Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 23, 1918, Page 1

‘FAIR SUCCESS; - —_—— Be a Booster for the Fourih Liherty Loan MIDJI DAILY P IR | Histo! VOLUME XVI, NO. 219 BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 23, 1918 —_— Blackduck—Charles Carter, liam Hines. “Hagall—W. H. Rice. Cormant—Ole Henigum. Baitle—John A. Carlson, J. Jer- ome,, Andrew Johnson, Arne Solberg. Alaska—W. H..Whelan. ; Lee—T. J. Lillivold, 3 Spruce Grove—Andy Solberg. ! Saturdav’s Sports. : The sporting events in the after- noon of- the closing day were in chargecof D. 8. Mitchell, H. Z. Mit- Wil- “SAVE HER FROM THE'HUN. BUY LIBERTY BONDS.” FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH 550,000 FIRELOSSIN NYMORE AT EARLY o %) # chell, A, L. Barker, C. W. Jewett and | | & £ H. J. Loud, and.the events were well | 4 B b § i § taken care of. The results were as S ; ! follows: N " Never Better Shown in History of Fair, Nor in Such Large : Numbers, He States 'CLOSING DAY DRAWS ANOTHER LARGE CROWD Program of Sports Prove Inter- . esting to Spectators; Indians Give Impromptu Dances 4 ‘“The fair was_ a great success,” yeated ' Setretary C. F. Schroeder of ‘the Beltrami County Fair association this' morning to a representative of _“the Pioneer, ‘speaking of the fair closed Saturday. “I am highly pleas- ed with the result and the co-opera- tion of everybody. We never had such puch 'a ‘splendid display of agricu .:tural exhibits as we had this time an they never-were of sucn high class, & “I am .very busy harvesting barley. We must get at it immedi- ately and it will delay getting the ‘awards tabulated for a few days, when. they will be made public. I think next week they will be ready.” The closing day of the fair Satur- day saw another large crowd present and the day was ideal for the fair and program. :Crowds came from towns ‘and villages several miles distant and the country side was largély repre- sented. The Red Cross had a wonder- ful patronage during the fair, serv- ing: the meals and lunches on the grounds, A . Officers of Association. Next year it is predicted the fair will be an even greater success. The officers of the association : President—A. P. White.%emldjl. Vice-president—A. P. Ritchie, Be- © - midji; ; : : ~IPreasur; midji. __Secretary—C. F. Schroeder, Be- midji, Membér-at-Large—A. W. Aamodt, _ Bemidji. Board of Directors. Frohn—Nels Willet, Peter Narum, Gust Berg. : Bemidji—A. E. Rako, Hugo Hen- sel, H. Eickstadt. Grant Valley—W. G. Schroeder, - George Miller, Rowland Gilmore. Jones—Nels Sorenson, Peter Mill- bach. b Turtle River—W. H. Phelps. Northern—N. G. Reynoélds, John e, Noel, W. A, Worth. Eckles—-M:; Rygg, George Brennan, Port Hope—E. E. Schulke, W. M. Gerlinger, W. T. Blakely. Turtle Lake—R. M. Rickinson. Liberty—Lars O. Myhre. Buzzle—A, G. Gilbertson, Andrew Haarkhan, 3 . ‘H’.Schumaker, Be-[M Free.for-All. Boys’- Race, First—Francis Rhea. . =—Lelan® Traffon. ~Donald White. 2 i Girls’ Free-for-All Race. ' First—Bernice Kirk. 20 Fpe Second—Agnes McGee. Third—Bernice Tibbits. Auto Race. Three Miles. First—F. G. Halgren. * Second—McMillen, Third—Charles Van. 5 All the entries drove Fords and put up a good contest. Australian Pursuit Race. ‘This race was run in cars. First—Will Schulke, Tenstrike. Second—F. G. Halgren. # : Sack Race. ¢ First—Walter Breen. Second—Owen Webster. Third—Bertram Wilson, Stripved Team Race. .. In this contest, for farmers, en- trants' had their teams stripped of}’ harness except bridle. drive around the track. First—Charles Barclay. Second-—L. Coyle. Indians Give Dance. A They were to put on harness, hook to wagon and The result: An interesting feature of the af- ternoon was an impromptu darce by Indiapns in front of the grand stand: style and so dia some of the younge ‘ones. - Patrons'of the fair greatly en-1 joyed the innovation and a collection netted several dollars for the dancers. -Buy Liberty Bondgs—— s FORMER RESIDENT CRITICAL. Mrs. J. J. Conger has received a letter from Miss Hattie Halderman of stating that her Roseburg, Ore.; mother, why is well known here, was seriously ill ‘and. not expected to re- cover. She.is’ 87 years ol . Halderman‘and her daughter are former residents here, having moved west about’six''years ago. while in Bemidji: ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— VILLAGE AND FORT VENDEAUIL TAKEN. FRENCH WAR REPORT (By United Press.) a French dispatch today. court. ——Buy Liberty Bonds ALLIES IN MACEDONIA TAKE Paris, Sept. 23.—Allied forces in Paris, Sept. 23.—The capture of the village and fort of Vendeauil on the west bank of the Ose, nine miles south of St. Questin, is reported in North of Fontaine French troops penetrated the wood south of Hina- FIVE ADDITIONAL VILLAGES Macedonia have captured five addi- Miss Hal- derman ~was - public . stenographer Did. you ever talk to a returned American soldier? If you have, and It so happened that e returned from the battlefields of France by way of the port of New York, It Is certain that he has told you about the emotions which stirred him when he caught sight of the Statue of Liberty In the entrance of the port. DEFECTIVE STEERING GEAR CAUSES AUTO COLLISION: WOMAN'S SCALP IS CUT A most peculiar and at the same This figure has taken on a new significance since the United States went into the struggle for world free- dom and you can only know what the Goddess of Liberty means to the wounded soldier returning to America by talking to that soldier, This plcture was posed by Frances Falrchild, a New York girl, in behalf of the Fourth Llberty Loan, three miles west of Bemidji and went to farming. The proceeds from the hay paid for his land rental, Tonight Mr. Scott will finish dig- ging his potatoes. He planted 35 acres and from the land will have be- tween 6,500 and 7,000 bushels. From one nine-acre patch he dug betweén HOUR; HALF BLOC IS FLAME SWE o STRUCTURES BURNED. Nymore hotel-—-H. A. McGuire, proprietor. N Geperal store—Tagley & Wold. Barber shop—M. Tepper. M. & L hotel—E. Jarvis, pro- prietor, Structures Damaged. Farmers State Bank. Grocery store-——Archie Olson, Union hotel—August Elmquist, proprietor. Garage-—Anton Wold. Store—John Buldouc. Other Damages. Electric light wires, equipment, t o ———— v me————————— Fully $50,000 loss occurred by fire which broke in Nymore at 4:30 o’ctock this morning, four business places on the principal street inter- section being burned to the ground, only a brick flue standing in the cen- ter of the charred and smoking area, a monument to the destruction. Long after the fire, sounds emanated from the ruins in basements, there -were muffled explosions and pufls of smoke like the explosion of shells on the west front, © They were caused by overheated cans of grocery products. poles, Origin Unknown. The fire started from an unknown origin in the Nymore hotel, of which H. A. McGuire was the propritor. ‘The flames spread with great rapidity throughout the frame structure, which burned like tinder. The own- attire, while the” residents” of the Fifth ward were aroused and hurried secured, which was little. The struc- ture was soon a mass of flames and they spread to the adjoining building westward, Amcng the first on the scene were several of the First Minnesota infan- mill plant g1ards Soon after, arrived several of the Home Guard, having been called by Captain Stewart, who guarding property and assisting all they pos- try detachment, sending in a call. relieved the infantry in sibly could. Tagley’s & Wold’s general store was next attacked and it went down to practically nothing, only the stone foundation of the basement being left. It was a one-story frame and illed with stock, being a total loss. The barber shop was next in‘line ot and family escaped in’their night to help rescue what effects could be and it, too, went up in smoke "with nothing to show where the building 275 and 300 bushels to the acre. A few days ago Mr. Scott came to time unavoidable accident late Sat- tional villages in the past 48 hours, urday afternoon, resulted from an Summit—John .Gilstad, Chas. Ol- 4 according to a Salonika dispatch. 5 BREWERS ARE USING UTMOST EXERTIONS T0° DEFEATPROBE President’s Private Secretiry Appears in Limelight; Fight Now in Senate | ek ] SENATOR NEW REFERS TO WILSON’S SLOGAN Tumulty’s Letter Written After “Politics Is Adjourned” Was Loudly Sounded Washington, Sept. 23.—The brew- ers and allied interests are exeruing themselves to the utmost to restrict, if they cannot prevent, investigating Arthur Brisbane's purchase of the Washington Times with money fur- nished by the brewers, and other ac- tivities of the Frewers in potities in. cluding the spread of Gerinza props- ganda. “The fight: is under way now.in.the senate judiciary committer, to which the investigation resolution has bheen referred. Today the committee is ex- pected to decide whether the investi- gation shall be made, the time of its making and the extent to which it will proceed. Brewers Fighting, Respecting all three of these propo- sitions, the brewing interest,.and those politicians who respond to the turgings of such interests, have defi- nite suggestions. They are opposed to any inves- tigation. If the investigation is decided upon, they want a subcommittee appointed composed of men friendly to the brewing interests and such activities by the brew- ers as have been revealed by the purchase of the Washington # Timés for Mr. Brishane. They further want the investi- gation, if it is inevitable, post- son,. Olaf. Anvid, TEUTONS STRUT INPETROGRAD WITH RUSSIANHEROES BECGING There are other war prisoners along the Nevsky. Nine out of 10 of them are on crutches. “Some of them are without feet or hands and are obliged to jump about uke crabs, beg- ging alms. I have seen these fat Prussians and Brandenburgers stop near these human crabs, and puffing heavily on their cigars, hand alms to stocd. It was also a one-story -frame. Another Hotel Goes. The M. & I hotel was on the cor- ner and this«two-story frame was quickly swept with the rest of the buildings, everything being reduced to ashes in about an hour. Little was saved from any of the Bemidji and brought several bushels of his potato crop. Chief of Police Essler thrust one hand into a sack and grabbed the first potato he came to and broupat it into the Pioneer offices It was wefghed at Netzer’s store and pulled the scales at one pound and eight ounces. And ft wasn’t the largest in the sacks by any auto driven by Rube Miller crashing into a Ford standing in front of Schroeder’# grocery at the intersec- tion of Fourth sfreet and Minnesota avenue. Mrs. Rena Wolfe of Guthrie, wife of Robert Wolfe of Guthrie was standing on the walk talking to.Mrs. Fred Wolfe, also of Guthffie, who was seated in the car. Eastward on Fourth street came a|means. places attacked by fire. Willing hands big powerful car driven by Mr. Mil- That's the kind of stuff John Scott{ commenced to remove stock and ef- ler. He swung around the traffic post | is made of. fects from buildings across the street but the flames failed to get a good hold of those structures. Heat from the fiercely burning structures, broke practically every window in the large glass front of the Olson grocery and scorched the front. The store was filled with smoke and other damage resulted. The Union hotel, also on the oppo- gite side of the Street, was also rid- dled with heat and smoke; the win- ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— BULGARIAN BASE OF SUPPLIES CUT OFF: TURKS SUFFER DEFEAT % " %¥By United Press.) #.ondon? Sept. 2&.—Allied troops in southward and started for the west gide of Minnesota avenue to get on the “right side of the road” when his steering gear tefused to work and he rammed hard into the Wolfe Ford. The impact forced the car hard against Mrs. Robert Wolfe on the walk, knocked her to the concrete walk and severely bruised and cut her scalp high on her forehead. " Dr. E. W. Johnson was called and convey- By JOSEPH SHAPLEN. (United Press Correspondent.) New York, Sept. 23.—One meets imposing military figures on the Nev- sky Prospect in Petrograd these days. They would be all right, if they were all Russian. Here, for example, are tall guards of the Regiment of Marie Louise. It will be remembered that these were the German warriors Then -1 have poned until after the elections. 1 B They want it so restricted that it may not proceed further than the developments which. may come in connection with the pur- chase of the Times. To this end they are seeking to prevent the issue being sent to a subcommittee headed by Senator W. H. King of Utah, which al. ready is investigating. German activities, and they have urged Senator C. A. Culberson, chair- man of the senate judiciary com- mittee, to appoint his own com- mittee, The question will be settled today. Tumulty Drawn In. Senator H. 8, New of Indiana, re- publican, read to the senate a letter he said was written by the president’s private secretary J. P. Tumulty to Ar- thur Brisbane, whose purchase of the who at the battle of Goldingen, tak- ing off their tall, heavy boots, beat it into ~& mearby ~woods, and when , caught by the Russians and brought into the Russian lines nearly died of fear for their ultimate fate. Here are some Death’s Head Hus- sars from Danzig, the pitiable re- mains of a whole regiment cut into pieces by the Nijni Novgorod boys of Prince Bebutoff. Further ahead you meet some Halberstadt hussars, Pom- eranian uhldns, Bavarians, Branden- burg grenadiers and, finally, Hunga- rian hussars in red head dresses, re- mains of some of the great cavalry battles fought earlier in the war. All these can be met on the Nevsky. They are dressed as if preparing for parade. White ‘and blue uniforms, as new as if they had just left the tailor. An expression of self satisfac- tion and brazeness is on their faces. The Prussian cheeks seem to be bob- bing up and down with fat and a sense of their importance. Who are they? Conquerors? No, they are merely prisoners of war, cap- tured in the days when the Russian army was still an army,—before the cancer of bolshevikism ate away its heart. Buwt their attitude is that of the Hindenburgs and Mackensens. They seem to pose for statues of Mars. The bright rays of the sun play upon their elaborately gilded uniforms. the crippled beggars. talked to these Russian war prisoners, who have ‘just returned from captiv- I have heard their stories of suffering, hunger, insults and humil- They were treated like cat- ity. iations. tle, harnessed to wagons and rlows by the German junkers in the fields. And in the concentration camps many died of of hunger,—quietly, silently, unnoticed. about their work. They died in their dirty bunks, or on dirty piles of straw, which would have repelled a cow. And they were all animated by one thought—to flee from the Ger- man nightmare. cessful. Most of them were recaptur- ed, at the very fronticr, And now, at last, they were per- mitted to return. They have return- ed not because of the Brest peace, but because they were no longer of use to neither friend nor foe. They have returned to their fatherland. And all are animated by the same thought, by the same doubt: “We seem to be of no usé around here,” they say. They seem to we in the way. They have acquired rheu- matism in the trenches, and have giv- en their blood for Russia. But why did they return? Was it worth while to come back for the pleasures of get- ting a dirty rouble bill from that fat, sleek Prussian! Many died while going Not meny were suc- ings. tion. jobs in spare time. been a Liberty Bond puyer. also is a bond buyer, with his sav~ Mr. Scott resigned his posi- In April he rented some land ed her away for.care,. The left side of the<Ford- was liter- ally crushed like an egg. The fender was bent and twisted, the tool box was caved in and the left rear wheel was torn from its axle. otherwise damaged. In the damaged car at the time of the mishap were Mrs. Fred -Wolfe and her granddaughter, Vira Wolfe, who was sitting at the wheel. Mr. Miller was the most excited’ person in the crowd which gathered. He felt the accident keenly and order- ed the damaged car to a garage to be repaired and did everything in his power to adjust the result of the un- fortunate occurence. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—— JOHN SCOTT MAKES SUCCESS AS FARMER Last March, John Scott, a young colored man, was janitor of the Com- mercial club, salary, small. a family—a good family and a young son who goes to school and does odd The car was He has The father has The son Macedonia have cut the railway from .Gradsko to Philip,“aecording to a Ser- bian" offfcial comique. The' Nskup- Salonika railway has also been cut, stopping all suppties to the Bulgari- ans on the whole 65 mile front from Philip eastward to Lake Dorian. Turkish Armies Annihilated. London, Sept. 23.—Two Turkish armies have been practically wiped out in Palestine, ti s officially an- nounced today. The Seventh and Eighth Turkish transports have been captured. ———Buy Liberty Bondg——— SIX-THOUSAND ENEMY MENACED IN IRKUTSK (By United Press.) Harbin, Manchuria, Sept. 23.—S8ix thousand German and Austro-Hun- garians are threatened in the Irkutsk district. ——Buy Liberty Bonds—o BRITISH ADVANCE. (By United Press.) Loudon, Sept. 23.--British have advanced between Vendhuil and Vil- lers, t"king a number of strong points and some prisoners, says General Haig in an official dispatch today. dows being caved in by the-heat. The front was also scorched. Bank Front Saved. Employes of the Farmers' State bank tacked burlap over the large plate front and kept it wet, thus sav- ing the glass. They forgot the glass door and this was shattered by heat. The front also received a slight rching. Wold's garage also lost its windows and so did Buldouc’s store. The large sheeted block across the street to the west of the fire was watched carefully and kept wet, pre- venting its catching fire. The flames roared around the electric light wires and they went down and out in a hurry, entirely plunging the city into darkness, Nymore's fite equipment consists of only a small chemical apparatus. It was helpless. Bemidji sent help but there is no water system in Nymore. The stfuctures were doomed from the start and citizens were powerless. For a time it was feared the entire business district would go but, Tuck-| ily, good work with what was availa- ble, checked the spread of the fames. The heaviest losers are believed to be Tagley & Wold, partly covered by ingurance. Washington Times with loans from brewers is under investigation, re- questing Mr. Brisoene to send coples of the Hearst Chicago newspaper so Mr. Tumulty might follow Mr. Bris- bane’s democratic fight in Chicago. The letter follows: “White House, Washington, May 14, “My Dear Mr. Brisbane, “When you were at the White Houses offices today I forgot to ask you to send me the Chicago Herald and Examiner regularly to my offices here. I am sure you are going to make the same good democratic fight in Chicago that you have been mak- ing in your paper in Washington and I want to see just how you do it. “Sincerely yours, J. P. Tumulty, “Secretary to the President.” Senator New remarked this letter was written shortly after *“politics had been officially adjourned” and expressed the hope the letter would { be referred to the senate committee investigating the Washington Times affair. ——Buy Liberty Bondg—- SURGICAL ROOM CLOSED. The Red Cross surgical dressitg rooms will be closed until the October allotment. The announcement for reopening will be made later: