. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 23.—Douglas Lodge in Itasca Park, where many summer tourists spend the summer months, has been ordered by the state fire marshal’s office to be made fire proof. Marshal Hargardine is at present in Omaha and will not return until tomorrow. None in the fire marshal’s office will comment on the matter otherwise than state that the order has been issued. SUNDAY SGHOOL TO - GIVE XMAS PROGRA The Presbyterian Sunday school will give a Christmas program at the church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. The program is as follows: Song by Sunday school, ‘“Royal ‘Welcome Bringing”’; responsive scripture reading; ‘“Welecome to Our Christmas Tree,” Lillian Flatner; song, “All His Little Children,” be- ginners’ class; reading, Clifford Kline; reading, Thomas Simons; reading, Katherine McKee; song, “Q’er the Cradle Angel Hover,” (lul- laby) intermediate girls; reading, Richard Simons; dialogue, Pilgrim, Winthrope Batchelder, Guide, Or- ville Wilson; reading, Dorothy Rhea; reading, Edmond Lamson; song, “Wave for Joy,” primary class; song, “Glorious Night,” church choir; “A Christmas Pageant’—cast of characters, Three Shepherds, Lisle Mooney, Harvey Washburn, Francis Dunwoodie, Three Kings—Ralph Markham, Charles Rako, Earl Coch- ran, Mary—Marguerita Titus, Angel —Ruth Essler, hidden choir—twenty girls; “Joy to the World,” congrega- tion. SALVATION ARMY TO GIVE XMAS PROGRAM The Salvation Army will give a Christmas program Wednesday eve- ning, Dec. 29, at the army hall. The following program will be given: Opening song, ‘“Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”; prayer, Rev. L. A. Sandgren; recitation, “Merry Christ- mas,” Elizabeth Nichols; recitation, “The Story Ever New,” Ruth John- son; recitation, ‘“Jeanette’s Reason,” Lillian Saxton; ‘“Oh, Won’'t It Be Grand,” chorus; recitation, “Christ- mas,” Everett Ganz; ‘“A Christmas Gift,” by six children; recitation, “Jest for Christmas,” William Burns; recitation, “Empty Stockings,” Ver- na Ganz; “Why Do Bells for Xmas \Ring,”” Mamie Collins; song, ‘“Come and Worship,” by six girls; recitation “Keeping Jesus’ Birthday,” Harry Brandsey; recitation, “A Child Was Born,” Hazel : McDaniel; . recitation,. “Peace on Earth,” Flora Burns; dia- logue, "“The Prpud Doll”’; recitation, “The Christmas Pudding,” Edith Gra- ven; recitation, “A Birthday Gift,” Mary Adams; “Oh the Blessing and the Power,” chorus; recitation, “Lit- tle Lord Jesus,” Helen Nichols; “Peace on Earth,” by three girls; recitation, “Just Before Christmas,” Jean Burns; solo, ‘“A Little Child Shall Lead Them,” Verna Ganz; reci- tation, “Xmas Eve on the Moor,” Olive Hearth; ‘“Shout the "Hearty ‘Welcome,” chorus. Nuts, popeorn and toys will be dis- tributed to all attending. A glance at the want coiumn may help you sell it. MUSTMAKEDOUGLAS |TREATY MAY GLOSE | SALOONS N2 STATES Washington Asked if Northern Wis- son and Upper Michigan Are In- cluded in Indian “Lid.” Odanah, Wis., Dec. 23.—thther nearly all of Northern Wisconsin and a large portion of the upper peninsula of Michigan are included in Indian treaty territory has been submitted to Washington. Petitions are being circulated among the Indians on the Bad River reservation asking for complete prohibition in their reser- vation. The stir that has been cre- ated can be likened to that which occurred in Northern Minnesota when the'subject was first broached there two’ years ago. The sameé agencies, it is said, that asked the government to enforce the Indian treaty in Northern Minnesota are now engaged in similar work in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Mich- igan. That the question of whether Northern Minnesota is affected by the treaty with the Chippewa Indians, made in 1854, is now being consider- ed by the department of justice at Washington, Indian Agent Phil Ev- erst admitted today, but he would give! no further information. May Be Made Dry. “Delta county, Michigan, may be made dry without any action by the voters,” said G. A. Young, district superintendent of the local anti-sa- Ioonfleague. Continuing, Mr. Young said : "lielta county and a large part of the lspper peninsula isincluded in the' dry limits fixed by the treaty with Indians. It is the same treaty under which so much territory in Minnesota has been made dry. A part of Wis- consin is also within the treaty limits and the drys in that state have re- quested the federal authorities to make the treaty operative in that state.”” » Means Help in Fight. John-W. Dady, superintendent of’ the Red Cliff. reservation and in charge of other Indians around Bay- field, Wis., said: “If we can procuré the enforcement of the old United States treaty with the Chippewas.of 1854, for which an agitation is now om, it will mean much in our fight against liquor anywhere in ceded territory.” MLROAD 1S BEATEN IN LAND GRANT LITIGATION Many Bemidji people are interested in the decision of Judge Charles E. Wolverton of the United States dis- trict court at Portland, Ore., to the effect that the rights of the Southern Pacific railway company in 2,300,- 000 acres known as the Oregon-Cali- fornia land grant are limited to $2.50 an acre.. The decision supports the government’s contention. The rail- roads claimed equity in the lands above this sum in.addition.to the tim- ber rights. Many residents of this city and Beltrami county have filed on the grants. KOENIG ALLEGED CHIEF OF PLOTTERS, INDICTED New York, Dec. 23.—Paul Koenig, chief of the Hamburg-American po- lice, and declared to be the brains of the Teutonic conspiracies in this country, was indicted this afternoon by the Federal grand jury. The charges againsi Koenig have grown out of the alleged plot to blow up the Welland canal. Rickard Lyendecker and Edmund Justice, also charged with conspiracy, were “indicted. VEARING ONOITER “* (|APANESE LINER - IS SUBMARINED - PETITIONNEXT MONTH Red Lake Falls, Minn., Dec. 23.— Almost annually much damage has resulted to crops in eastern Red Lake county and western Clearwater coun- ty by the Clearwater river going out of its banks in the spring of the year. . In the hope of preventing losses in the future the farmers are petition- ing for the constructien of extensive systems of ditches. The petition for Judicial ditch No. 3 of Clearwater, Red Lake and Polk counties has been 'filed and a hearing will be held at the court house in-Bemidji Jan. 29. Another big ditching proposition is County ditch No. 57, on which a hearing on the petition and the re- ports of the engineer and viewers will be held before the county commis- sioners at a special session ‘at the court house in Red Lake Falls Jan. 10. SAYS WOLF BOUNTY SHOULD BE RAISED W. T. Cox, State Forester, Asserts That Timber Wolves Increase Under Present System. St. Paul, Dgc. 23.—Minnesota should increase the bounty on wolves to $25 and should limit the bounty to timber wolves, according to William T. Cox, state forester. The present bounty is $7.50 and any animal that looks like' a wolf generally is paid for. The majority of the bounties are paid on coyotes and it often hap- pens that a shaggy yellow dog or an offcolored fox will draw a premium. Rarely, indeed, is it that the tim- ber wolf, the fearsome creature of the north woods, is killed. This is just. the animal, says Mr. Cox, ypon which, the authorities should concen- trate their attention. “=+ Tt s safe to say that timber-wolves kill more deer than the hunters,” declared Mr. Cox. “But it is not only the deer that suffer; all the ani- mals in the forest fall before the fierce animal, even the calves and sheep of the settlers. If the state would offer a bounty of $25 a head for all timber wolves slain in the state the inducement would be re- munerative enough to encourage a systematic crusade against these ani- mals. “I would advise abolishing the present bounty system and let the dogs and the hunters care for the coyotes. I am quite convinced that the present bounty system, which last year cost the state $15,000, prac- tically was of no public benefit.” BIG BASKET BALL GAME AT BAGLEY Bagley will be the scene of a big basket ball game Thursday, Dec. 30, when the Bagley All-Stars meet-the Carleton college quint. Gobey Stadsvold, famous University of Min- nesota star, and ‘“Curley” Movold, all-state forward of North Dakota, will play with the All-Stars. BROTHER OF VILLA IS ARRESTED AT EL PASO San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 238.—Hip- poloto Villa, brother of the deposed Mexican leader, was taken from a train here this afternoon on instruc- tions from the El Paso police charged with swindling. The Want Column will give you the desired informat' jn. THE CUB COOP REPORTER " = r, TO CROCHET AN XMAS PRESENT FOR WIFE.—~(SPORT SCARF-CAP) AND SWEATER- i Isefective Page Only Two More Days Till Christmas By "HOP” WITHOUT WARNING 300 Passengers and Crew Are Rescued by French Warship and Landed at Port Said. ONE AMERICAN REPORTED AMONG THOSE RESCUED Believed That All Passengers Es- cape; Government to Investi- . gate Circumstances, London, Dec. 23.—Nearly 300 pas- sengers 'and the crew of the Japan- ese liner Yasaka Maru, which 'was submarined and sunk in the Mediter- arean yesterday, were rescued by a French warship and landed at Port Said today. Among those ' was one American. It is stated that'the boat was tor- pedoed without warning. It is believed that all the passen- gers were rescued. The' circumstances of the sinking will be investigated. rescued BULGARIANS DRIVE OFF RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS Berlin, :Dec. '23.—Bulgarian shore batteries drove off four Russian tor- pedo boats which attacked a Bul- garian torpedo boat in the Black sea. The Bulgarian boat was unharmed. CHRISTMAS MANIFESTO ASKS SOLDIERS T0 QUIT Rotterdam, Dec. 23.—A Christmas manifesto calling upon every German soldier, to/quit the trenches and de- pose the Kaiser “from the throne he fouled,” was issued today by an or- ganization called German Humanity league. Karl Bernstein and nine others signed the manifesto. B PREMIER Athens, Dec. 23.—It is reported that M. Gounarin, leader of the neutrality party, will get the appointment of premier. AUSTRIANS WEAR WHITE UNIFORMS Petrograd, Dec. 23.—Austrians are wearing white uniforms so that they can conceal themselves in snow. An unsuccessful attempt was made to capture the Russian works near Buec- zacz. BRITISH CASUALTIES TOTAL 112,921 MEN London ,Dec. 23.—The British cas- ualties in the Dardanelles campaign to December 11, total 112,921 men, Under War Secretary Tennant today announced in the House of Commons. BELIEVED THAT RUSSIA FAILED TO TAKE VERNA London, Dec. 23.—A dispatch from Petrograd, narrating how the Rus- sian torpedo boats attacked Varna and how the Bulgarians with shore batteries forced them to withdraw, apparently disposes of the repcre that the Russians captured Varna. TWO TURKISH SHIPS |SUNK BY RUSSIANS Petrograd, Dec. 23.—Two Turkish barks bound for Constantzia with benzine, were sunk by Russian war- ships. The crews were captured. SECOND ANCONA NOTE RECEIVED BY AUSTRIA ‘Washington, Dec. 23.—The second American Ancona note was received in Vienna at six o’clock Tuesday eve- ning, the state department learned this afternoon. ENGLISH PUDDING ENROUTE TO FRONT London, Dee. 23.—Three million pounds of English plum pudding are enroute to the soldiers’ trenches for Christmas. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE CAPTURED BY ALLIES' Rome, Dec. 23.—Two allied sub- marines captured an Austrian sub- marine today and are towing it to Malta. ATTEMPT TO RECUE MAN ENTOMBED IN MINE “ Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 23.—Over 100 men are working in relays of 40 each in the attempt to rescue Joseph Ten- ock who has been entombed in a mine cave since Monday morning. | | 1 ! \