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VOLUME XIV. NO. 236. ' BEMIDJL. 'MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1916, (— — " =77 " this morning defeated Brooklyn and B N e P bk FLOOD SURVEY BILL|isi"sate g esid ' 2 o KEYNOTE ADDRESS Gfiules Cominsky Retires From Busi- Brg;;gygm;,;'em; afternoon may de- quint A i K ¢ ‘_ !iutdflul Soolc?tr : * SCHNEIDER BROS. [PHILADELPHIA LEADS took the lead in the National league United States and Canada in' an ex-| Governor Burnquist Pledges Support | E@ndmother; and with but one leg, ehior’ Minnesota, Senstor 0 ns Re- ness as Manager; Prominent cide who will enter the world’s series. s g G MAY APPEAL O [TWEDIVINE SR [Soaiduipis ™" o 'MEN'SEURNISHING | "N NATIONAL LEAGUE , wf,‘% SENATOR NELSON do who will snter the world's serien the Divine Sarah declares -she’ is ¢ P“bwst‘“ cmp‘i@ .Vt LEGISLATURE 0 | COMES ONCE MOREf: -~ ?‘P&I BITTERLY FLAYS STORE lS SOLD TO Brookl;';,y s‘é:c" ego.P—relg:;fidelphla P ASS $4 00’000 Eh;r;tr’ls.‘ ‘éggy&hg%:lt—:(llflég;;:l%gh g:rrxt\; B s DEM 0CR ATS l‘N W SHAV ITCH BROS. thn’zr l::o:tl‘g;z :serles. R. H. E. 'hree sco! d ten 'plus t | ‘ in Local Affairs. overcoats watched the game here this Meeting. her coming tour a fareweéll 'to Am- Sendiaie morning. erica. . Her last “farewell” was made i NEW PROPRIETORS ; PRELIMINARY SURVEY D - T > " “raxe rossssion Tonay[ENTIRE GRECIAN FOROVER HALFOFSTATE| — . . A Ny R tety st 3 e i AVIATION CORPS [t s oot 1 1 wa DRESS UP WEEK s e , Fumishing Store With H. Other Turbulent Minnesota BEGINS. SPECI AL tion; Mule Clalis Fés-fetahod, /7 Cominsky in Charge. JOINS ALLIES IS Takes e e Sa. (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn.,, Sept. 30.—The Minnesota legislature which meets in January may be requested to pass a bill for a comprehensive survey, preliminary to reclaiming theé half of (By United Press) Sundburg, Minn., Sept. 30.—United States Senator Knute Nelson used bel- " |ligerent sledge hammer methods when he invaded Kandiyohi county The Schneider Bros. men’s furnish- AT"ENS REP()RT ing store was today sold to Shavitch Bros., who have two stores in North Dakota. The new proprietors took o . . control of the business today. Allies Claim Much Ground in Somme ' u:(;c'rn i&'fié’ho b ive i i the state which is now seriously af- - . | Charles Cominsky, w:xio Bk s Offensive in Past Thirteen fected by floods. The All.Minnesots | Be¥- B. D. Hanscom of Methodist DEATH SEALS G RL with its peaceful Scandinavian popu- | manager of the store, retires. He has Weeks. Development association at a meeting Church to Give Se: “T‘h: 4 lation, today.: He delivered-the state- 1 made no immediate arrangements for here today decided to make this re-| & Y6 DeEmon. on. “1The QLTI Republican; keynote address. { the future and will remain in Be- quest of the legislature. Best Dressed.” MURDER MYSTERY . Spesking in réspondes t:; midji indefinitely. FRENCH GAIN GROUND aces;g;nflg Eurvey gfllngfeyg"»ggg; o ‘ =k hundred Republicans' who had iurgéd Have Two Stores, NORTH OF RANCOURT o, - ! him to make the ddfess hets, Nel- York engineer. WEEK TO BE CLOSED (By. United Press) son flayed the -Wilson fiflfilhln:rnngl Governor Burnquist has pledged his support. State Drainage Engineer Willard The new proprietors’ are F. A. and Aldx Shavitch. They have men’s fur- nishing stores at Bowman, N. D., and i WITH BIG CELEBRATION| St. Paul, Minn., Sept..30.—Death al}d.e_{qrythl Democratic, until the : today sealed a mystery when Miss|VeTY. .boards.did,shrink. Anna Liden, 40, 2 majd at the Angus 7 Run Special Train. I.loyd George is Assailed for Inter- | " - te in an address told the development f I il fle%fif;é’ef érljéhepl‘iafiigfiax::: view With United Press men that the waters which are now Rev. L. P. Warford of Presbyterian | hotel, died without revealing ~ the| ~Three hundred Twin City Repub- | He has been connected with a Chi- Representative considered a menace could be utilized | * ! P l"fi;‘f“ Wi° ’“.P';.Y beat her head |li¢ans' actompénied ‘Nelson on ' his | cago store for some time and recently * if properly harnessed. Church to Give Sermon on “A ; iy an ,r.glstgl,'aie sfiaker, hWalm- journey heré. A special 'So6’ Lite b4 wg in charge of the store at Bow- The general plan of the engineers Coat of Colors.” hal' erglollx, » janitor at the hotel, is | train was run from St Paul at 8:16 ; mfiwN D. (By United Press) is to control the Red Lake waters t of Many Colors. eing held. ; this morning. -1t reached Brooten at | he new ¥ and the waters of the other turbulent —_— hoon and thers.ah antofiobile: traln \."“‘"’ Hew propr:etors : fllr;:u::::i:: Athens, Sept. 30.--The entire Greek tosoperate flie. Stoxe OO Mt flying corps has joined the allied lln%s and plan to improve the store corps. Rome, Sept. 30.—The allies’ inter- room in the near future. F. A Shavitch visited Bemidji dur- parliamentary conference due here in October has been postponed until ing August. He became interested in spring. It will be held in London TWO NEW KOOCHICHING Eevions for the “purchase of ~ the COMMISSIONERS NAMED then. It is understood that the al- lies will discuss more stringent meas- Schneider store. . Negotiations were completed dur- Ing the past week. Yot ures for the cutting off the the Teu-| C. P. Ellingson, Northome, and Schneider Bros. will continue t0 0D-| ;o1 trom outside communication. | Gust Holm, Ericsburg, have been ap- erate the women'’s furnishing store & b 5 pointed by Governor Burnquist as with Henry Cominsky in charge. Grand ,S‘m t?mdm:' ¢ the | temporary members of the board of| " " Ovened in 1002, Fronch army. Sept. 80— 1n the frst | Somumissionsrs, Kooebiching county, thirteen weeks of the Somme offen- against John Bursack and M. A. El- lakes. Minnesots lakes Dress-Up-and-go-to-church-Sunday. Ministers have heartily entered in- to the spirit of the Dress Up campaign which opens today in Bemidji and GLEN PECK BACK [Pt s st il FROM MEX s; on’s first ,utterances unthlg,afe will give special sermons in their re- : . BORDER hq aai 'h: prm . iq 8ald, was elected owjng .to spective churches tomorrow on Dress-| Glen Peck, former star - Bemidji|lifsentions;in the Republican; party. Up ideas. basket: ball player, returned today: to| p o S fon: was by a minority, Rev. B. D. Hanscom of the Metho- gfi:rigjx’{ -immb the tl{;axlcan ll:%r;l;r ther ok ‘lig?tr?:g&mt 4. Wilson e has been stationed wi e| s 1eFeiore didn’t rep: - dist cl:mrchl will use i“ hl: ;:rmu; a: University of Minnesota battery.. He lty“glt _t}:idpeppl_e, Nelson clsimed., - . : gle l:‘tf“ ng service e Bes! wltll rt}t:rn to his home in Duluth in| i n?aj oflt:ootflf)]:t to u:mme that ressed. a few days. R e people were in . Rey. L. P. Warford of the Presby- m‘;;{cr::l:::::mflc and ultra | terian church will use as his sermion islation,” Nelson said mogratie log- 43 i Charles Cbminsky, who retires, has been very activo in Bamid}l buslness g1y the allics captared midre ground| ¢gaan), suspended commissione affairs. He was one of the organ-| ;.0 “i1." German took in over six 1 N 0 “A Qoat of Many Colors” (Genesis ; : ; ¢ ag- | 12 5 The sppointments were made . : R - oY : o Oral s S igbrs: of the Bemidji Merchants' 88- | g ¢45 of pattling for Verdun. .The app : ; : ) Ok 5 - 3 o R W ki Lol i b at e | I0RLIE of battling for Verduan. ® | lowing- & Tonferetice liy: “etiironés - will “wiso " paiticl oA t ominate - ; _sudiation. and: myieh’ eredit mu ,‘]?i:g Teconquered 285 ‘squaré kilo- | it 'Senator 1. H. Nord, Internation- | pate in the Dress Up ides. = AN BT | con as.he succeeded in doing, - Nelson claiméd. For the purpose of 16t gess of that or- miles Fr i N. B., Arn tim 1ot the succ o meters or 92 square miles of French |, alls, and N. B., old, Duluth|, - Mr. and- . Bemi eginning - Du M Mrs. ‘Bemidj gl notoriety:'hé claimed, ‘'Wilson began nization. - He came to Beinidji 1 u ind - Mrs. I . 1, 1907, and operated a men's :::gtr:ri.l orsl?l?a I:Bthles Gs;\:::! ‘:g:; attorney. Mr. Arnold represents pe- | today, will d6 their fal and winter N at the. ou nifsty q furpishing store. In 1?111 he close(z at Verdun, Jans. :g,;::e:l ;fltll‘x’r:e!k::.lh etnl-lec:::‘&“{:‘oai?; R:ey‘l:fi ;‘v::l dress up themselves and - T{‘l:t.nllll“u l}“:\sr;fie? "{f‘fi;’“j‘-fl of the 5y cag::xnt‘se:f bt;el!ill‘er;?:“;inm his re and was named manager O o s : r 3 . ap churc! e _he) F:3 3 2 the :cohneider Bros. store. Under his :;Qfl:"ms:;t;:yoé n}:‘: :fid“;,::"’::n membeérs, beca;lse of lll:lg:d :lllt}:e:;- Next Friday or Saturday evening|evening at eight elock in:the ¢ fiiél’l :;::l‘_y,i ;m;:?:fes toltyo houses ot con- - management the store has made much | zoined ground north of Rancourt last] ance in office !: co!l;:: 0013 y ‘ta the Dress-Up week will ‘come to &]audiforium. . Every. resident mem- g sescl :n. i progress. He is at present a director night. Rain storms hindered opera- expenditure of $200, ounty | close. with a fitting celebration. As|per of the church is urged to be ingt Y presidents, save Wash- ,of the Bemidji Commercial club. funds. ;- the Blks carnival will be in progress | present. : N thei:;'u.:;:. }’:B‘:r lgmw;'t to_send . Ing'to congress' tions on other parts of the &uyme Attorney M. J. Brown of Bemidit, |an especially “large celebration will ' The Schneider iBr(;sD.osatore Was op-| front. ho has been appointed by the gover- | be plaaned.. Bemidji merchants wilk e sald Nelson. “Not so with Wilson Bemidji in 3 - i % ‘Who has been ) R e 2 % Rneda. .. Demki o 3 o s ene# In Bemidit Rumanians Defeated. nor to take testimony in theé matter, | offer .prizes for the best dressed CAN'T TEACH: m OF - |By such.an oral méssage he fis ] Berlin, Sept. 30.—The Teutons se-| will begin hearings Monday at Inter- | coupls. 7 SCHOOL BOAED MBEMBER|urated his tariff legislation and by = ‘FI'Y Do ARS verely defeated -the Rumanigns who nm.lm:?l Fntlls to (‘lletfiine the fruth | Thé Dress Up w”:} ldan.til n;l:ian- (B& Un-_’thd D : : : ::3&:: oral. n_:eetnse he.urged shd Y oceupied Hermannstadt, former cap-|or falsity of the char; ide and will be held next week. Press congress:to pass the la: - r i l,L I pie nstadt, former cap: 9n hlaty w St. Paul, Minn., Sept. ;30.—Mary{ing céttain classes o?vtnllrnnd ;aglv itak'of Tramsylvania, the official state- DAMAGES AWARDED o, o i o i | SEOVWER B NEW HED e ' Berlin, Sept. 30.—Cancellor von A jury in the district court in the | getpmann-Hollweg today met the (By United Press) . McDonough is not entitled: to teach|the best paid men in the railroad fiERM AN SUBM ARINE school at Montgomery, Minn., be-|vice—the same pay for an .efght cause she.is distantly related to a|hours’’day’s work that they had been h BkEMEN Slfiflrfin ? member of the: school board. recelving -for ten hours’ work on an case of Ed. Falstad against A. R.| pydget committee of the Reichstag| St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 30.—Mark i S | ; increase of 25 per cent. 1 Swenseid returned a verdlct of 350 |1 g gecret session. The session will | Skinner, Great Falls, Moxt., today as- ; 'I‘“REE MoRE ARRESTED Bitterly Attacks, | damages this morning. Falstad al-|have an important bearing on the|gumed duties as president-of the First Westerly, R. L, Sept 80.-—A fsher- || ‘“Whenever there was friction in. the senate or houge among Dexn leged ‘that while riding a. .bicycle]gytyre conducting of the war. Holl-| National bank of St. Paul, which ex- : in } miocrats down Beltrauil avenue near ‘Fourth | wes at.the gession faced the, members ?fl\ ‘8 gp la) Anfiuence fhrough the | 25D at nP)lenk-.nt Yahiez, neaz ;m IN BL ACKM AIL PLO’|‘S & n:‘,i :gethlzalgz:m:z; l{i b;t’.;_;". street he was struck by a1 automo- | 1ot criticized him for his alleged | Northw R o.r:vderlqot nlghmt g h.é 4 found, ferred to a Democratic’ cat eun'mmt bile driven by Mr. . Swenseld. Ho[taijure to wage & more enérgetic wap ; ;:il;h neu u:’im‘a ng" Jirxe “b':: the. decrees of the oau c’& il i (By United Press) decrees of a United States Democ- sued for $1,000 damages. on England and on gubmarines, 3% : ine proceeding in the direction of > Against Georee. PARTRIDGE SEASON Row %ondon,' A oro the Gorman sub-| Chicago, IIL, Sept. 30.—Federal|[racy. Under this method congress { R COMMERCI AL London, Sept. 30.—The Manches- i marine Bremen has been ,expected|and state officers today arrested Has" been in session two years, sevem JUNw ter Guardian, Liberal, today disap- RR w for more than & week. . She was then three persons giving their names as|months nnd{ fifteen days of the three proved Lioyd George’s interview with OPENS TOMO 0 ¥ | 27 miles‘east of New London, and R. BE. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.|Yyears and ‘seven months that has ' Golden, supposedly in connection |transpired of President Wilson’s' showed -on her mast a bright white light above & green Hght. with the blackmail plots. term.’”* CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS i3 Uaieet sreoson To'se oo vnnese | out.” This is the first influential| rThe partridge season will open in newspaper contradicting. the success- | yrinnesotd' Sanday and a large dum- The Junior Commercial club was|or of Kitchener. It is said there was midji hunters are plannin [ RF r(;o;gtanized at a meeting held last N:l{ie“on why England should: not: be ,:’:‘; :vtag:.thsgr "l:ll:‘n:illl grmlx,n e o: SAYS U,‘ S, W“_,L BE night. willing to listen to peace sugges- ) indicate -, § Morris Witting was elected presi- | tions at the proper time. B e ey 1 pertiatiie i g SCENIC HIGHWAY i " IS BEING BOOSTED the meeting plans were dis- .cussed for the forming of basket ball teams. FATHER SHOOTS NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED DAUGHTER 2 Nélson here made & bitter attack WILSON F%oum._ca:: . 2gainst the special session of congress R YOUNG MEN VOTERS | o s ot £ (By United Press) - -° |tive features in it. FRIEND’LESS AFI‘ER w AR Ashbury Park, Sept. 30.—Presi-| Democratic claims were then pick- d i dent Wilson this afternoonsfounded |ed up on the forks of Nelson’s silver (By United Press) 000 representatives of the Young|crowd by his satirical reference to VlLLA lN COMMAND Milwaukee, Sept. 30.—Friendless is | Men’s league. Democratic claims of “keeping the ¥ 3 the way Percy Rockefeller character- United States out of war.” Nelson d the new tariff legislation. He the call for all young men to join|tongue, and rolled around and OF ATTACKS IS REPORT by hors o hani 55 v i 10 AWARD CONTRACT |-Gl Bustted cited what he alleged to be destruc- the Democrats when he addressed 2,-|around. He got a laugh out of the stockholders’ meeting. There will be “President Wilson has- certainly Baudette, Minn., Sept. 30.—The many panics after the war, accord- / 2 (By United Press) Minnesota scenic highway is a topie . (By United Press) ing to Mr. Rockefeller’s opinion. # Fflk D"‘Cfl TONIG“’[ :‘;:icll‘xe::e;i Jub °tnfia" n Mevico, Shreveport, La., Sept. 30.—T. R.|Of special interest in Baudette and| = washington, Sept. 30.—It is re- —_—— TR0 wsema o bomtill pinding. wH; Huerta at Vera Cruz, and with Villa in northwestern Mexico, more re- Ellerbee, farmer, living near Winns- boro, shot and killed Jesse Williams, a.negro, after an alleged attack up- on Ellerbee’s daughter. A posse cap- tured Williams in a swamp and took him to the scene of the attack. EI- other villages and towns in northern X ¥ ported here that 150 Carranzistas at Beltrami county. ff, 11 - A 5 This project, already as assured ?e‘:-:li:; "’ii"tdf;‘)::p?mfgou:?; \?i'ialzzve:s 60VERN0R WlLLIS lS di ?l?smtto l;, t}l;e 2"2“"““"“ &f Jo centl, I d& t, h thi ccess, is of vital i R - Z cial | 0. were opened this|cently. lo not, however, at 8 ;l:mdette ang lo:al?ty, 1;151) Dvl;teqil?s :3 i cnngewli INJURED lN ACClDENT afternoon at two o’cll;ck. The| time, care to enter into a discussion all of the towns from International ) s awa:irdinx of the contract will be Qfllifis vacillating and erratic Mexican Falls to Warroad, as it will enable ” . ’ made tonight when J. L. George, | Pollcy. lerbes opened fire with a shotgun be- b & o p - o T, le from an: t of th : ; county auditor, will return- from a e claim that President Wilson fore he could be stopped. peop m any part of the country SOClA{‘IST CAND“)ATE Delaware, O., Sept. 36'-—Governor | business trip to Chicago. has kept us out of war with the bel- _— s ATT ACKS EM“CR ATS Willis, wife and dax hter, were in- Ditch No. 25 is to be constructed [ligerents of Europe is' most far-fetch- travel in ease and comfort into the 3 no: L juredthis morningwhen their auto- | north of Red Lake, will be 324 miles|éd and ludricious and would really do extreme northern part of the state mbobile was wreéked. They were|in length and is estimated o cost|credit to Mamehausen. Buropean taken to a:;yital. The governor’s | $406,769. . powers have their hands full battling beautiful scenery in Minnesota ‘to ¥ who desire to see some of the most S - CLEARWATER COUNTY : : ) and enjoy its cool, bracing atmos- trivial. The injuries LEE CEIR AT each other, and are too busy among here during the hot summer months (By United Press) injuries wer FAIR A BIG SUCCESS Knd ohservegthe beauty and grandeur| New. York, Sept. 30.—Allen Ben-|of Mrs. Wiltis and daughter are seri~ " | ot the Lake of the Woods, with its[son, Socialist presidentia] -candidate, [ ous but none are fatal. { more than 10,000 islands, the Rainy|today thrff_ggi‘; thmldent Wl&- ; —_—— d The Clearwater county fair at Bag-|river and the Rainy lake. ‘i People |son’s camp: mé gers weré mak- < ley was a big success, there being [who think of locating in Minnesota | ing dfshonest use, of his article upon MORGAN TO ENGLANB gdod crowds, splendid exhibits of | will be able to see what the northern [ Charles E: Hughes, Republican nom- LAl vegetables, roots, grains and grasses, | part of the state offers inee, V‘_I‘ll,l5 Streat’l"hnndyml F R : w TH@ Hvestock showing was of high | productive farm lands at 3 ; 0 £ A NE ) 0AN prisingly low ,and how. raj L £ ari TE D themselves to invade this - country. L‘ARSO _fi AGNON And this country is so' wretchedly ] vl ¢ prepared that' the best we could ‘do 1\ 20 was to send a few thousand ‘soldiers . CASE IN COURT into Mexicd. ““The truth i3 European T T powers couldh’t get at us, nor we at £ thém. The only war the president has had on his hands has been a dip- lomatic war and that has been car- ried on by him with no credit or The diut.r‘ict ‘court today took up the case . of Robert Larson against arade. “taymers’ club exhibits were a spe- | lands are being made into homes by e A Ny 3 5 . L'attraction' to visitors. The bt_)oth' the. settlers. Baudette and - > —~ & (By. ‘United Press) f;fi%g:flog%, 31,1‘125{; “that glonry to °“:i°°‘;n“yl‘ 1 5 «own by the Hardsgrable Faruiers! | prosperous villages will ful & - —A{By ¥nited Press) New York, Sept. 30.—1J.,P. Mor-|injured when his motorcycle on which nexte ?},‘ifi?af w:fl; ;:te?:on :,:i Mt,:: <inb was above the average.” It .con-|fortable and convenient acco] Chicago, Sépt. 30.—Because of the | gan is duejto sail todayfor England. [ he was ri was s b: 5 Pty talned grasses, grains, vegetables, | modations for. ersons’ ‘popularity-of the munfcipal bathing | It is reported that he will arrange |tomobile d vsen by M'r.etl}“ q:,.l ';l‘:e :;{“{:d:,'.‘.‘}",‘.‘:g,,&“;?"°’ lq]%lsl;tion, | mome grown peanuts, sweet potatoes, | auto over this highway: ot el “along. the shores of ' Lake|to Hoat.@ mew British loan. It is|accident opéurred &t thé cormer of|(rade commission, the ahild strawberries, cheese, celery, cabbage, | Sketches and' blueprints of ’tat? ‘Michigan here during the season just | understood that the new loan is a | Beltrami avenue and Sec street. | law, the .’,'}1,‘;';1,,3‘ law, the nitrate ‘butter, eggs, etc. Other clubs hav- | highway have been received by C: the -city plans to appropriate | cli: of three weeks’ bull activities 2 \ t 1ing Booths were Western Nora, Do- | Middleton, wlio has also’received a ,000 for fhe . comstruction of ~m?:u Street which has started.to Mr 1t is rep ?e‘;i‘;l':t?m:?'t(h b‘]’“fi' afim}mms vre Farmers’ club and the Bear Creek |large number of membership buttongfswimming pools for use during the| develop sentiment of:/ afimjm and|p. e leglslat :qt'he eA ;‘m ng,.i“ “Te; | Farmers’ club. lo_ sale. ‘| winter mopmths. erity among inves : ‘ 3 verély criticized