Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 10, 1916, Page 1

VOLUME XIV, NO. 11. BEKIDJI, mnso'm, nmu nvzme JANUABY 10, 1916. BEMIDJI TO BE - MECCA FOR 300 ‘ »J‘HUGI.TEAGHERS North Centm @(,,*lesom Teac¢hers’ Y Association . ~t Here Feb. 17 an. ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM IS BEING PREPARED Practical School Questions to Be Dis- cussed; Local Schools to Be Inspected. Bemidji will be the mecca for sev- eral hundred teachers Feb. 17 and 18 when the North Central Minne- sota Teachers’ association here in annual convention. Practically every school meets between Fosston and Deer River and between Pine River and International Falls will be represented. No definite arrangements have been completed for the entertain- ment of the delegates. On the opening day of the con- vention the visitors will be shown the local schools in operation. The program of the convention will begin in the evening of the first day. The second day will be devoted to |- a program, including talks and lec- tures and the reports of the commit- tees. In addition to the general pro- gram which will be prepared, there will be discussions of practical ques- tions. Among the subjects that will be taken up are manual arts, normal training, school boards, county su- ] perintendents, home economics, ag- riculture, consolidated schools, etec. The officers who are at the head of the convention this year and who are making arrangements for the i program are: R. W. Ross of Walk- er, county superintendent, presi- dent; W. E. Peik, superintendent of Blackduck, vice president; Miss Edna Murphy, principal of the Deer River schools, secretary; W. H. Allen, su- perintendent of the Walker schools, treasurer. TWO GOUPLES ARE LIGENSED_T0 WED Two couples were licesed to wed this morning at the office of the clerk of the court. They were Jack Doss to Magdalenna Hoffman, both of Bel- trami county and G. W. Vail to Ag- nes Saxon, both of Nymore. BANK DEPOSITS ARE OVER $1,500,000 Bemidji bank statements as called for in a report to the comptroller of currency and superintendent of banks % at the close of business Dec. 31 show a total of $1,518,564.44 deposits, one of the highest marks ever reached by local banks. It is a gain of $200,000 over the last call state- ment which was issued Nov. 10 of last year. A large portion of this gain, however, is due to large tem- porary deposits at the First National L bank. T The statements show the following deposits: First National........ $ 936,641.26 Northern National .... 408,633.00 Security State ....... 173,290.18 PRESS REGEIVES POOR TREATMENT WITH FORD The Hague, Jan. 10.—On account of the shortage of hotel accommoda- tions, fifty newspaper correspondents with the Ford peace party have been quartered in a Dutch sanitarium. There they are not permitted to use tobacco or liquor. The food is meatless and consists of nuts, cereal, queer vegetables. The guards are impressive to enforce regulations. This is the result of Madamme Schwimmer’s orders on account of the correspondents reporting various rows among the peace delegates. The meetings of the peace party are for some reasons held under the auspices of the Royal Zoological and Botanyeal Society insteal of under the auspices of peace societies. ST. LOUIS COUNTY OFFICIAL IS SUED Duluth, Minn., Jan. 11.—Charles Adams, special counsel of the board of county commissioners has started proceedings to recover $3,426.13 from William Anderson, ' Thomas Clark and the American company. titles and was forced to resign. appropriations. Bonding Anderson wasg registrar of It is alleged that there has been mis- KRR KRR KK KKK KKK b R x SCOTT STEWART GETS LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL As a result of the publish- ing in the Daily Pioneer of the list of Bemidji bachelors, Scott Stewart, one of the eli- gible bachelors, today re- ceived a proposal in marriage. It was in the form of a letter but as the (young) lady did not- sign her name the pro- posal’ cannot bé accepted. - .The letter is as follows: January 10, 1916. Dear Mr. Stewart: I notice by the Bemidji Pio- neer, under date of January seventh, that you are one of * ok ok ok ok ok ok ok kk ok ok ok ok Kk * Bemidji’s popular and “‘eli- gible” bachelors. I am assuming that you consented to have your name printed and therefore you may consider this a proposal of marriage. At present my - resources are rather limited, too much Xmas. I have two hand paint- ed plates, one electric toaster, one kewpie and $3.23 in the bank. In addition to this I may state that my disposition is good, small appetite and overly ambitious. Trusting this will not ar- rive too late and that you will give the matter your most earnest consideration, I m, Yours forever and a day, A LONELY MAID. P. S.—1I hope no fair dam- sel beat me to it. P. 8. No. 2.—I never mar- ried, but not because I never had the chance. P. S. No. 3.—Note station- ery. I am not extravagant. Did not buy this. One of the sam- ples City Drug Store sent me. **********************‘k**‘k************************ x * * x x * * X * x * * * * * * x * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * x KEKKK K KKK KKK KKK GIRLS' BASKET BALL TEAMIN GAME SATURDAY The girls’ basket ball team of the Bemidji high school will meet the girls’ team of the Bagley high school at the Armory Saturday evening in the first girls’ basket ball contest of the season. The Bemidji girls have been prac- ticing- for- geveral l-wae‘zis_. unuder e direction of Miss Elizabeth Vermil- va, former university star. From practice exhibitions it is believed that Bemidji will have one of the best.girl teams that it has ever had. The Bemidji team will be prac- tically the same as it was last season. No team has been chosen .but the candidates for different places are Corinne Carlson, Edna Anderson and Emma Klein, forwards, Lucile Mor- itz, Carrie Brown, Josephine Parker and Edna Buckland, guards, and Lu- cene McCuaig, center. A private dance will be given af- ter the game for-the members of the team and the teachers. THREE SECURE WOLF BOUNTIES IN GOUNTY Three wolf bounties were paid to- day at the office of the county audi- tor. They were to Milton Adams of Grygla, Thorwald Bredeson of ‘Wheeler and Clarence Callison of Taylor. Judge M. A. Clark of the probate court has gone to Minneapolis on a business trip. KHKKEKEKKK KKK KKK KKK * * TODAY’S NORTHWEST ODDITY * Minneapolis, ‘Minn., Jan. 10.—Charged with shying hot grease at a Pullman dining car associate employe during an argument, the magnificent six feet four inches of Wil- liam Chew, colored, went on trial -today in Judge Hale’s court. With the full dignity of the dining car employe, Chew denied his guilt. * ok ok k ok ok ok Kk ok * * * KK KKK KX KN SCOO *x kkkkkkhk kA > kkk THE CUB REPORTER GOOD NIGHT - TAKE. (T AWAY-YOU LOOK LIKE A HARD BOILED EGG TURNED OVER- WITHNOUR HAIR ALL SHAVED OFF FOR P\TY SAKES - DO SOME THING— VICK YO LOOKC UMAN AGAIN MIlTIMl INSURANCE STRIKEHS , RlflT, . COMPANY HOLDS ANNIIM. MEETING Bem:dp Compmy Elects Directors and Ofiom at Meeting Held - Saturday. I’OLICIES INCREASE DURING PAST YEAR Annyal Dues Are Increased From 10 to 20 Cents Per Hundred Dollars Insurance.. At the annual meeting of the Be- midji Mutual Fire Insurance com- pany at the court house Saturday, Loren Coyle, Henry Anderson and J. E. Swenson were elected directors to succeed George Day, E. C. Bergh and L. A. Gould. The other directors of the organi- zation are A. P. Ritchie, August Jar- chow, J. C. McGhee, D. A; Whitting and Nels H. Willet. The directors re-elected all the officers who are A. P. Ritchie, presi- dent, August Jarchow, vice-presi- dent, J. C. McGhee, secretary and D. A. Whitting, treasurer. The annual dues of the organi- zation were increased from ten cents to twenty cents per hundred which means that insurance which formerly cost nine dollars per thousand dol- lars for five years’ insurance will now cost five dollars more for each five years. The secretary’s report for 1915 showed that the membership of the organization had increased during the yéar from 64 to 88. The entire expenses of the year, including income tax, state fees, of- ficers’ fees, etc., was $90.51. The value of the policies increased from $72,734 in 1914 to $102,924 in 1915, The Bemidji Mutual Fire Insur- ance company insures all kinds of farm property. It was orgamzed for business April 1, 1914. There has been no losses and a code similar to old line insurance companies is used in fixing the ra- ting upon property. GITIZENS URGED TO JOIN AUTO CLUB A call for 1916 dues for members of the Bemidji Auto club has been issued and it is urged that payments be made at once so that the local club may retain its membership in the state association. The dues this year will be $2.00, practically all of which is to be spent on road work tributary to Be- midji. The local association invites all citizens to. become members of this club, whether they own cars or not. “Join the ‘Riders’ Club,’” said President A. M. Bagley, “if you don’t own a car. hail any club member and secure a ride free.” All dues should be paid to E. H. Denu, secretary of the local club. A meeting of the club will be held at the next regular Commercial club meeting,-at which time plans for the coming year will be discussed. Elec- tion of officers will also take place at this-time. BIG HARVESTER PLANT REFUSES WAR CONTRACTS Moscow, Idaho, Jan. 10.—At the anniual meeting of the stockholders of the Itada National Harvester com- pany today contracts tendered for the manufacture of war munitions were rejected. The company de- clined to -convert its harvester plant to turn out shrapnel. The company is-ithe largest exclusive harvester plant in the world. SEVEN DIE FROM DRINKING POISON , Seattle, Wash., Jan. 10.—Since prohibition has gone into effect in jthis state seven have died from drinking wo_od alcohol. CANYOU BEAT \T— LOOKS, 60 TH'WIFE NEEDNT JORRY ABOUT LEAPVEAR G\RLS D\D\TFOEHEQ— e This will permit you to |, PLANTSDESTROYED; SEVERAL KILLED| Eleven xilled;When”thvl Plants of Du Pont:Powder Works Are POI.IGE GAI.I. AT g NIAGARA FALSS RIOT Negro Strike l;tukeu»Are Called to Youngstown, 0.; Federal Auth- orities Invelfigatc, Niagara Falls, Jan. 10,—Stones were hurled and shots fired this morning at a riot of strikers at the upper plant of the Aluminum Plant of America. Poiice ‘were hastily called and the strikers withdrew to a hall where a mass meeting was held. A thousaud men participated in the riot. ; Three Killed- in Explosion. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 10.—Three men were killed in a terrific explo- sion that wrecked the machine house plant of the Dy Pont Powder com- pany. The tour&h man reported late for work and thus escaped death. Of- ficials- denied reports that two men had_been arrested with dynamite bombs, connected with the explosion. Another Du -Pont Explosion. Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—Eight per- sons were reported killed in an ex- plosion -which wrecked the -Bocher plant of the Du Pont powder com- pany at Cnrneys Point early this morning. Strike Breakers Hired. Youngstown, = ‘Ohio,” Jan. 10.— Three hundred negro strikebreakers have arrived from Chicago, the state guards have been taken from East Youngstown to Youngstown and a federal investigation has been begun in the rioting of the Tube company strike here in which -several men were killed and many wounded. The president of the company today an- nounced that work at the plant would be resumed in three days. . lAPflHTE T0 HAVE . BIG NEW IlEPllT Laporte, Minn., Jan. 10.—That a larger, better equipped and more con- veniently arranged depot will soon be built here to take the place of the one burned Christmas day is now almost an assured fact. Gen- eral Manager Gemmell will hold a meeting here in the near future to discuss the matter of a new depot with the citizens. W. B. Stewart, county superin- tendent of schools, left this noon for Pinewood and other points where he will visit rural schoois. KKK KK KK KKK KKK TODAY’S MARKET REPORT * * * Price of Hogs Decreases; Min- neapolis, Chicago and Du- luth wheat shows small de- crease; markets are steady; reports to be published in Pioneer daily. KKK KK KKK KKK KK South St. Paul Markets. * * * * * * * * * * * x * x * x x x * * *x Beef ........ .$8.00@8.75 Hogs .... $6.45@6.35 Sheep .. -$7.76@9.50 (The following quotations are fur- nished 'by William L. Henderson & Co., Germania Life Building, St. Paul, Minn.) Minneapolis Markets. Wheat ....ivoiviiiien....$1.22% Rye . veenn....93% @94%cC Corn . o0 13@T4c Chicago Markets. ‘Wheat Rye .. Corn . P iy Duluth Markets. Wheat .....ooiiiaiie.0.81.22% Rye ......ov0vvnn ce..93c The Leap Year Blonde Has Caused Scoop A Lot Of Grief - SA- WIEE - WHUTS (NTHIS BROWN BOTTLE- MARKED HAIR RESTRER? TURKS SURROUND Ifl,llfl(lBHITISH NEAR KIIETI.ANAM Englnh Retreat Atter Being De- feated With Heavy Lonses nj: 'AT THE WAR FRONTS British battleship is sunk; 5 pemmhbemgemuted - Bussians still hold Czar- toryuk 5 #i*i*k*i*f**i*ii‘ TURKS: CLAIM GREAT it****’*/:k** ‘K * x| * x * x x * x * " x 200,000 TURKS L e 3 London, Jan. 10.—Semi-official dis- patches from Constantinople are that the Turks claim to haye captured a great enemy camp, nine guns .and BEGIN CAMPAIGN French Reported to Have Damaged Bulgarian Capitol, Sofia, in delhh.' Strong Attack, S GALLIPOLI PENINSULA. Berlin, Jan. 10.—A dispatéh from COMPLETELY EVACUATED Constantinople states that. 10,000 British troops have been surrounded by the Turks at Kuetlanara. This detachment was left behind to cover up the retreat of the main army which was defeated with heavy losses while advancing on Bagdad. The Turks were successful in an enveloping movement and severed the retreat south. Dardanelles Campaign Off. London, Jan. 10.—It is estimated here that 200,000 Turks are released for use in other theaters of war by the action of the Allies in abandon- ing the Dardanelles campaign. French in Attack. Athens, Jan. 10.—A dispatch from Salonika states that-the French did much damage in attacking Soffa, the capitol of Bulgaria. Labor Leader Resigns. London, Jan. 10.—Arthur Hender- son, labor member of the parliament, ‘who offered his resignation when the National Labor ~ congress voted against conscription was not expected to appear at the cabinet meeting to- day. It is believed that his resigna- tion was accepted. German Sub. Stalled. London, Jan. 10.—A German sub- marine evidently bound for the Med- iterranean was stranded 30 miles miles from Cadnz. The crew of 30 ‘was asphyxiated. Violent Fighting. .Berlin, Jan. 10.—A violent three days’ battle preceded the allied with- drawal from the Gallipoli peninsula. _|The Turks sank an’ enamy stransport filled with soldiers. Germans Capture Trenches, Berlin, Jan. 10.—The official state- ment today says that the Germans captured several hundred yards of French trenches in the Massignes region. London, Jan. 10.—Complete eva- cuation of the Gallipoli peninsula by the British and the "French forces and the French withdrawing from the summit of Hirztein, near Hart- manns-Weilerkopf were the out- standing features of Sundays war news. .|TEUTONIC AEROPLANES BOMBARD SALONIKA Paris, Jan. 10.—The official state- ment yesterday contained the an- nouncement ‘that on the morning of Jan. 8, enemy aeroplanes bombarded cantonments of Allies in the envir- onments of Salonika. Material dam- age was small. One aeroplane was destroyed. GERMANS TAKE HIRZTEIN; TAKEN BY FRENCH DEC. 21 Berlin, Jan. 10.—The official state- ment says that near Hirztein, south of Hartmanns-Weilerkopf, Germans completed. a conquest for trenches, which ‘fell into the hands of the French Dec. 21. Twenty officers, 1,083 chasseurs and 15 machine guns were captured. BRITISH EVACUATE SEDDULBAHR; LOSSES Amsterdam, Jan. 10.—A Constan- tinople dispatch says that the Brit- ish have evacuated Seddulbahr with heavy losses. Turkish actions against the Allies resulted in the peninsula being cleared of the enemy. [RUSSIANS STILL HOLD CZARTORYSK Petrograd, Jan. 10.—The Russians still hold Czartorysk. PAPERS PLEASED IN DARDANELLES WAR NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY New York, Jan. 10.—Six of eleven former directors of the New Haven railway were found not guilty yes- terday after a jury had been out 51 hours. The jury disagreed in five directors’ cases. Those acquitted . were D. Newton Barney, Farmington, Conn.; Robert ‘W. Taft, Providence, R. I; James S. Hemingway, A. Heaton Roberton and Frederick C. Brewster, New Ha- ven and Henry K. McHarg, Stam- ford, Conn. Those upon whom the jury dis- agreed were William °Rockefeller, New York, Charles F. Brooker, An- sonia, Conn., Charles M. Ptarr, Brooklyn, Lewis Cass, Ledyard, New York, Edward D. Robbins,: New Haven. g Arrangements for a retrial of Wil- liam Rockefeller and the four other New Haven - directors - has been started. . BAUDETTE COMMERGIAL GLUB REPORTS GROWTH Baudette, Minn., Jan. 10.—The Commercial club has added ten more members to their list of “pushers” during the past week. The annual election 6f officers will be held mext Thursday. London, Jan. 10.—The papers here are “pleased on account of the with- drawal of the English troops from the Dardanelles. TEUTONS GATHERING NEAR MONASTIR Paris, Jan. 10.—It is known here that the Teutons are gathering near Monastir, TURKS DEMAND - GERMAN AID Paris, Jan. 10.—Djemal Pasha, Turkish ruler, demanded yesterday from Germany 25,000 German troops before attacking Egypt. AUSTRIAN FLEET “ATTACKS FRENCH Paris, Jan. 10.—The Montenegrin official statement says that the Aus- trian fleet bombarded the French po- sitions on Mount Locoen. KING EDWARD SHIP London, Jan. 10.—The British bat- tleship King Edward VII, 16,350 tons, has been sunk as a result of striking a mine. The crews were saved. -The ‘ship " cost 600,000 braska type. SWITZERLAND SENDS DELEGATES TO FORD The Hague, Jan. 10.—Switzerland is sending five delegates to join the Ford peace party here. By "HOP" Bemidji Pay-Up Week, Feb. 21-26. Deafactive Paae that they sank an enemy vessel near “[feremnce ‘between Governor Burnquist, Village “Fathers” in selnon 'l‘omgllt to Consider Two Liquor “ Applications. S REPORTED SHERIFF e ON WAY TO VILLAGE Rumored Cuimty Attorney Wires ‘to Grant Licenses Would Be Tllegal. (By Special Correspondent.) Kelliher, Minn., Jan. 10.—The Kel- liher village council will meet to- night to consider the applications of R. J. Poupore and Gust Olson for liquor licenses. It is reported that county auth- orities have taken hold of the mat- ter and have advised members of the council that to grant these licenses would be illegal and would mean that they would be-subject to removal from office as well as prosecution. It is reported that County Attorney Torrance has advised the council members that both applicants have been arrested on charges-of conduct- ing an unlicensed drinking place and that to grant them a license would be contrary to law. It is also stated that the publication of the notices of the applications have not been within the law. Other reports are that Sheriff An- drew Johnson will arrive in the city tonight and serve papers on the coun- cilmen in regard to the granting of the licenses. Excitement over the grantlng of the license is fairly high here and it is believed that a large number of people will attend fonight’s session of the council. ' STATE OFFICIALS CONFER ON KELLIHER LICENCING St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 10.—A con- Attorney General Smith and Chief H. A. Larson of the Federal service and % Indian agents was held at the state ] «pitol today to discuss probable ac- tion in the complicated Kelliher li- quor situation. Some plan of ac- tion will be decided on at the con- ference today. PRIGE MURDER TRIAL RESUMED AFTER REGESS Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 10.— ‘With Frederick - Price’s story that Mary Fridley Price, the wife who died just before he married Carrie Olson at Kansas City, came to her death through an accidental fall over a cliff shaken by the testimony of two experts that she died from be- STRIKES MINE; SINKS pounds and was of the American Ne- ing hit in the head with a sharp in- strument, his trial on a charge of murdering her was resumed today, following a two days’ recess. The defense failed to strike the testimony of the experts from the court rec- ords. BROTHER OF BAUDETTE MAN KILLED IN WAR Baudette, Minn., Jan. 30.—Jack Ward of this village has received word that his brother died at an English hospital following injuries received in the war in Europe. The young man formerly lived in British Columbia and when the war began he was one of the first to emlist in the Canadian army. He was injured in a battle in France. MRS. MOHR PLAGED ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Providence, R. I, Jan. 10.—Three hundred people waited in line this morning for the opening of the trial of Mrs. Franklin Mohr and three al- leged negro accomplices on the charge of murdering Dr. C. Franklin Mohr as he rode with a young woman in his automobile past a -lonely spot near Nyatt, R. I, on the night of Aug. 13, 1915. : CHICAGO MOTHER KILLS : SELF AND FIVE CHILDREN Chicago, Ill., Jan. 10.—Mrs Chris- tiania Maves, wife of a teamster, killed herself and her five children yesterday by turning on the gas in a room. Before committing the act she wrote that her life was miser-