Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 25, 1919, Page 1

TO KOORS BROS, PLANT OCCURS EARLY SUNDAY Fire of Unknowi: Origin Starts In St?ek Room Below Bake Ovens BOOKS AND RECORDS CARRIED TO SAFETY Creamery and Butter Depart- ment Intact; Temporary Quarters for Business . B The big plu_ni ot Koogs Bros. com- pany, located mear the tracks on gouth Mihnesota avenue, was practi- ohlly- gutted by fire Sunday morning, entailing a loss estimated by Presi- gent Frank Koors at $25,000. «"The origih of the biaze Is a mys- téry, starting #s it did in the stock % room below thé ovens. It was first no- ticed by the bdkers who were on duty early and it wds aboui 8 o’clock when the early ‘eoni'e'ru‘to the big whole- sale house smqlléd the smoke and gave the alarfn. At the outget it was:thought pos- sible ‘that the ‘blaze would do dam- age ' hot over. $60-but the flames spread to inside the partitions and sweeping to the gravel roof rendered the work of the fire department a tongh proposition to feach the creep- ing flames with much effect, and the flames swept the interior into a charred mass, a _mute spector of its former scene, of activity and pro- gress. o Ty § All Recgrds Saved. i AL PRIVATE SLETTEN HOME FROM BLOODY FIELDS WHICH DECIDED WAR Foughl In the _Lnt Desperate Battles of Defeat for the Enemy E38 A Sever Sletten, member of Co. K. 58th infantry, Fourth division, known as the Ivy divisional, who served twenty-three months in the military service, fifteen of which were spent in France, has arrived in Bemidji, having been mustered out at Camp Dodge. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sletten of Nymore. The young soldier served on six different battle fronts, and went over the top five times, his division en- gaging the enemy for 83 days, losing 13,000 men and taking a large num- ber of the enemy. He fought in the fierce battles of the Marne sector, in which the river was crossed in the face of barbed wire stretched in the river and in the face of a heavy ar- tillery fire. The soldiers waded breast deep, owing to the bridges havin been demolished. Later, bridgds were built under the eyes of the enemy and the Americans dug their way along the Rheims-Soissons road a mile beyond the Vesle river. After twenty-seven days of march- ing and fighting, the Fourth was re- lieved and recuperated, then ordered to head towardsthe famous St. Mihiel salient. On September 26 they formed one of the nine American divisions ordered to push the ememy out of France from Flanders to Lorraine in some of the bloodiest battles in which American soldiers ever took part. The Ivy division took up its position in the vicinity of Hill 304 against the flower of the Hindenburg line and after three hours of artillery shelling went into action in a hurri- cane of suells, and with a yell on their lips. Cuisy was captured and a road built in the swamp under fire. The Septsarges Wood was a hid- eous inferng, for the Americans en- countered a cyclone of shell fire and wavered slightly, but an officer quickly went to the outposts and the Yanks stuck it out. After this bloody battle the second phase opened when the Forty-seventh infantry stormed the Boche strong- hold in the Bois de Fays, two miles The recoxdl;;_phfl bogks of;ithe busi- [ north of Nantillois, -and it was a ness depar{ment werg save‘i and so | tough proposition to storm and hold was much ‘of the capdy stock, fixtures ang other equipment. some | the ground gained in the face of tan The | gled under brush rockwooded foot- baking department was badly crip- | ing, into which was pouring mustarc t, being Y in.a nearby Dbufidi Porary ut the creamery.and butter de- | gas. On October ‘19 the divisibn had . were ufitoiched. -A: tem- | beén in the line for twenty-four days, ‘bakery and ice ¢ream depart-| helped gain the first objective and ‘mént will be immediately started-and | lost 6,000 mén, penetrated eight ‘will be in operation in about a week, | miles of supposedly impregnible de- and the jobbing department will be | fenses and captured 2,731 from eight also in effect at the same time. crack German divisions, including o the kaiser's favorites. Plans For Enlargement. After the divisions withdrawal For some time, plans had been un- der contemplation for an enlargement of departments, owing to large in- crease of business, and with the re- from the Meuse-Argonne front it marched from the Rhine province from the Meusecmf cmf mff fwy wy and was comfortable after the armis- construction of the interior it will be | tice was signed. the intention to greatly increase tacilities in the manufactur the plant. The walls,.axe standing, practically untouchgd.nangd) when the insurance is adjusted the;work on re- storing thé building will be com- menced. v Officials of the company did heroic work in getting out, effects from the building and a large amount of ‘the candy stock was saved. Several of ‘the spectators made the most of the ct by - “helping themselves,” an \ HMtors; Bros. confectionary depart- [ t tReceived a lot of good adver- L2 ng; ds a result, f@. ....Is. Growing Rapidly. <\ /Ihd company’s business, singe its, _formation and erection’ of its splen- did plant, has'grown continually .and’ its business covered a wide territory, even extending to shipment of but- ter in-cavtoad lots to New York. With its recovery from the blow Sunday it will emerge a much better concern In all this gruelling experience, ing end of | Private Sletten was escaped un- scathed. NORTH DAKOTA LAWS HIT. Washington, Aug. 25.—Constitu- tionality of seven acts recently placed into effect in North Dakota following a statewide referendum, including the state banking and bond, mill and elevator association d and home building laws, is to be de- termined by the.Supreme court de- gees sustaining their validity were ed. The proceedings. were instituted by John ‘W. Scott; Willlam H. Howe and a_lpo'u.‘t 35 others. _ 4 SCHROEDER PLEASED " WITH FAIR EXHIBIT highly Charles F. Schroeder is with fncreased facilities, for the care | pleased with the ingoming produce of its growing business. FEDERAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION ELE The directors of the Federal Farm Loan association held at meeting at the Security State bank, Saturday af- ternoon, and elected the following of- ficers: Secretary-treasurer, W. Robinson, to succeed H. C. Baer, re- signed. Hans Nelson was appointed on the appraising committee. The di- rectors are H. A. Fladhammer, Harry Arnold, Mr. Worth, Hans Nelson, Gust Berg and Mrs. Marie K. Schroe- der. WHITE FEATHER ALSO WORKING ON WOMEN (By United Press.) _Manchester; -England. (By<Mail.) _—-Demobilizeéd “soldiers are getting even-with young wemen who in the early days of the war would write them anonymous letters containing white Teathers. Numerous young women employed of tram-cars, in factories and shop- ping stores are receiving white feathers for taking over men'_s_,;o_bs and refusing to give theftf dpiiA’e ot -the women have taken and given up their job# - - e from Beltrami county, that will go to make up the state fajr. exhibit from Beltrami’s farm prodjxcers,;and he is busily engaged in putting;to- gether specimens of farm grops for the exhibit. Mr. Schroeder ‘is presi- dent of the Beltrami County Fair association and the exhibits are be- ing trought to 205 Beltrami avenue, opposi: > the Markham hotel. “Corn, vegetables and fruits are good this year and all the crop ex- hibits brought in are good stuff,” said Mr. Schroeder this morning. ‘‘Forage is specially good. I look for a splendid display for the state fair |and hope entries will be plentiful.” , INFANTS FUNERAL. Funeral services will be conducted over the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Burns at Nymore tomorrow afternoon at the house at 3 o’clock. Captain Orchard of the Salvation Army will conduct the service. Rome, Aug. 25.—After a loud un- derground rumbling, Mt. Vesuvius began an eruption today. Two streains .of laya, are flowing toward th Fyalle ,.So-far; thre eruption has' not been so heavy as to threaten vil- 1ages on the base of the mountain. e L NEEDED ROOMS AREPROCURED | FOR STUDENTS * OFTHENORMAL Woman’s Community Organi- zation Meets Success In Its' Undertaking PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS Students in Rooms Must All Observe Regulation Dor- mitory Rules Success has crowned the efforts of the Woman’s Community and Civic club-to provide a list of rooms: avail- able for students who are to attend the fall session of the Bemidji Nor- mal school, beginning in September, accommodations for 130 girls having been promised. Housewives, realizing the necessity of providing rooms until the new dormitory is ready for~oc- cupancy, have cooperated in-a most encouraging manner with the com- mittee. . Teachers Need Rooms. While the number of rooms avail- able are probably sufficient to care for the students, another problem is presented by the need of accommoda- tions for teachers of the public schools. This necessitates the com- piling of an additional list or rooms and owners of rooms for rent should so notify one of the following: Mrs. Marshall A. Spooner, Mrs. R. A. Schu- maker, Mrs. A. P. Ritchie or Miss Ella Parker. Must Observe Rules. The list of rooms has been turned over to President M. W. Deputy of the normal school, and assignments to quarters will be made by Miss Mable Bonsall, dean of women of the new educational institution. It is ! planned that even though the girls will be housed in various parts of the city during- thejr first term of the; normal school they will be required to observe dormitory rules, violations of which will be reported. FEDERAL AGENTS GET NEARLY 200.000 LBS. OF FISH IN DULUTH Second Big Coup In Efforts to Lower the High Cost of Living Duluth, Aug. 25.—=Federal agents staged their second Big coup in con- nection with efforts to lower living costs here Saturday when they seized 189,440 pounds of frozen fish held in local cold storage warehouses. The seizure was made by Deputy United States Marshal J. Scott Cash and Frank O. Pelto, department of justice agent, under authority of a monition issued by District Attorney Alfred Jaques. Stored March 1918. Most of the fish, it is believed, have been in cold storage since March, 1918, although a portion were stored in August, 1918. The fol- lowing quantities were taken from three firms: C. C. Robins, Chicago, 50,065 pounds. Johns Fish company, 66,218 pounds. Northern Fish company, 73,167 pounds. The fish taken from the Robins company were mostly cod, uaitibut and whitefish; those from the Johns company were Alaskan herring, and those from the Northern ‘Fish com- pany, herring, pickerel, ciscos and miscellan ,us. -They were in storage at the Northern Cold Storage com- pany buildings. Hearings in September. Final disposition of the fish, as well as of the poultry seized on Thursday, will probably be deter- mined at hearings to be held early next month, when the owners will be given an opportunity to present their side of the case. JUVENILE REHEARSALS AWAIT BAND QUARTERS COMPLETION Owing to there being no suitable room that is available,” the juvenile band rehearsals will be discontinued until_the, bang-room in the éity hall is completéd. Over 100 hoys are members of this organization. The band has a wonderful instru- mentation, which includes more than twenty clarinets and over a dozen saxaphones. Bandmaster Riggs hopes to start the voung men playing together on seledtions and more difficult exer- cises soon after rehearsals are re- suméd - BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1919 Weather: Hotel Markham: change next 48 hours. The newest gun mount of the United States militury forces was com- pleted just after the armistice was signed and has just passed its official test with flying colors. It is a railroad mount, designed by the navy department for the navy’s 14-inch gun, which was used so effectively on land mounts in France. The new mount permits the gun to be fired In any direction from any good railroad track, whereas the guns used in the war had to be mounte¢ in pits. MINNESOTA STATE FAIR PROMISES TO SURPASS ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS Daring Aero Feats Opening Auto Fashion Parade Day; (By United Press.) St. Paul, Aug. 25.—The Minnesota state fair, which opens Saturday morning, August 30, promises to eclipse all previous records for at- tendante. The previous attendance record Wwas made last year when 450,- 000 pérsons passed the turnstiles, but an, attendance well in excess of 500,000 is anticipated. Improvements costing over $100,- 000 have been made on the fair ground§ this year. The grandstand has bee'.n rewalled, a freight terminal costing,$26,000 has been constructed to- take -care ‘of ‘growing ~exhibits. Mmt of the buildings have been re- D ed and everything is in spick and span shape‘for the opening. The big feature of the opening pro- gram, Saturday will be the appear- ance of Lieut. Locklear, noted army aviator, who performs daring stunts atop a plane. He s scheduled to give exhibitions the fist three days of the fair. Bidding for the opening day attrac- tion honors will be an automobile fashion parade before the grandstand, in which women drivers will com- pete. The winner will be proclaimed “The Champion Woman Auto driver of the Northwest.” . Two days of auto racing, Wednes- day, September:3, and Saturday Sep- tember 6, will' bring the world’s greatest drivers together in a strug- gle for prizes aggregating $10,000. Horse racing will feature the La- bor Day, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri- day programs. The livestock show has attracted entries from all over the world. The total value of the dispiay will ap- proximate $1,400,000. A record-breaking farm crops show is expected. The machinery show will cover over 80 acres, more than 100 tractors having been entered in the tractor section alone. CHASE AFTER BANDITS ENDS: TROOPS RETURN (By United Press.) Fl Paso, Texas, Aug. 26.—The ban- dit chase in Mexico by American cav- alrymen and aviators is at an end and United States forces are back a their camps on this side of the bor- der today. The withdrawal was ex- pected Sunday night when further search for the bandits seemed futile. BUMPER PUMPKIN CROP FOR THANKSGIVING DAY (By United Press.) St. Cloud, Aug. 25.—Here's a little Thanksgiving cheer—a record ‘“‘crop”’ of pumpkin pies should be available in the Northwest this fall. Reports to the state department of agricul- ture indicate that a bumper crop of pumpkins will be gathered in Min- nesota this season. Hubbard squashes also are reported to be plentiful throughout the Northwest. MILITARY REASONS -FOR TROOP WITHDRAWAL (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 25.—Not diplo- matic influence but military reasons were the cause of the orders to the recall of the army cavalry detach- ment that went into Mexico in search of the bandits who captured the two army aviators and released .them' upon payment of ramsom. INTERNED GERMAN SAILORS ESCAPE BY TUNNEL METHOD Make Getaway During Severe Are Electric Storm; Recaptured (By United Press.) Chillicothe, O., Aug. 26.—Eighteen of the estimated twenty interned German sailors, who escaped from their barracks at Camp herman dur- ing a severe electric storm last night, were recaptured, camp authorities said today. The sailors crawled through a tun- nel from the barracks cellar to a company street, thirty feet away, of- ficials said. The discovery of the wholesale escape followed ‘almost im- mediately. All were found in nearby |- towns. - . LEGION WILL NAME DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION TONIGHT Every Member Should Be Pres- ent and Have Voice In the Choice Bemidji members of the American Legion will name delegates to the state convention at a meeting to be held in the Elks temple this evening. It is urged by officers of the Ralph Gracie post that every member at- tend the meeting that he may have a voice in selecting delegates. One of the most important things to come before the state convention of the legion will be the determina- tion of its attitude with respect to proposed legislation, state and na- tional. The convention provides a proper and powerful means of ex- pressing a united sentiment on all matters relating to bonuses, pensions, goldier welfare, re-employment and the like. Every returned soldier, sailor or marine in Bemidji, who has not joined the Ralph Gracie post, {8 in- vited to do so. An honorable dis- charge is all that is necessary. Re- turned service men are requested to be at the meeting tonight, even though they have not applied for membership in the legion. Applica+ tions will be accepted tonight and the more enrolled the greater ‘will be Be- midji's representation at the St. Paul convention. pl WILSON TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO ROADS By Ralph Couch (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 25.—President Wilson today cancelled all engage- ments except one, to give the rail- roads labor situation his entire at- tention, which he will take up at 2 o’clock this afternoon at a confer- ence with Director Hines and offi- clals of the railroad shopmen’s unions. An answer to the demand of 600,- 000 shopmen for a wage increase of |- 25 per.cent is expected will be made at the. conference. BIG TEACHERS INSTITUTE. (By United Press.) Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 25.—Six hun- dred teachers from ten counties of thi§ section of the state are register- ing here today for the annual teach- ers Institute at Dakdta Wesleyan university. PAY ITS TAXES LIKE THOSE WHO Dy IR PART Judge McClenahan Does Not Allow Injunction to Pre- vent Tax Sale “FRAUD” CHARGE WASN'T PROVEN AS ALLEGED Delinquent Tax Property Can Be Sold With Others for Delinquent Taxes Judge W. S. McClenahan today filed his decision in the case brought by the Bemidji Townsite & Improve- ment company against Beltrami county ,in which the Townsite com- pany sought to obtain an injunction against the sale of their proporty in Bemidji for the taxes for the year 1912 and later years. The contention of the Townsite company was that in the year 1912 the board of equalization lowered the personal property taxes of the Crookston Lumber compnny',nbput ten per cent, and to make yp the de- ficiency in the total tax levy_ that a ten per cent increase was addeq to all the real property in the city of Bemidji. Also that their taxes were exces.tve and unjust and that the Townsite company only recently dis- covered the fraud that had been per- petrated upon them in the reduction of the Lumber company’'s taxes and the increase in its taxes. The Townsite company also .ob- jected to the notice of the forfejted tax sale, and raised .the ohjgction that the list of propdrty pffered at such sale had not beex% prdperly filed with the state auditor. Ruling of Court. .. .. The court ‘held that the Townsite company knew, when their taxes were aggessed, that they had a de- fense if they .could.show that their property wag assessed for more than its actual value, that they failed to make application to the county board for a reductjgn, failed to put in an answer in the tax ‘proceedings, and that they could not now be permitted to come into court, after such delay and neglect, and have their assess- ments changed by the court. b | “Discovgr ';Mwn The court g[so the Town- site company, while claiming that they had only recently discovered the alleged fraud, had not sliown ‘or attempted to show, as an exouse for their delay in discovering it, how they made the discovery, and why they had not discovered it sooner. Orders Property Included. The court dismissed and proceed- ings, refusing to make a re-assess- ment of the property involved, and refused to restrain the auditor from including this property in the for- feited tax sale. Graham M. Torrance, county at- torney, represented Beltrami county in the action, and the firm of Kerr & Richardson, with Harris Richard- son, of counsel, represented the Townsite company. GREAT TRANSPORTS ORDERED TO PACIFIC New York, Aug. 25.—With the sailing of the army transport Great Northern for San Francisco, an- nouncement was made that this big ship and her sister craft, the North- ern Pacific, are to be used perman- ently in the transport service on the Pacific. Their regular route will be from San Francisco to Honolulu, Manila, Vladivostok and thence to Nagasaki, Guam, Honolulu and San Francisco. When the American forcés are brought out of Siberia they will come on these craft. The Great Northern and the Northern Pacific were purchased by the army from the Great Northern Railroad com- pany at the outbreak of the war. They were among the largest ships on the Pacific and are oil burners. CALIFORNIA FLIERS ~"ARE STILL MISSING -~ ] (By United Press.) iSan Diego, Calif., Aug. 25.—After another forty-eight hours of fruit- less search for Lieut. Waterhouse and Lieut. Connolly, army fliers, missing since last Wednesday, -the search -was renewsd today -with a de-:: < - -tachmeént of ‘ttoopets, fropmi, Fort Ro- which ‘have been ‘S6ouring the couns try east of here. sencrans affing-the’ airplane scouts. : - N RANL