Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 7, 1916, Page 2

THE BEMIDJT VOLUME XIV, NO. 164 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1916, = Hn{oflu‘ i : . 1L vanis PER MONTH RUSSIANS REPORTED WITHIN TEN M VILLISTAS REPORTED - FLEEING TOWORD THE UNITEDSTATES BORDER Mexican Ambassador Asks State De- partment to Have the Border Guarded Closély. CARRANZISTAS BATTLE WITH VILLA FOLLOWERS Mexican Situation Changes to Con- templated Rehabilitation of Territory. (By United Press) Washington, July 7.—Mexican Ambassador Arredendo telegraphed the state department this morning, asking the department to rush in- structions to have the Mexican border closely guarded. Villistas are reported fleeing to- ward the border. Report of Battle, Arredendo received a report today of a battle between the Carranzistas and the Villistas near Jiminez, on Wednesday. The Carranzistas were almost wiped out. It was stated by Carranzista leaders that the Villistas headed toward the United States bor- der. General Carranza sent Arredendo instructions to ask that the border be closely guarded. Situation Changes. Washington, July 7.—The Mexican situation has changed from contem- plation of war to comtemplated re- habilitation of Carranzista territory. Tribute to Dead. El Paso, Tex., July 7.—El Paso yesterday paid a solemn tribute to nine flag-covered coffins containing the bodies of nine soldiers who gave their lives for their country at Car- rizal. Exhumed from a single grave on the battlefield into which they had been thrown, stripped of their cloth- ing, the bodies were brought to the border by a posse of American un- dertakers. ‘When the nine caskets were taken from the car and placed in waiting ambulances, every sightseer stood, hat in hand, until they had been covered with flags and a military band had sounded the last note of ‘“Nearer My God to Thee.” Headed by the Eighth Cavalry band playing the Chopin Funeral March, and escorted by a squadron of cavalry the cortege moved slowly toward the city. ¢ &) Accepts Proposals. ‘Washington, July 7.—The de facto government of Mexico was informally notified last night through Elisio Ar- redondo, ambassador designate, that the United States welcomed General Carranza’s proposal to adjust all pending differences between the two governments by direct diplomatie ne- gotiations. Sends Reply. Washington, July 7.—Secretary Lansing has sent Arredendo a reply to the Mexican note of July 4. The reply declares that the U. S. govern- ment is prepared to exchange views for the removal of difficulties and comments favorably upon Carranza's reply. It expresses appreciation of Carranza’s difficulties. To Remain in Mexico. ‘Washington, July 7.—On _account of the Carranza admission of the de- feat of Carranzistas by Villistas near Jiminez, the U. S. punitive expedition will remain in Mexico for some time. Biggest Since War. San Antonio, Tex., July 7.—The arrival of additional state troops and the organization of four new regi- ments of regulars will make Camp Houston the largest military camp in the United States since the Civil WAar. Militia an Outpost. Columbus, July 7.—The Massachu- setts militia has been assigned to lonely outpost duty on the desert near here. Dakota Ready to Go. Bismarck, N. D., July 7.—The vac- cination of the guard for small pox has begun. It looks as if the na- tional guard would leave either Sun- day or Monday. Governor Hanna and Adjutant General Tharlson are con- sidering the purchase of an up-to- date ambulance for the guard. Sev- eral visitors coming here for the Fourth have enlisted relieving men with dependents. Dependent Men Discharged. ‘Washington, July 7.—All militia men with dependent families have been ordered discharged. vl SR Miss Bunice Neeley and Miss Myra Dickey of Princeton, Minn., who have been the guests of Miss Lucene Mc- Cuaig for the past two weeks, left today for Cass Lake. [ MAP SHOWING ALLIED GAINS; ONE OF MEN DIRECTING ATTACK. | u—n S BEFORE THE WEB® THE PRESENT BATTLE LINE ScALE orFuLas The tremencous allicajoifensive in France indicates that 'the British have at last begun the huge drive ‘THIEP’VN. ALUED OFFENSIVE ROSEER LA BOISSELLE WALMAISON o gom’fi%BAM ) 2 MaETz COMBLES ! | which was promised a year ago last May. Kitchener is dead, but the British* have other leaders to take General Sir Henry H. Wilson. his place. One of the most able of them all is General Sir Henry H. ‘Wilson, who is cne of a small group of leaders directing the great attack. NATION WIDE INFANTILE|00D FELLOWS BIG MEETING TONIGHT|DRAFT PRAYER T0 GONGRESS PARALYSISEPIBEMICIS FEARED BY AUTHORITIES U. 8. Public Health Department Takes Steps to Curb the Disease. B ONE DEATH REPORTED . IN CITY OF CHICAGO New York Officials Admit That the Epidemic May Last All Summer. 4 (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 7.—Fearing that there may be a possible nation-wide epidemic of infantile paralysis, the U. S. public health service today took steps to actively aid the New York health officials in fighting the dis- ease. The epidemic in New York has already cost the lives of more than 150 children. Last All Summer. New York, July 7.—Officials here admitted that the infantile paralysis epidemic is likely to last all summer. One Dead in Chicago. Chicago, July 7.--The first death in Chicago from infantile paralysis since June 29, when the epidemic in New York broke out, was reported late yesteday. The victim was a three- year-old boy. The health commis- sioner said that the death could in no way be traced to the eastern epi- demic. No new cases were reported. Baltimore, Md., July 7.—One case of infantile paralysis has been diag- nosed here. The patient has been iso- lated and all pracautions taken against a spread of the disease from this case. State Quarantined. Harrisburg, Pa., July 7.—Dr. Sam-~ uel Dixon, state commissioner of health, today declared the state of Pennsylvania quarantined against all persons suffering from infantile par- alysis. of Playgrounds Closed. New York, July 7.—Every play- ground under police jurisdiction in New York has been closed in an at- tempt to stamp out infantile par- alysis. i Thomas S. Ervin has moved to his cottage at the head of the lake. SCOOP T0 HAVE The Bemidji lodge of Odd Fellows will have an important meeting at their hall this evening. All members are requested to be present. The roll call will be given and it is expected that a number of the state lodge officers will be present. The meeting tonight will begin promptly at 7:30 o’clock. EXGURSION-TO GASS- - LAKE SUNDAY, JULY 30 An excursion train on the Soo Line will be run Sunday, July 30, to Cass Lake. The train will start from Warren at about 6:30 a. m. and it is ex- pected that people at Thief River Falls and other stations will avail themselves of the opportunity and spend the day at Cass Lake. The train will arrive at Cass Lake at about ten a. m. The return trip will be made late in the evening. The people of Cass Lake are plan- ning a special program for the occa- sion. . DEFENSE RESTS IN ORPET MURDER CASE F (By United Press) ‘Waukegan, Ill, July 7.—The de- fense rested in the Orpet murder case hhere today. It is believed that the case will go to the jury this week, William H. Orpet, the collegian charged with the murder of Marion Lambert, left Judge Donnelly’s court last night encouraged by the unqua- lified statements of chemists who went on the witness stand yesterday in'an effort to demolish the case of the prosecution. Dr. W. J. McNally, as a defense witness yesterday, revérsed the tes- timony which he gave three weeks ago for the state. Dr. McNally, hav- ing conducted further experiments, swore positively that his firse testi- mony was erroneous, and that the powdered.poison caused her death. Mr. and Mrs. William McCuaig and family went to Turtle Lake yes- terday where they spent the THE CUB REPORTER day at the Bailey cottage. GHIPPEWAS ASK MORE LAND Bena, Minn,, July 1.—At the con- clusion of a three days’ celebration of the Fourth of July here the Mis- sissippi river valley Chippewa In- dians drafted a petiticn to Le pre- sented to the next congress calling for a government allotment of eighty acres more land for each member of the tribe. They ask that the land be taken from the national* forest preserve in Cass county. The Chippewas ~feel® the ‘hite Barth Indians, Who mfi’m%éfis' each, have been treated better by the government. Rev. Charles T. Wright, president of the council and a son of Chief White Cloud, may take the pe- tition to Washington. DANGE TO BE GIVEN FOR NAVAL MILITIA Several young men of Bemidji will give a dance at the city hall Tues- day evening in honor of the Bemidji Naval Militia which will leave early ‘Wednesday morning for its annual cruise. All naval militia members are urged to be present and to be dressed in their white dress uniforms. The public is invited to the dance and it is hoped that many will at- tend so as to give the naval militia boys a good farewell. The price of the tickets will be one dollar per couple. REGORD BREAKING GROWD EXPEGTED AT BIG PIGNIC ‘co-operating with the city and their A record breaking crowd is expected at the big farmers’ picnic which will be held in Blackduck July 11. Re- ports from the countryside have given those in charge of the picnic reason to believe that the attendance. will be the largest ever had. Selections by the Blackduck cornet band will be the big feature of he day. A pro- gram of entertainment has been pre- pared. Miss Lucy LaFontisee returned this morning from a visit with friends in Grand Forks, N. D. J. P. Lahr and family have moved to their cottage at Big Turtle lake. “OF STANIM AU AND NADVORNA BOAT HOUSE OWNERS |MUCH INTEREST SHoWN Tsu.vs CONTINLE ORBERED TO GLEAN UPTHE LAKE SHOR Dr. E. A. Shannon, City Physician, Takes Steps to Eliminate Odor. MUST CLEAN UP OR MOVE IMMEDIATELY Citizens May Form a Committee to Assist City Physician in the Work. Dr. E. A. Shannon, city physician, today took steps to eliminate the dis- agreeable odor along the lake shore. He ordered the city scavenger to order every boat house owner to clean up the lake shore near his boat house and to keep it clean or to move the boat houses immediately. Citizens Protest. The odor along the lake shore dur- ing the past few weeks has been very bad and lake shore property owners have been protesting. Dr. Shannon’s action today, it is believed, will solve the situation. The boat houses are not entirely to blame. The recent storm broke a boom and logs were blown to the west shore of the lake. The logs and the boat houses formed pockets and weeds, dead fish, etc., were kept on shore, causing the odor. Remove Logs. The -Crookston Lumber company, immediately after the storm, placed crews of men at work removing the logs. Practically the logs have been removed. Several property owners along the lake shore this morning an- nounced to a Pioneer representative that they would be willing to act as a committee to aid Dr. Shannon in his work in having the lake shore kept clean. Each year the property owners have had to contend with the disagrecable odor-and -last:year-sev=4- several hundred dollars were spent by the city to have the lake shore cleaned. Several boat house owners this morning announced their intention of willingness to move their boat houses ; if necessary. SPUR MAN ARRESTED ON GHARGE OF ASSAULT Robert McGrath of Spur was placed under arrest yesterday by a deputy sheriff, on a charge of assault with a weapon “likely to produce grievous bodily harm.” The complaint was sworn out by Eric Schulze. Schulze accuses McGrath of strik- ing him with a rifle and seriously in- juring him. McGrath appeared before Judge D. H. Fisk, court commissioner, this morning and the case was continued to this afternoon. SPEEDWAY GIVES SHARE TO NATIONAL GUARD (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., July 7.—The Twin City Speedway association today sent State Treasurer Gooding a promissory note for $608 purported to be ten per cent of the proceeds of the Fourth IN SGHOOL GONTESTS Much interest is being shown in the industrial contests being held by the schools in Beltrami county un- der the direction of W. B. Stewart, county superintendent of schools. Two hundred and eighty-seven boys and girls have enrolled in the various contests. Fifty girls will participate in the girls’ bread baking contest. Sev- enty-one have enrolled in the garden ‘and canning contest, 151 in the po- tato contest, four in the pig contest and eleven in the acre yield corn con- test. TWENTY PEOPLE ARE KILLEDANDSY, 000,000 DAMAGE IN STORM Goli Sterra on Ccasts of Alabama, Louisiana and Florida Cause Big Loss, STORM HAS CONTINUED FOR PAST TWO DAYS First Work of Storm is Received hy Radio From Moblie This Morning. (By United Press) Jacksonville, Fla., July 7.—Twenty persons are dead and over $1,000,000 damage has been done to property during the big storm that has been sweeping the coasts of Alabama, Lou- isiana and Florida during the past two days. The maximum wind velocity was reported at 104 miles an hour. Seventeen negroes were killed at Beloit, Ala. ‘Four Drowned. _Mobile, Ala.,, July 7-—This gale- stricken city broke through with the first word since yesterday, today. Heavy damage has been done to sail- ing craft here. in- cluding two whites, have been drown- ed. It is feared that others have perished. Four persons, Eighty Missing. New Orleans, July 7.—Eighty per- Sons are missing, according to re- ports from Mobile, received when the radio was resumed this morning. Centering at Vicksburg. Montgomery, Ala., July 7.—The gulf storm is apparently centering at Vicksburg this morning. Winnipeg Has Storm. Winnipeg, Man., July 7.—A high wind, which at times took on the pro- portions of a cyclone, swept from the western border of Manitoba to Win- nipeg yesterday afternoon, wrecking buildings, demolishing telepkone and telegraph wires, and doing serious damage to crops. It went through central Manitoba and struck Camp Hughes, where 25,- 000 troops are training. Big tents were levelled, temporary buildings de- molished and several soldiers sustain- ed fractured limbs; skating rinks and towers were blown down, buildings unroofed, but no fatalities are re- ported. Towns visited were Virden, Oak Lake, Carberry, Douglas, McGregor, Griswold and the cities of Winnipeg, Brandon and Portage La Prairie. The wind attained a velocity of 80 miles an hour, and dark clouds which of July races promised to the na- tional guardsmen. The Speedway has gone into bankruptey. The following enjoyed a party at Bowser’s cottage on Lake Bemidji yesterday: Dorothy Carson, Reine Botting, Eunice Neeley, Myra Dickey, Edith Mills, Mildred Hanscom and Lucene McCuaig and Earl Thurber, Julius Miller, Howard Carrick, Hovey Lord and Glen Conger. Lizzie Heads Back For The Hay swept the sky turned day into night. Corporal Jones and Captain Man- ning were the worst injured when the hospital tent collapsed on top of pa- tients at Camp Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hubbel and son, James, of Petersburg, N. D., are in the city visiting friends. They have been visiting at the home of L. O. Petrie in Becida for the past three days. By “HOP’ SHE JUST GAVE. NOW HERES A LITTLE. WELL FORTH” WH00-0H LIZ2\E-GOT - SURE.HIPE. T ONE LIL CoUGH aN’ DIED ON YH' SPOT- L DOOIE.THAT TURNS — MAYEBE \T5 GOT SUMAIN’ LOVE OF MIKE.- TH' SELF STARTER \S ONTH' MIDDLE- TH'BIT BETWEEN HER TEETH AN'HEADED FOR Home ! LEETTH GARAGCE- 0RS DIFFERENTIAL: DRIVE DESPITE ~ STRONG RESISTANGE - British Resume Great Offensive and Take One Thousand Yards of Trenches. ENGLAND AND GERMANY ; TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS Dissention Reported in Austrian and Hungarian . Regiments; New Jap Treaty. Russians in Grand. Petrograd, July 7.—(Official) The Russians have occupied Grand and Komerovo. Capture British Ship. Amsterdam, July 7.--(Official) An official dispatch from Berlin says that a German high seas force swept through waters near England Wednesday and cap- tured the British steamer Les- teris, (By United Press) Petrograd, July 7.—The Russians are now within ten miles of Stanis- lau and-Nadvorna and are pressing their advance forward despite the stubborn Austrian resistance. Simultaneous Smashes. London, July 7.—The British re- sumed their great offensive this morning with simultaneous smashes near Leboisselle. The British took 1,000 yards of trenches. To Exchange Prisoners. Copenhagen, July 7.—England and Germany have agreed upon an ex- change of civilian prisoners. Dissension Reported. Geneva, July 7.—Dissension in the Austrian and Hungarian regiments was reported today. The Hungar- ians, according to the report, are alarmed at the Russian advance and have asked for troops. The Aus- trians have objected to the troops - being withdrawn from Italian fields. A New Treaty. London, July 7.—A new Russo- Japanese treaty published here pro- vides for joint action in defending each other’s interests in the far east. The treaty forbids either from join- ing the other nations against each other. The object is for lasting peace in the far east. Lull on Front. Paris, July 7.—(Official) —There is a lull on the French front. Both sides of the Somme were calm last night. Bombard Town. Paris, July 7.—(Officiay)—The German army squadron bombarded the open town of Lure last night. Eleven women and children were killed. Reprisals have been reserved until later, British Checked. Berlin, July 7.—The British in the combined allied offensive have been geverely checked. The British have suffered unusually heavy losses. Since the beginning of the offensive Gen- eral Haig has been unable to make any gains. The Germans have been forced to abandon the shell wrecked first line tremches but are holding the second line trenches. Admit Withdrawal, Berlin, July 7.—(Official)—It is admitted that the German troops have abandoned certain lines in the region of Czartory in Volhynia under attack of superior Russian forces. OCCUPATION OF BARTENDER IS HELD HAZARDOUS (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., July 7.—The su- preme court today decided that the occupation of bartender is hazard- ous. Hence the bartenders are under the Employers’ Compensation Act. John Tubbs, a bartender for Julius Anseth of International Falls, was struck by a drinking cup. Tubbs sued and the supreme court upheld him. U. 8. MARINES TO ENTER SAN DOMINGO (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 7.—Admiral Ca- perton today reported that the U. S. marines would enter San Domingo - either tonight or tomorrow morning. JUDGE WRIGHT HOLDING i BAUDETTE TERM OF COURT Judge B. F. Wright is at Baudette holding a term of the district court. The term opened July 5.. There: 14 cases on the civil court cal