Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1916, Page 6

The Bemidji Daily Piomeer THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUB. CO. @. E. CARSON B. E. DENU F. G. NEUMEIER, Editor. TELEPHONE 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, inn., as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Pubus}}pd every afternoon except Sunday e No attention paid to anonymous con- tributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. ¢ Communications for the Weekly Pio- neer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. e Subscription Rates. One month, by carrier One year, by carrier.. Three months, postage paid 8ix months, postage paid. One year, postage paid.. The Weekly Pioneer. Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.50 in advance. Official Paper of City of Bemidji. iiiif*iii#****i: L3 * The Daily Pioneer receives ¥ wire services of the United %« Press Association. * * * KEKKKKKKK KK KKK KK fHiS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ° ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES ©NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BFANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIE® THE CARNIVAL. “Make it a hot one.” ‘What? The St. Paul Outdoor Sports Car- nival which will be held in St. Paul, January 27 to February 38, 1917. Bemidji should organize a march- ing club of at least 100 members and attend the carnival. The advertising that the city would receive would more than repay for any efforts ex- pended to organize the marching club. A meeting will be held at the Com- mercial club tonight to organize a marching club and everyone, men and ‘women, should attend. At the carnival held in St. Paul last winter twenty-one thousand people in costume were actually in line in the big parade of the week and romped, sang and danced mer- rily through the streets while King Winter supposedly had his strongest grip upon the land. Fully two hun- dred thousand spectators crowded the walks and streets along the line of march of this parade. A most comprehensive program of outdoor sports was staged on each day and night of the carnival. Har- ness races, baseball, tennid and push- ball on the ice; skijoring, ski jump- ing, motor sled races, curling, hockey, skating races, dog races, pony races, freak races and tobogganing, all had their place on the program and hun- dreds of teams and individuals com- peted in the various events. Moving pictures were taken of the various marching clubs and it was estimated that fully 40,000,000 peo- ple have seen the pictures. The advertising value of the car- nival and of a marching club can- not be overestimated, nor can it be told in exact figures. Every news- paper and magazine of note in the country either published articles or photograps of the carnival doings. St. Paul intends to make this sec- ond carnival bigger, brither and even more entertaining than was the last one. Marching clubs are being or- ganized in Brainerd, Grand Rapids, Crookston and other cities. Bemidji should fall in line and organize a club which will be long remembered by those who attend the carnival. The Blackduck American, of which E. L. Oberg is editor, with its edi- tion this week entered its sixteenth year. Fifteen years have rolled by since the American was first issued. We congratulate Editor Oberg and hope that hisi paper will continue to prosper. A bill presented in congress pro- vides a way to handle the ex-presis dent situation. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania has introduced a measure giving ex-pesidents a seat in the House of Representative with- out!a vote at a salary of $25,0¢0 yearly. DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR NEW MEXICO GUARD “SLACKER” Washington, Dec. 15.—President ‘Wildon has approved the action of an army court martial in sentencing Louis O. Gardiner, of the New Mex- ico National guard, to a dishonorable discharge and a year in prison at hard labor, for failure to obey the federal call for border duty last Jund., The prison sentence was re- mitted because the case had been pressed as a test. War department officials regard the decision as important because of the Wwarning it gives to more than 10,000 enrolled members of the na- tional guard who have not appeared for federal service. CROOKSTON ATTORNEY QUITS: }CLAIMS SALARY T00 SMALL Crookston, Minn., Dec. 15.—Claim- ing ége salary paid is not commen- suratel with the services expected, City | Attorney Martin O'Brien has tenddred his resignation to Mayor i land the city council. Action on the resignation has gone over till W ngton, Dec. 15.—Congress will ss over the Christmas holi- days :«n December 22 to January 2, ‘Demo| L tic Leader Kitchin has an- Speaker Clark*who favored _—m— - e e e - e a_shorter recess, will not object to the resolution which Kitchin will of- fer for such a recess, and senate lead- ers have agreed to adopt it. GAS IN CANADA, Calgary, Alta., Dec. 15.—Natural gas has been struck at Ponoka, Alta., on the grounds of the provincial asylum. At a depth of 2,200 feet a considerable flow of gas was struck, with indications of a good quantity behind it. The drilling was begun last spring in the hope of finding a gas well large enough’ to furnish lighting for the asylum. QUIET IN IRELAND London, Dec. 15.—The new state of affairs in Ireland are most desir- able, Chancellor Law'stated in the House of Commons today. THE STRAIT OF MESSINA. And the Ancient Legends of Scylla and Charybdis. The Sicillan and Italian banks which border the strait of Messina for nearly twenty-five miles to the east and west are among the most luxuriant to be found in a cruise of the Mediterranean. Magnificent golden groves of lemon and orange and orchards of pomegran- ate, with their brilliant red fruit, con- trast wonderfully with the flowers of the almond trees which perfume the ‘whole region. The strait is entered from the Tyrrhe- alan sea, on the north, at the narrow- est point, the distance between Punta del Faro, on the Sicilian shore, and the mainland lighthouse on Punta Pezzo being not more than two miles. The whole of the Calabrian coast is thickly sown with villages, some clinging to the beach, while others clamber up the sides of well wooded hills- which cul- minate in the towering Montalto, ris- ing to an elevation of more than a mile above the sea. Beyond the strait to the southwest looms ever threatening Etna, the highest volcano in Europe. The most important city situated on the strait is the once magnificent sea- port of Messina. which boasted a popu- lation of 150,000 inhabitants before “the world's most cruel earthquake” of Dec. 28, 1908, tossed nearly 100,000 lives away. ‘The harbor of Messina is the largest and safest in the kingdom of Italy. Wwith a depth of more than thirty fath- oms. Before the great calamity it was visited annually by more than 5,000 vessels, which brought cargoes of wheat, cotton, wool and hardware and took away in exchange lemons, or- anges, almonds, wines, olive oil and silks. Much of its commerce was and still is carried on with the mainland of the kingdom by means of a ferry line to Villa San Giovanni, only four and a half miles away, while Reggio, the chief seaport on the Italian side of the strait and also the chief earthquake sufferer next to Messina, is ten miles to the southeast. Ferryboats ply be- tween these points too. Scilla, Fare, Catona, Pellaro, Scallita and Galati are minor towns on the shores of the strait, Homer did not accord a definite habi- tation for his terrible sea creatures, Scylla and Charybdis, but mariners fa- miliar with the perils of the rocks on the Italian side of the strait and with the strong eddies near the harbor of Messina saw in the mythical monsters an explanation of such dangers. Scylla was supposed to be a horrible creature with six heads and a dozen feet, who barked like a dog. She dwelt in a lofty cave, from which she rushed whenever a ship tried to pass beneath, and she would snatch the unlucky sea- men from the rigging or as they stood at the helm endeavoring to guide their vessels through the perilous passage. Charybdis dwelt under a rock only a bowshot away, on the opposite shore. The second creature sucked in and blew out sea water three times a day, and woe to the ship caught in the maelstrom of its mouth! Poets who came after the great Greek bard embroidered the legend to suit their fancy. Ovid, for example, described Scylla as the beautiful daughter of a sea god who incurred the jealousy of one of the immortals and who was changed into a sea mon- ster, A second transformation made her a rock perilous to navigators. Some poets described Charybdis as an old woman who seized and devoured the cattle of Hercules, and in punishment for this act the demigod’s father, all powerful Zeus, cast her into the sea, where her appetite persisted, but her tastes changed from cattle to ships and seamen.—National Geographic Society Bulletin. A Near Tragedy. Poet—Oh, dear me, I am so excited! What shall I do? Farmer—Why, what is the matter with you? Poet—I was merely standing out in the meadow reading my latest poem when your hor- rid old bull came and chased me away at the imminent peril of goring me to death. Why did he do that? Farmer —Oh, he doesn’t like anything read.— Florida Times-Union. COUNTY ARRESTS TWO = |FORMER BEMIDJI MAN —Indian agents having failed to stop CIGARETTES SOOTHE Gaston, the famous anti-cigarette cru- rying a pipe while in service uniform soldiers who in civilian life were THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER VICTIM OF COL AND CAPTURES:_AL'Cm International Falls, Minn., Dec. 15. FIRST J. McCarthy, a former resident of Bemidji, is the- first victim of the cold to be reported in news dispatch- es, he having been found frozen to death yesterday beside his overturned cutter a half mile from his home in Glyndon. Nearby was - his horse browsing, unmindful that its master wns.lylng dead not far distant. The horse had run away, throwing Mr. MecCarthy from the cutter. To Bemidji, Mr. McCarthy was fa- miliarly known as ‘“Jerry” and he was known to many in this city and vicinity, having been a logger many years. About four years ago ke re- moved from Bemidji, although re- taining possedsion of much property in Bemidji and outside farm lands. He was 57 years of age and is sur- vived by a wife and three children. Mr. McCarthy was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the local council will send a representative to attend the funeral. Owned Big Farm. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 15.—For the past several years J. M. McCarthy had operated his 640-acre farm near the introduction of liquor into .the camps of the International Lumber company at Gemmell, which is in the Indian - “1id” territory, the Koochi- ching county officials urged Special County Attorney N. B. Arnold to act. This resulted in the arrest of Charles Hoyt, an ex-saloon keeper at Gemmell, and an assistant, Joe Bush, who, it is said, were caught on the train by Mr. Arnold’s representatives as they were going into Gemmell from this city with eight quarts of alcohol. PR Hoyt and Bush were bound over KAISER IS WILI.ING to await action of the Federal grand Berlin, Dec. 15.—Kaiser Wilhelm has expressed his willingness for peace negotiations because he says Germany is victorious. FIRE GUTS LODGE HALL Oskaloosa, Ia., Dec. 15.—Fire gut- ted the Knights of Pythias and Eagles’ lodge hall here today, which burned for six hours. The damage is $250,000. RUSSIANS RETREAT Berlin, Dec. 15.—An official re- port today says the Russians are re- treating in Roumania and leaving burned villages through the Great ‘Wallachia. jury under $500 bonds each. SOLDIERS ON DUTY . (By United Press) El Paso, Tex., Dec. 15.--Lucy Page sader, take notice! Next after rations and shelter it appears from statistics compiled here |, that cigarettes are a necessity to smooth operations of the modern war machine. During the past month more than six million eigarettes were smoked by the 43,000 guardsmen and reg- ulars in this district. The average consumption is slightly more than four and one-half “pills” a day for each soldier. And the one-half doesn’t mean “butts” either. In addition to this the soldiers burned tens of thousands of pack- ages of sack tobacco, cigars and mas- ticated about a ton of ‘“chawin’ to- bacco.” Due to the inconvenience of car- devotees to the pipe are fast turn- ing to the convenient cigarette. PROTECT BABY’S EYES (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 15.—Minne- sota’s regulation providing that the| eyes of all babies born in the state shall be bathed in a solution of sil- ver nitrate becomes effective today despite the objections filed by Chris- tian Scientists and others. " Object- ors argued that the solution in the hands of ignorant or incompetent persons might do much harm. Theres a job o You'll fi'nd’ itin Here youn pen for you. wanted columns:in the BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Glyndon, and until a few weeks ago resided with his family there, when he moved to Fargo for the winter. He spent much of his time on the farm and Wednesday attended an auction sale near Glyndon. Returning home late at night, his team of bronchos became unmanage- able and he was evidently. thrown from the cutter, sustaining injuries which prevented him from reaching his farm home, less than a mile dis- tant. The team was found early Thursday morning by farm hands. and the search commenced, resulting in the finding of the body near the stranded cutter. - Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Nellie, a student at the University of North Dakota, Josephine of the Agricultural college and Evelyn, a student at Fargo col- lege. No funeral arrangements have been completed. Mr. McCarthy was a_member of the Bemidji council of the Knights of Columbus. A AAAAAA AR APPSR APPSR WANTED—For wood sawing Phone- 635 129tf HELP WANTED. WANTED—Girl to wait table. Home Cafe, corner 3rd St. and Beltrami Ave., Remore Hotel Bldg. - 3-1215 WANTED—Man for farm. Apply 310 America Ave. 4-1216 WANTED—Girl for general house- WO Phone 33 6-1215 FOR SALE. [ i P FOR SALE—Wilcox & White organ in piano case. Chas. ‘'Ircdler. Phone 572. 5-1219 FOR SALE—Ladies’ coat, 38; fine material, good weight, in good condition; too small_for present: owner. Will sell cheap. Also bird, good singer. Call 417 Ir- vine Ave. 4-1216 FOR SALE—161 acres of land, 10 miles north of Bemidji, in Sec- tion 26, Township 148, Range 33. The land is surrounded by three lakes and has 50 acres of lake frontage. For further information write to L. S. Frisch, Chisholm, Min 14 FOR RENT. AN AR e PP FOR RENT—Five unfurnished mod- ern rooms for housekeeping. 1009 Bemidji Ave. Phone 576-W. 2-1216 FOR RENT—Office in Hotel Mark- ham building will be for rent after December 15. Apply Hotel Mark- ham office. 3-1216 FOR RENT—Furnished room with. bath; gentleman preferred. 917 Minn. Ave. 1125t KKK KKK KKK CLOSING HOURS—Want. Ads to be classified prop- erly in the Pioneer want col- umn must be in before 11 o’clock. Ads received later will appear on another page that day. LR R R RS EEEEEE RS *hokok ok kkokok e ¥ ok ok de ok ok ok ke “man, idle. Don We Want You to keep in mind the fact thatin addition to printing this news- paper we do job work of any kind. en in need of anything in this line be sure my situation plaids, . $2.00. MRS Silk and Georgette Waists : Hand Bags -+~ Handkerchiefs Comfy Slippers Below Cost. : .- First Come First Served: NEW ARRIVALS 25 Pieces of Silk in plain color ~ ' Ladies Lace Boots in battleship . grey, black and field mouse brown . :$5.00 $6.50 and $7.00 - . What 1s more appreciated than a beautiful plush, "% broad cloth, or wool plush coat for Christmas? We ¢ Offer Every Coat and Suit, this years purchase, at or We will not carry one garment into 1917. Open Evenings the Week Before Christmas splendid values $1.50 to e p= AL Bath Robes *, Fancy Silks Table Linen and Napkins - Silk Pelticoats, Etc. = i