Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 9, 1917, Page 1

NOT YESTERDAY'S NEWS, BUT TODAY'S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS VOLUME XV. NO. 156. GERMANY’ BIG DICKERSON SHOWS ARRIVE; HERE FOR WEEK UNDER THE ELKS Advertising Matter Sent Last Week Ig‘l.lll to Arrive in Time; Work is Rushed. CANVASSES BEING ERECTED FOR ATTRACTIONS ‘TONIGHT Amusement and Entezhnmmt for All Features Galore; Chief Attractions. “The management of the Dickerson shows, which are to be here through-| out the week under the auspices of, the Bemidji lodge of Elks, certainly deserves a meddlior:; du-.outlon of -gome. kind, for just aboit -the tough- est luck one could imagine was in advance of the carnival aggregation ‘when it reached Bemidji this morn- ing and still the manager could #mile. When the Elks decided to bring the Dickerson shows here for a week there was little time to secure the shows before their presentation and the advertising matter was shipped, the advance man coming here to make arrangements. The advance agent arrived in Bemidji Saturday only to find that the advertising matter had gone astray in shipment and not a sign of the coming of the shows anywhere. Hastily provided advertising matter was gotten out and today when the shows arrived along came the wildly sought for A e e e ‘to Bemidji. - Work was - immediately com- menced -on- the. erection "of the can- Iwvasses-on the:large vacant property at the intersection of Lake boule- vard and Fourth street and by to- night the attractions will be well under way for visitors and continue - throughout the week. Attractions Galor: The Dickenson shows cnrry a wide variety of attractions, a feature be- ing the Hawaiian village, with na- tive people presenting native songs and dances. Another feature is the cabaret, a new carnival attractions with Bonnie Benedict, the lady with the dcuble voice, and Joe Tenebaum and com- pany, a feature of eight people in the company. Death Stalks Webb. The thriller of the week will be Capt. George Webb in his death-de- {ying dive from the top of an 84-foot tower into a small net scarcely dis- «cernable from the top of the tower. “Frontier Days” depicts the early days;in® the northwest, the partici- pants ‘heing attired in the old time regalia. The big circus side show carries freaks of human nature and curiosi- ties from all parts of the world. Here. You Granplers, An attraction of the arera George Carpenter. a celehrated mid- dleweight wrestler, who has met the best of his weieht and he is cpen to anyone in Bemidji. In all. 100 peonle are carried with the Dickerson shows. Then there will be the concessions and lights and music galore. and a riot of enjoyment is scheduled for the entire week. lithographs and bills sent last week je Capt. Gedrge Webb, the death- defying high diver with the Dicker- son shows in Bemidji this week, has nothing of a generally accepted ap- pearance of a captain, but his title was long ago bestowed upon hmi by| a press agent and he still carries it. The ‘“‘captain” is a modest young man, 26 years old, married and the| father of an attractive little daugh- ter. His parents were both circus people and he was born in a circus| dressing room in Cincinnati, Ohio. ‘When fifteen years he commenced his dare devil stunts and his fearless- ness soon placed him in the front: Tanks of his line of work, he travel-| ing with the big circuses and bei n" booked at large summer parks and | hippodromes. | Wehh strolled into the Pioneer of-| fice this moruning and it rnqll\ru" considerable questioning to obtain a story concerning him, something un- usual in a performer of any de<cnp» tion. ,‘ First Big Feats. “] commenced by being one of the old time balloon performers,” he =ald1 in response to questioning, “making BOOZE IS BARRED; BEER, ALSO WINE ARE LEFT; SENATE GOES ON RECORD Upper House of Congress is for a “Bone Dry” Nation During the Period of -War. ‘WOULD CONDEMN ALL BOOZE NOW HELD IN WAREHOUSES Estimated Enough Will Be Left on Hand to Last Consumers at Least a Year. ‘Washington, July 9.—The senate 'has gone on record in favor of “‘bone dry” national prohibition during the war so far as whisky and other dis- tilled beverages are concerned. Liquor legislation which would strike at consumption of distilled; intoxicants by commandeering stocks in bond in addition to absolutely prohibiting thefr manufacture or im- portation, was’ written into the food control bill in one of the senate’s bitterest contests. The beer and wine industries would be left undis- turbed. In lieu of thehalggéigfi‘n&o{fie house bill. to prohibit the manufacture of foodstuffs into beverages of any de- scription, the senate substituted a provision prohibiting manufacture and importation of distilled bever- ages during the war, and added a further clause directing the presi- dent to take over all distilled spirits in, government bonded warehbuses and pay for it on the basis of cost plus 10 per cent. While the final prohibition legis- Iation” will-be evolved in conference between the two houses, it is gener- ally regarded as possible that the house will accept the senate’s change after a fight in behalf of the orig- inal section. Buv Liouor in Bond. The senate provision would limit consumption to stocks in retailers hands. or withdrawn before the law goes into effect. beverages in bond were estimated today at between 200,000,000 and 300.000,000 gallons and thex;nnual normal consumption at 120,000,000 gallons. To purchase this enormous auantity of linuor or what is left of it after withdrawals in anticipation of legislation. it iz ~etimated that the government would have to spend from $300,000,000 to $1,000,000,¢ 000. The probable loss in federal rev- enues is placed at from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000, although this, as well as the east of purchase wou'ld depend entirely on how much liquor was withdrawn tax-paid before the commandeering. New Revenne Sourcer The senate’s action promises in- definite delay in enacting the war tax bill, further delay on the food control bill and indefinite postpone- ment on adjournment of congress. The revised $1.670.000.000 war tax bill was withdrawn immediately fol- | lawin~ the final vote upon the liquor question to seek new sources of rev- enue in case taxation of distilled liquors is eliminated. Immediate and probably enormous withdrawals of distilled liauors from lbonded warehouses hefore the senate Stocks of distilled|” THE BEMIDJ1I DAILY Pl CHINESE MONARCHY FAILS HEAVY BAIL HOLDS ANTI-DRAFT ANARCHISTSO Photo by American Press m Emma Goldman and Alexande¢ nckuun. the two most rotorious anarchists in Amm are seen here after their arrest. Because they couldn‘tmtzfi 000 each to cover their bail they went to jail in New York. Full Draft Is Foracast By Government (By United Press) Washington, July 9.—The first draft will be for 687,000, the war department announced today, just enough to filll the regular army and national guard. In the lottery of draft, every one of the 9,500,000 men will be drawn, .is_the genenl belfef.. ‘This “will* determine tho™ nnbmty for service all time. POSTMASTER SENDS 6 T0; MILITARY SERVICE i _Postmaster Ritchie has also been aiding your/ Uncle Samuel in the gentle art of recruiting. having within the past few days enlisted six. Heretofore, he has heen send- ing them to the recrufting office. but the government also had notified postmasters to secure all they could. Mr. Ritchie was asked what the matter was in Bemidii and he im- mediately ot busv and rounded up the six and sent them off for train- ing. He is sunposed to receive $5 for each recruit but he waived any claim to compensation. The names are: Army—Rudolph Beavers and Jaenh Eide of Cass Lake; Clyde Rus- i1 sell Smith of Kelliher and Roy Davis of Bemidji. Navy—B. J. Hammond of Bemidji and Harvey Pigeon of Kelliher. A fine lcoking chap named Johnston of Hines was sent away today. provision could become effective was generally predicted today. It was estimated that manufacturers and dealers probably could raise funds enough to withdraw at least half of the existing supply, or enough to meet consumption demands for a vear or more. Daredevil High Diver Has Had Thrilling Experience; Dives Into Tank; Breaks Jaw Captain Webb ascensions and parachute drops. When that sort of went out of be- ing an attraction I took to doing high dives, finally into a small iron tank and got up to 100 feet in mak- ing the dive but—" “That’s about where you got that busted jaw,” butted in the Pioneer representative. A hand was quickly raised to a twisted jaw and with a smile the young dare-devil replied, ‘That’s just what I did, and caved in some ribs, in my chest.” That stopped the perilous feat and the small net was substituted, he using what is claimed the smallest. net in any similar act. _ Serious Side of Life. Digressing from circus life, the| young man grew rather serious, an- other rareity for one of the profes- sion. “At the clost of last season I went to work azain and have been an inspector in a plant on war con-| tracts. But I don't know, somehow | in the spring when one of us fellows hear a band we get restiess. Hard| to keep away from it and so here I am. Will go back to the plant again at the close of this season. Got to look out for that baby of mine, you | know."” | " |9 BARRELS OF BEER FRUIT OF RAID ON PUPOSKY “JOINT” The county officials and Indian agents united to add another name to their already long list of booze arrests Saturday night. Indian Agent .nomas Wold and Deputy Sheriff . George Denley raided Severt- Matson place near Puposky late Sat- urday afternoon and found nine bar- rels of beer and some whisky. The officers brought Matson to Bemidji ;vl;lere he was confined to the county ail. About midnight Saturday night, Sheriff Andrew Johnson and Chief Indian Akent Brandt went to Pu- 'posky and returned with the beer. “Tite" prisener - was:- taken before{- Court Commissioner D. H. Fisk this morning at 10:30 o’clock and charged with running an unlicensed drinking house. The defendant waived examination and was bound over to the next term of district court. The bail of $200 was fur- nished. BAKING CONTEST T0 BE JUDGED JULY 18 Girls from all parts of the county, who are to participate in the class “B"” bread making contest will ga- ther in Bemidji Wednesday. July 18, to have their loaves judgzed by Mrs Margaret Baker of the University Extension department. She will de- cide the winners and will also tell how the bread is judged. She will give a talk on bread making to the girls. School officers from various parts of the county will m22t here at the same time and talks by the most prominent educators of the state will be made. A splendid program has been arranged for RAILROADS TO FILE RATE INCREASE (By United Press) ‘Washington, July 9.—A horizon- tal increase of 13 cents a ton in coal freight rates may be filed by the western railways with the Inter- state Commerce commission. HUGE PLOT NIPPED (By United Press) " El Paso, July 9.—Government agents have arrested 14 1. W. W. prowling in the vicinity of the smelters near here. One is said to have confessed that the I. W. W. planned to organize a strike of 3,- 000 Mexicans in the smelters. A A A A A A A A AP TO WATER USERS A nice shower fell in Bemidji Saturday night but despite this users of city water turned loose a flood of water throughout the clty on their yards and again the water tank was empty this morning. For the past several days there have been several show- ers but water users have been letting the water flow and run in every possible manner and the water in the tank became low. Superintendent Kirk of the water works today asks every consumer to use judgment in the matter of using water as the water works system is not tully capable of taking care of the city without judgment. Wheat GropTo Surpass Last Year's, Report (By United Press) Washington, July 9.—The total wheat crop for this year. will be 678,000,000 bushels against 640,- 000, 000 in 1916, the bureau of crop estlmntea announces today NEGMWMI%AGK “Bt. Louls, July 9.—Colonel Don- nelly, commanding the First regi- ment, Missouri national guard, has received a call to send troops from Alton, Ill., to Hartford, Ill., to pro- tect the whites there against a threatened negro attack. According to the reports received here, the whites at Hartford and at Wiood River, Ill, have barricaded themselves in their homes and are prepared to resist attack. 80 OF 100 MEN IN CHORAL SOCIETY ENLIST IN ARMY Chicago, July 9.—Eighty of 100 male members. of the Swedish Choral society of Chicago have enlisted in the United States army, it was an- nounced today. MRS. WITTING NAMED HEAD OF BELTRAMI COUNTY’S AUXILIARY Mrs. A. E. Witting will:leave to- night for Minneapolis where she will attending a meeting of the Wo- man’s Auxiliary of the State Pub- lic Safety commission, she being the chairman of Beltrami County Wo- man’s Auxiliary. Women’s Auxiliaries are being or- ganized throughout the country with a central committee in each state as an executive body. The central committee will divide its work among certain committees, namely: Conservation of thrift; protection of women workers; conservation of child life; education in patriotism; training of women in industries; ac- tivities of surrounding camps, etc. The plan is further to find out just what organizations of women there are in every town and village and what then can do best to help, and get them in line so that all will work together. IS _DOING HER “BIT Anna Felkey has knit three pairs of wristlets and sent them to the soldier boys. 99 W. B. Bushman of the Mesaba Transportation company, and owrer of the new Bemidji-Fifth ward bus, has spent the past two days in Be- ‘mydp and this morning announced Ithat he finds it necessary for him to *purchaqe a new bus, as the one large ! bus the company now has in opera- | tion is not adequate to give the pub- | lic the service it deserves. The new |l’lufl will be a large 16-passenger | White and will be put on the reg- {ular run between Bemidji and the Fifth ward. The bus now on the regular run EMPEROR OF CHINA HASQUIT, REPORTED (By United Press) Amsterdam, Juty v.—Hollweg's enemies have apparently forced him into a position where he must make a complete answer to the query whether Germany favors no annexa- tions and no indemnities. Tokio, July 9.—Germany’s Chi- nese plot has apparently failed. It is belleved that General Chang Msun’ | was started in his attempted at the institution of the onmarchy in China by German money and German arms left by the kaiser's agents. The new government is reported today in dire straits. The youthful emperor re- cently restored to the throme is re- ported to have stepped down. The collapse of the monarchial regime is seen. 1 Berlln,c July 9. A]Slgn‘{l‘)z multiply that show the political liberalization of Germany is impending. Hollweg is expected to make & formal state- ment Tuesday. Intense interest as to the attitude he may show on political reforms is here demonstrat- ed. The opinion is that from the central wing of the Socialists, all the Reichstag is united on the point that .the electorial reform muyst be LLED |aoplied to Prussia if Prussia fails to adopt such a plan of its accord. All the parties indicate a disposition to demand Prussian reform this fall. Peaple On Verg Amsterdam, July 9. ———'l‘lmt the neople of Germany are ahout to force from the German autocratic ring a more satisfactory statement of Ger- manv's peace aims as well as a prom- isa of sweening electorial reforms, is the indication of Berlin dispatches- today. AMERICA'S EMBARGO FEARED BY NEUTRALS (By United Press) Washington, July 9.—The Holland minister here today declared grave conditions for Holland and neutral nations in America’s food embargo. CALLS TITTTF. DATIGHTER : KILLS HER WITH HATCHET Le Mars, Ta., July 9.—Calling her f-vear-old daughter Bessie from the street where she was playing, Mrs. H. F. Buchanan, wife of an insur- ance man, undressed the child and prepared to give her a bath. Then she took a hatchet and killed the child. Mrs. Buchanan is thought to be ifnsane. She was taken in charge by the sheriff. AMERICAN VESSEL IS SUB VICTIM (By United Press) London, July 9.—The report of the sinking of the American steam- er Massapequa by a German submar- ine is officially announced today. HERE ON BUSINESS L. R. Fishback of Fosston was in the city today to attend the hear- ing of claims in probate court on the estate of his mother, Mrs. Betsy Dowd. Another Motor Passenger .Bus Added By Company will still be used between Bemidji and Fifth ward to help the new car in busy times and the rest of the time it will be used for special trips to Birchmont and the State Park. Mr. Bushman and William Foley will leave tonight for Minneapolis to secure the new bus which will arrive some time this week. When the Bushman company came to Bemidji it cut the price to five cents between Bemidji and Fifth ward and now it is going to issue ticket booklets whereby those who use the bus frequently will pay only four and one-half cents per trip.