Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 28, 1915, Page 1

4% " ‘Barnesvilie, Minn,, Dec. 28.—The VOLUME XIV, NO. 1, ’ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY nmme,‘ DECEMBER 28, 1015, VAGRANTS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE BEMIDJI Police Chief Ripple Issues om',.n' Result of Abrahamson At- tempted Robbery. TWO MEN ARRESTED ON VAGRANCY CHARGE No Clues Found in Holdup Cases; Several Suspects Are Released After Investigation. Chief of Police Ripple late yester- day ordered his men to clean Bemidji of vagrants as a result of the at- tempted robbery and shooting in the George Abrahamson store Christmas night. As a result of this order M. J. Con- nors and Joe Martin, transients, were arrested on a vagrancy charge last night. This morning in the municipal court before Judge A. M. Crowell, Martin entered a plea of guilty. His sentence was deferred until this af- ternoon. Connors entered a plea of not guilty and the case is being tried before Judge Crowell this afternoon. No trace has been found of the two men who entered the Abrahamson store. Several suspects have been arrested but were later released. The police have no clue as to the men who attempted the affair. GOVERNOR HANNA ILL IN COPENHAGEN Copenhagen, Dec. 28.—Governor L. B. Hanna of North Dakc'a, a member of the Ford peace party, arrived to- day, suffering from influenza. He has a high fever. The governor was admitted to St. Joseph’s hospital, Copenhagen. The American legation is caring for him. The American minister, Dr. Maurice Egan, Mrs. Egan and many others have visited the governor or sent flowers. NO ARRESTS ARE MADE IN DRY BARNESVILLE most “striking record in this city’s history has been revealed by the records covering the period from No- vember 20 to December 20, during which time there was not a single arrest. During the 30 days previous to this there were 79 arrests. The period of non-arrests covers the 30 days since the saloons were closed . FOURTEENTH YEAR. ‘The Bemidji Daily Pioneer to- day celebrates its fourteenth birthday—with thirteen years of honest effort behind it to further- ing the interests of Bemidji, Beltrami county and Northern Minnesota. The paper was launched with the pledge to advocate what was believed to be for the best in- terests of the community. We believe that we have carried out that pledge. ‘We have made mistakes, of course, and have criticised—sometimes justly and once in a while, perhaps, un- justly. On the whole the people of Bemidji and Beltrami county have treated us graciously and for this we are appreciative. It is generally conceded that the newspaper is the best reflex of prosperity and progressive- ness of any community. The Pioneer has endeavored to rep- resent Beltrami county favor- ably in the past and will con- tinue to do so in the future. This then is a renewal of that first pledge to do what we can to further the interests of Be- midji and Beltrami county, BEMIDJI GIRL IS STAGE STAR Mrs. Charles Van, Formerly “Dot” Hazen, in City With Husband for Visit; to Play at Grand. Mrs. Charles Van, nee “Dot” Hazen, of New York, now visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hazen, in this city, will appear at the Grand theater in a singing and dancing act with her husband, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Mrs. Van has a large host of friends in this city, having been born and raised in Bemidji. She began her career in this city seven years ago when she appeared in an operetta given by the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools here, en- titled ‘‘Florencia.” The next year she took the leading role in “The Montebanks,” the eighth grade com- mencement play and for several years afterward took the leading role in several;of the iome talent. plays given here. Later she accepted. a.position at the Brinkman theater. Four years ago she went to Chi- cago and took part in “The Girl,” a musical comedy, with which company she was connected up to May of this year. She was married to Charles Van, May 19, 1915, and with her husband joined the Lowe vaudeville circuit under the county option law. INSANE MAN BELIEVES THAT HE IS A WOMAN International Falls, Minn., Dec. 28. —A crazy man at the jail continues to _keep things livened up there. He im \gines that he is a woman and keeps arranging comforts and other bed clothes for skirts. It is believed that he has escaped from an asylum and the sheriff’s office is kept busy trying to uncover his past history. REFUSES TO DISMISS NEW HAVEN INDICTMENTS New York, Dec. 28.—Federal Judge Hunt today denied the motion to dis- miss the indictments charging eleven former and present directors of the New Haven railway with conspiracy. He ruled that all the defendants must put in their defense and the case must go to the jury. FORECASTS GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—The prob- able government ownership of all railways in all the Americas was forecasted today by Charles Prouty, director of valuation of the interstate commerce commission, before the of New York and has been with that circuit since. Mr. and Mrs. Van have been visit- ing in this city over the holidays, expecting to open an engagement soon in Minneapolis under the West- ern vaudeville circuit. “Bemidji certainly looks fine to me,” said Mrs. Van today. “I will never stay away as long again. The city is growing all the time.” TRAINMEN TO GIVE NEW YEAR'S DANGE The local order of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has made arrangements for a dance New Year’s night to be given in the Armory. In- vitations in the form of train orders have been issued and posted in differ- ent public places. RED LAKE FALLS OFFICIAL FINDS OLD BILL BOOK Red Laks Falls, Minn., Dec. 28, While tearing down the old building m that “hollow,” that has been con- demned by the state fire marshal, H. 0. Gjerberg found an old fashioned bill book of the kind that grand- transportation section of the Pan- American conference this afternoon. GEN. HUERTA SERIOUSLY; ILL; TAKEN FROM PRISON El Paso, Tex., Dec. 28.—Gen. Vic- toriano Huerta, formerly provisional president’ of Mexico, held for viola- tion of neutrality laws of the United States, is seriously ill and has been removed from the prison at Fort Bliss to the residence of his wife. The nature of his illness is not known. BORDER CITY LODGE TO BUILD NEW HOME International Falls, Minn., Dec. 28. —In keeping with the growth of this city, local members of the Odd Fel- lows propose to build suitable lodge headquarters. A committee of five members has been selected to pro- vide means for the erection of a suit- able building. Thomas Hughes returned to Be- midji this morning from-Minneapolis ‘where he has been on a business trip for the past few days. - father used to carry. PAYS $1,085 TAXES. One man yesterday paid the county treasurer $1,085 on current and back taxes. He was Dr. F. A. Blakesly, who was county physician in this county when the county was first organized. SCOO GOSH-WIFE-DONT ALK S0 FAST— NOL FORQET MY LEGS AINT GEARED FOR YOUR SPEED) THE CUB REFORTER INBIAN PICTURES PLAGED ON EXHIBIT AT PIIBI.IG LIBRARY Beard Art Gallery of Minneapolis | Sends Thirty Pictures to This City. SHOW RED MAN AS HE WAS IN EARLY DAYS Karl Moon is Artist; Exhibit to Re- main in Bemidji for Two " Weeks, A collection of thirty pictures of the native American Indian has been received at the Bemidji library and will be placed on exhibition for the next two weeks. The pictures were received from the Beard art gallery of Minneapolis and are the work of Karl Moon, artist. The exhibit has been the result of 15 years experience in photographing and depicting the American Indians, not as they are to- day, but as they were before the white men found them. The collection is very complete and contains five specimens each of the Sioux and Chippewa tribes, besides other tribes. Among the excellent pictures of the Sioux and Chippewa tribes are “The Warrier,” “The Med- icine Man,” “The Scout,” and “The Last of His People.” The exhibit at the library is free. In writing of his collection, Mr. Moon says: ‘“My aim has been to portray the Indian truthfully, to see beyond the exterior that usually masks his thoughts and sentiments, and where it has been possible to show him as heé was before the in- roads of civilization hampered his freedom, warped his views of life and changed his picturesque customs and mode of dress.” FUNERAL OF MRS, E. M. SATHRE IS HELD The funeral of Mrs. E. M. Sathre was held this afternoon from the Nor- ‘wegian Lutheran church. Interment was made at Greenwood cemetery: The pallbearers were E. A. Barker, C.'E. Battles, W. L. Brooks, Charles Cominsky, R. H. Schumaker and G. D. Backus. PRICE OF MILEAGE BOOKS TO INGREASE Beginning with the first of the year there will be an increased tariff on Western passenger mileage books. These books cover travel in Minne- sota and North Dakota. Books now selling for $40 for 2,000 miles of travel will be increased to $45, while mileage now selling for $60 will be increased to $67.50. The increased tariff is based upon the permission recently granted the railroads to increase their passenger tariffs in the Western territory. The sale of mileage books at the old rate was discontinued today at the Bemidji Union depot. RICE STATUE T0 BE ON FEB. 8 ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Final pre- parations are being made for the unveiling in the Congressional Hall of Fame, the statue of Senator Henry M. Rice, the first delegate to Wash- ington from Minnesota. The statue is to be unveiled Feb .8. PACIFIC COAST MAY BE LOCATION OF ACADEMY ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Secretary Daniels today said that the Pacific coast would be an ideal location for another United States naval academy but that he believed that it would be unwise to establish it this year. Fletcher Grimoldby, deputy county treasurer of Beltrami county, return- ed this morning from the Twin Cities where he spent Christmas visiting with friends. GEE-SOMETIMES T WISH T HADNT GOT MARRIED LasT June! AUSTRIA TO REPI.Y 1915 1S YEAR OF LATE THIS WEEK| PREPARATION FOR Note on Ancona Situation to Be Pre- sentéd to Ambassador Penfleld; May Be Satisfactory. Berlin, Dec. 28.—The entire ques- tion of submarine warfare as it affects the United States will be settled in a few days, it is believed here. Austria’s reply to the Ancona note will be handed to “Ambassador Pen- field the latter part of this week. As- surances are ;hnt the note will be satisfactory and final. A strong party of the dual mon- archy insists that friendly relations with the United States be preserved. Apparently this party has the upper hand. London, Dec. 28.—Reports from Swiss sources state that Austria in- tends to suggest the appointment of an international commission to de- termine the disputed points in the An- cona case. PEOPLE OF SWEDEN ATTEND PEACE MEET Stockholm, Dec. 28.—People of Sweden are warming up to the Ford peace mission. The hall was unable to accommodate the crowd attending the peace meeting here last evening. The Stockholm press comment is dis- tinctly favorable. Louis Lochner, principal speaker last evening, ad- imitted that the delegates had not been able to form possible peace plans. MERCHANTS CONSIDER PAY-UP WEEK PLANS The Bemidji Merchants’ association is_holding a meeting this afternoon at the Commercial club rooms. Plans are being made for holding a Pay-Up week in this city during the week of Feb. 21 to 26 which has been named as National Pay-Up week. Other im- portant matters;are being considered. PINE RNERMOTEL ~ DESTROYED BY FIRE Pine River, Minn., Dec. 28.—Fire today destroyed the Barclay hotel and two adjacent buildings. The loss is estimated at over $13,000. KEKKKKKKKKKKKK KK KK * CITY BOWLING LEAGUE * KKK KKK KKK KK KK Standing of the Teams. Won Lost Pet. Barbers ............ 7 ¢ 0 1.000 Crookston Lbr. Co. ... 5 1 .833 Schneider ..... .4 2 .666 Quality Grocers . .4 3 571 B. Popp . .3 3 .600 Pioneer . .3 3 .500 Barker’s . -3 38 .500 Beltrami County .2 4 .333 Koors Bros. . 1 6 .142 Sentinel ... 0 6 .000 Despite the fact that the Sentinel bowling team defeated the Barber quint, topnotchers in the city league, two games Sunday, tae Sentinel team ‘was defeated by 32 pins. The final score was, Barbers, 2,201, Sentinel, 2,169. The summary: Dennis . .. 126 139 128 H. Paquin . .. 143 135 176 181 117 170 148 G. Paquin . 171 137 Totals ........ 699 796 706 Total pins—2,201. Young .......... 132 133 155 Ripple ......... 161 136 128 Webster ........ 84 114 110 Berrigan ........ 187 137 173 Newton ......... 169 184 166 Totals .. . 733 704 732 Total pins—2,169. Attorney P. J. Russell returned yesterday. afternoon from Cass Lake where he went on a business trip Sunday morning. 916 1s LEAPNEAR AND \F T WAS sTiLu FBANGE,SAYS SIMMS United Press Staff Correspondent Writes Article on Review of War, EXPECTS SOME SORT OF DECISION NEXT FALL Five Significant Events Punctuate Year Closing From French Viewpoint. R— Note—This is the second of a series of articles to appear in the Pioneer in review of the war of 1915. The next article will appear in tomorrow’'s paper.— Editor. B By William Philip Simms, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Dec. 28.—Five significant events punctuated the year just draw- ing to a close as seen from the French point of view: The battle of Champagne, the Balkan muddle, the change of governments, the crea- tion of an Inter-Ally War Council and the nomination of General Joffre as commander-in-chief of all the French armies, wherever the theater of operations. Year Without Brilliance. On the whole France regards the past year as one without brilliance so far as she or the Allies are con- cerned. Her victories have been rather negative. While her enemy has been making some great runs around the ends she and those fight- ing with her have succeeded in keep- ing the ball rolling pretty well in the middle of the field. The first half of the game seems about over, the Teutons have the ball but there have been no touchdowns. That is about the way the common sense Frenchman sizes up the situation at the close of 1915. Champagne Important. The battle of Champagne was im- portant because it was the very first _jbattle to be fought under present trench- -perfect conditions; it gave tife French- soldier- & Proper measure of | the enemy and a proper measure of himself. Though no important strategic point was gained by this victory, undoubtedly it will have its best effect on 1916 operations be- cause it settled several important points. The Inter-Ally War Council leads Frenchmen to believe that the mis- takes of the past are not likely to be repeated; from now on they have determined that the war plans ofj the Allies will dove-tail and that the]] coming year will register some real results. Fail in Diplomacy. The Balkan muddle has given France more anxiety, perhaps, than any other war phase during 1915. Frenchmen openly admit failure there both .diplomatically and military. Greece three times offered to join the Allies, once even before the bat- tle of the Marne in 1914, but each time she was refused admission. Then, when the Allies had fallen down at the Dardanelles and in Bulgaria, and asked her to come in she had changed her mind. It is admitted in certain circles that had France and the Al- lies acted in concert and at the prop- er time, there is not the slightest doubt that Greece would have led the dance, that Bulgaria and Ruma- nia would today be fighting on the Allies’ side and that the multi-colored flags of Germany’s opponents would today be floating over the minarets of Constantinople. Government Reorganized. The resignation of Theophile Del- casse, considered one of the greatest of Frenchmen,<£rom the office of min- ister of foreign affairs, was due un- iquely to the Balkan developments. Some say he opposed the sending of troops to Salonika, others declare he long ago advocated big stick methods in the Near East and that because his diplomacy there was not strongly backed up, King Ferdinand joined hands with the kaiser instead of with (Continued on Page 4) Mrs. Scoop Will Take No Chances KKK KK KK q& = -PRESIDENT WILSON 59 Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 28. —President Wilson celebrated his 59th birthday today quiet- ly with his bride. The only in- dication that the executive has passed another milestone was the scores of telegrams from his friends in all parts of the world. In health and spirit the president is many years Yyounger than 59. His hair is quite grey, but he stands erect, 6 feet 11 inches in his stocking feet. Recently he tip- ped the scales at 171 pounds. He walks a great deal and plays lots of golf. Woodrow Wilson was born at Saunton, Va., Dec. 28, 1856. His father was the Rev. Joseph R. Wil- son, a distinguished scholar and clergyman of the south, and his mother Jessie Wood- row Wilson. His ancestry on both sides is Scotch-Irish. AKXKA A KA A A KA A KRAKRKAKAARKRAKRAT R Kok k& *****i********t**************** KRKRK KK KKK KKK KK SGHOOL DISTRICT T0 SELL BUILDING Independent District No. 2 to Sell Structure to Clearwater County for Court House. Bagley, Minn., Dec. 28.—The Inde- pendent school district No. 2, which consists of Bagley and three town- ships, yesterday voted to sell the school building at Bagley to the county, to be used as a court house. The vote was 117 in favor of the sale and seven votes against the sale. The building will now be accepted by the county if the condition of the building is satisfactory. The county commissioners recently made the school district an offer of $10,000 for the building to be used as a court house. The school dlstncr will build a new school. BE HELD IN NYMORE A “watch” meeting will be held in Nymore at the Congregational church next Friday evening to watch the de- parture of the old year and to wel- come the new year. Rev. J. E. Cad- well is pastor of the church. BEMIDJI U. C. T. TO GIVE NEW YEAR'S DANGE The Bemidji U. C. T. will give a New Year’s dance at the city hall Friday evening. Many couples are planning to be present to dance the Old Year out and the New Year in. The L. Burchard orchestra will fur- nish the music. VAGLYA HALAMA FILES FINAL PROOF Vaclav Halama today made final proof on 167 acres in section 34, township 155, range 31. Frank Fusick has proved up on 160 acres in section 33, township 155, range 31, MARTIN FOSS TO WED MISS HANSON SA weddiflg license has been issued in the clerk of court’s office to Martin A. Fodness of Canton, N. D., and Tina Hanson of East Bemidji. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and two children, Inez and Harold, arrived in the city this morning after visiting with relatives in Minneapolis over Christmas. ,f'a‘\& MACEDONIA NOT TO BE RETURNED T0 SERBIANS Kin_g Ferdinand Tells That -Territory is to Remain Colonel House, Brand Whitlock and Captain Boy-Ed Sail for. ] Europe. : Sofia, Dec. 28.—Bulgaria will never restore to Serbia the conquered Mace- donian territory, Czar Ferdinand told Parliament at the opening session to- day. Ferdinand maintains that the land more properly belougs to the Bulgars. London, Dec. 28.—The departurer of the Indian army from France for. *‘another field of action” was the most important feature of the day’s news so far as the British public is con- cerned. Whether the new field of. action is Egypt or Mesopotamia is not announced. In both these theaters there is presumably already consid- erable bodies of Indian troops. It is assumed that the places of the In- dians in France have been filled by drafts from the new armies raised on the soil of the United Kingdom. New York, Dec. 28.— Colonel House, President Wilson’s confiden- to Belgium, and Captain Boy-Ed, re- called German naval attache, today sailed aboard the Holland-. Amerlm liner Rotterdam. Before Col. House left he stated that the trip he was making did not. concern peace proposals, WOMEN KILLED IN BATTLE AT W'ESTENDE Berlin, Dec. 28.—The war depart- ment today stated that enemy moni- Amsterdam, Dec. 28.—Andrew Car- negie has sent $12,000,000 to'the re- lief of the Belgian war victims. RUSSIA AFTER BIG LOAN IN UNITED STATES Stockholm, Dec. 28.—Confirmation has been received here that Russia i8 to negotiate a loan in the United States for $60,000,000 for the pur- ‘| pose of paying for supplies ordered in that country. BRITISH STEAMER 1S SUBMARINED London, Dec. 28.—The British steamer Vanstirum has been sub- marined and sunk. The crew was rescued. MAY OPERATE ON KAISER’'S THROAT London, Dec. 28.—Unconfirmed Swiss reports state that an operation will be performed soon on the kais- er’s throat. CZAR ASKS RUMANIAN KING TO INTERVENE Rome, Dec. 28.—It is reported here that Czar Nicholas has sent Ambas- sador Schelko to Bucharest with a personal message to the Rumanian king asking him to intervene on the side of the Allies. LINER TORPEDOED; BELIEVED FRENCH CHIEF ON BOARD Paris, Dec. 28.—A dispatch from Marseilles today states that the French liner Ville De La Citot was torpedoed in the Mediterranean be- cause the Germans believed that Gen- eral Castelnay, of the French chief staff, was aboard. SUBMARINE IS SUNK BY RUSSIAN DESTROYER Petrograd, Dec. 28.—The official 2 statement this afternoon states that a Russian destroyer sank a hostile submarine in naval action off the Bul- garian Black. sea coast. CONTINUE TO THRESH AT HAZELTON, N. D. Hazelton, N. D., Dec. 28.—There is still a large portion of this year’s crop to be threshed in this locality, four machines being at work in an effort to finish up before the heavy winter snows call a halt. county treasurer's office, returned this morning from Buffalo, Minn., where she has been visiting since last Fri- tial agent, Brand Whitlock, minister e -~ | =