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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-09-22
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Charles Cook and Robert Prots-
man made a trip to Redby last week
with the 'Storm King after a load
of supplies.
School commenced at Pete John.
sons on Monday, Sept. IS, with Miss
o. F. Morgan as teacher.
Peter Back and Mrs. Katrina Olson
made trip to Bemidji on Tuesday
Charles Larson purchased a COW
from P. Sarff Monday.
Miss Jessie Grey of Ludlow spent
Saturday with Florence Protsman.
Mrs. L. Oliver spent few days al
Kelliher last week.
Mrs. O. J. Norman visited Wednes.
day with her sister, Mrs. Peter Beck
Miss Emma Hoglin has returned
home after spending several days
with friends at Home City and Neb.
ish, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-09-22
so badly needed from Farley to Ten.

so badly needed from Farley to Ten
strike.
We hope to have our new school
house in readiness to be able to start
school by Oct. 4.
Walter Cohen, who has been home
for few days, will return to Da-
kota Monday morning.
J. A.: Schoffman Of Northome,
Mimi, has been in Spur buying cat
tie and sheep.
Mr.. Krahn of Lavinia was in Spur
one day last week.
G. Gunther has returned to Be-
midi for the present.
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A number of people from Spur at
tended the county fair held at Be-
midi last week and reported fine
time.
We are in hopes that the county
commissioners will realize the very
slippery condition of the state road
after fall of rain and attend to the
crawling of this highway which is
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-09-22

Fine fresh comb honey at zoe a
cake at Schmitt's Grocery store
Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-09-22
Pioneer want ads pay.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
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CLOSURE SALE
Whereas, default has been made in
the terms and conditions of that GER
livered by George Gunderson and Jennie
Gunderson, his wife, as mortgagors, to
First National Bank, Bemidji, Mimi, a
banking corporation under the laws of
the United States of America, as mort
gagee, which mortgage bears date the
10th day of January, 1912, and was duly
recorded in the office Of the Register
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
COMES TO TOPEKA
Kansas Booth at Panama-Pacific Ex.
position VIII BE Moved Entire
to the State Capitol.

The booth containing the Kansas ar
ricultural display at the Panama-
Pacific exposition will be moved to
Topeka and placed in the basement
rotunda of the state house il was an
nounced today.
Albert T. Reid. member OF the
Panama-Pacific exposition commfs-
sion, wired today to have the display
shipped at once and hopes to get Il
here in time for the meeting Of the
state board of agriculture three weeks
from today.
Kansas won prizes and medals ga
lore for the wonderful agricultural ex-
hibit at the Frisco fair and the meme
bers of the commission thought IL
would be a good idea to bring the ex-
hibit to the state capitol to show the
people just what great showing the
state had made. The booth containing
the farm products of Kansas is 32 by
81 feet and 5 feet high. 1t really
isn't booth but house, Il is so large.
The display which will be brought
to Topeka won the grand prize over
the agricultural displays Of other
states.
"A Kansas Triumph Dinner" viii be
held December 80 at the Commercial
club to celebrate the excellent show
ing made by Kansas products at the
Panama Pacific exposition.
The members of the Kansas com
mission will be guests of honor at the
dinner. which promises to be an un-
usual affair
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H. S. GIRLS WIN
Demurrer Filed by School
Board Attorneys Is Denied.
Hearing on Original Proceed
ings Is Set for Monday.

The Topeka high school girls who
were suspended from the high school
for the term by II. B. Wilson. super
intendent of city schools, about two
weeks ago won the first round of
their legal fight for reinstatement this
morning when Judge Dana and Judge
Whitcomb in the district court over
ruled the demurrer to their petition
for injunction which asked that the
school board and the superintendent
be- restrained from enforcing the sus-
pension.
When Wilson suspended the girls
the school board backed up his action
Through their attorney, Ed NC
Keever, the girls took their troubles
to court. Hearing for temporary in
junction restraining the board from
keeping the girls out of school was
scheduled to be heard last Saturday
However, Saturday morning Judge
Carver and ]. B. Larimer, as attor-
news for the high school officials, filed
a demurrer to McKeever's petition al
leging that the paper did not cite
cause of action and that the girls
could not bring such an action jointly
as they had attempted to do. Argu-
ment on the demurrer was held all
day Saturday before Judge Dana and
Judge Whitcomb.
This morning the demurrer was en-
tirely overruled. The judges action
means:
First, that the girls have the right
to bring the suit jointly and that their
petition cites cause of action.
Second, that the suit will stay in
court and will be tried on it's merits
providing a temporary restraining or
der is granted.
This morning Judge Dana set the
hearing for the temporary restraining
order for 0 o'clock Monday morning,
the earliest possible date that the
hearing can be held after the holidays.
If the girls win their restraining order
temporarily another hearing will be
held later wherein the question of 4
permanent injunction will be decided.
When the girls were suspended it
was alleged by the high school Off
cials that the girls were connected
with a sorority. The girls claim that
the charges Were "trumped up.''
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Girl OF ALL Grief
"LittIe Mother" of Five Chill
dren Is Declared Insane.
Mother Is Dead and Her Father
Was Hanged for Murder.
Jefferson

Jefferson City, Dec 22-Her
the crime. in her mind the memory
that her testimony had helped send
her father to the gallows, the five
little brothers and sisters to whom
she had been a little mother scat
tered in as many different homes and
herself without a home; these are the
reasons why Erie Sprouse, 13 years
old was yesterday found to be of
unsound mind and today will be com
mftted to the state hospital for the
insane.
Last summer the body of Erie's
mother was found on an abandoned
farm in ST. Louis county with the
skull crushed from hammer blows
On July 6 William H. Sprouse was
hanged at Clayton, Mo-, having been
convicted of the murder of his wife
Probably the most damaging testi-
mony against him were the words of
Erie and her brother, Roy, fourteen
years old.
Papa took mamma away from our
home in East St Louis and brought
back another woman who he said
would be our new mamma" the chill
dran said
marriage license TO marry this woman
which with other circumstantial evil
dence fastened the crime on him.
After the execution of SprouSe
homes were found for all of his chill
dren excepting Erie. though she
seemed 20 be the brightest
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NO PEACE RELIEF
Colonel House Will Not Carry
Olive Branch.
Dispense Views of e. ;. on In
ternationaI Questions.

Washington. d. c., Dec. 22.-Au-
thoritative explanation of the pur-
poses of Col. E. NJ. Houses trip to
Europe at the request OF Presldent
Wilson and Secretary Lansing OBTAIN
ed here today discloses that Colonel
House will dispense the views or the
United States on general international
questions and will attempt to deter
mine the state of official and public
opinion in the various countries he
will visit
Colonel House visited Secretary
lansing last week and was advised of
the position in which the United
states government found itself in re-
gard to international questions and
what remedial measures should be
taken
He was told that this government
under existing circumstances had
found itself unable to put in writing
an adequate expression of the state of
public and official opinion regarding
important negotiations and that Amer
ican d I D o m a c representatives
abroad were unable to advise the state
department as to the state of govern
mental and public opinion in Europe
Visit All Capitals.
Colonel House will visit virtually all
the capitals of Europe. He will call
upon the diplomatic representatives of
the United States and explain in de-
tail American views upon various mat
ters. His discussions will not deal with
any particular questions, but will be
entirely general
The Peace Question.
During his tour Colonel House may
secure expressions or understanding
in regard to peace negotiations. Should
he do so the United States will be
promptly advised. However, he will
make no effort to secure views on this
point The peace question it is said is
merely incidental to his trip.
The state department wants it un-
derstood that the visit of Colonel
House should not be construed into
meaning that there is any dissatisfac-
zion with any Of the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the United States. As a
matter of fact, it was said. the con-
trary is true
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JUST JOLLY GOOD
FELLOW SHE SAYS
Margaret Tuttle TestifieS to DIR.
Ernest'S Good Character.
Defense Begins Inning in Sen
sati0nal AlimOny Case.
WIFE THREATENED EXPOSURE
DIR. Hammel Tells OF Talks
With Mrs. Ernest.
Testified She Told Him Miss
Knox Made Faces at Her.

DR.. f. j. Ernest, defendant in the
$4,000 alimony-separate maintenance
suit brought by his wife, ElVenor Ann
Ernest, started his inning in the dis
trict court proceedings this morning
when the defense began its testimony.
Attorneys for Ernest put witnesses on
the stand to show that Mrs. Ernest
had an enlarged vision of things. par
ticularly in connection with her hus-
band and other women" Mrs. Mar
garet s. TuttIe. formerly a trained
nurse a hospitals with which the doc
tor was connected, testified that she
knew Dr. Ernest we'll and that his
conduct with other women was moth
ing more than Jolly" and that the
doctor with everyone was Jolly
good fellow'-that was all.
DIR. Seth A. Hammel, a friend of the
Ernest family, testified that Mrs. Err
nest at different times, talked of her
troubles to him and at one time made
a statement to the effect that she
Continued on Page Two.)
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navy v PROBLEM ?
Members of U. S. Advisory
Board in Session Today.
Inspection of New BattIeship
"CaIifOrnia" First Act.

New York, Dec. 22-Problems az
fecting the u. S. navy are under con-
sideration by members of the naval
advisory board. who are here today
for their second general meeting.
Sessions of the board win continue
tomorrow.
After the preliminaries of the last
three months the board now is ready
to consider formally the important
questions referred to IT,
In the course of it's meetings the
board will visit the New York navy
yard, whore division of the Atlantic
fleet Is assembled. The naval advisers
will have an opportunity to inspect the
new battleship California
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APRIL WEATHER
Wind in South and Temperature Is
Only Three Degrees Below
Spring Normal.

The wind was in the south today
and the weather was almost of the
April variety. The lowest tempera-
ture last night was 34 degrees, which
is 15 degrees above normal for this
date. This reading is also only de-
grees below the April normal The
mercury tonight will reach about the
same point.
The shippers forecast reads to pro-
tect 36-hour shipments north against
temperatures of 80 degrees; west, %; !;
south and east, above freezing
The lowest temperature on record
for this date was below zero in 1887
The high mark was &c degrees in 1904
The mercury today promised to go
above so but there was little chance
of reaching the high record The Kaw
river rose L of a foot since Tuesday
morning, making today's stage 6 feet.
The temperature this afternoon
climbed to within four degrees of the
highest mark for this date in the
twenty-nine years that the records
have been kept The high reading,
62 degrees at o'clock, was % degrees
above normal afternoon temperature
for this date. Today was the warm
est since Thanksgiving The wind
blew at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour from the southwest
Tanonarat
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FORD IS
HURT BY
HOSTS
VIII End Peace Trip as IncOn-
spicuOusly as Possible.
Lack of Warmth Abroad a BlOH
to the Dove Carrier.
ONE DELEGATE DIES EN- ROUTE
Lloyd NJ. Bingham "A Victim of
Pneumonia Today.
"Hen" Is Recovering Rapidly
From His Sick Spell.
HAS COST S125, 600 ALREADY
Gives Up Idea of "Out of the
Trenches by Christmas"
Only a Small Delegation Likely
to Go to The Hague.
"Hen" Is Recovering Rapidly
From His Sick Spell.
HAS COST S125, 900 ALREADY
Gives Up Idea of "Out of the
Trenches by Christmas"
Only a Small Delegation Likely
to Go to The Hague.
BY CHARLES p. STEWART.
CWritten for the state Journal }

Christiania, Dec. 22.-That Henry
Ford now realizes the hopelessnesss of
obtaining results from his peace mis-
sion was the general opinion OF men
close to him today.
Ford, Il was rumored, plans to end
the peace trip in a perfunctory man
ner and as inconspicuously as possible.
He is deeply disappointed in the lack
of warmth in reception accorded the
peace delegates in Norway, and by the
direct declaration of hostility on the
part of the Danish government
These reports resulted from the fact
that botn Ford and Madam Schwim-
mer, who suggested the peace cruise.
have been in retirement for several
days. Ford is recovering slowly from
spell of sickness, it was stated to-
day, and Will be able to join the peace
delegates when they leave for Stock
holm tomorrow.
Banquet ut Own Expense.
Norwegian students banqueted
members of the Ford party last night,
but it was reported that the bill for
the entertainment was sent to Ford
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Dove STILL IN The AIR
Baseball Peace, However, Was Ex-
pected Before Conferees Adjourned
Meeting This Afternoon

Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 22.-The Ma
tional commission and the representa-
tives of the Federal league met short
ly after noon today, with the prospects
bright that a peace agreement end
ing the baseball war would be signed
before night.
The convening of the meeting was
delayed to await the arrival from the
east of Charles Ebbets, of the Brook
Iyn Nationals, Barney Dreyfuss, of the
Pittsburg Nationals, and Jack Dunn,
of the Richmond International league
club
Ebbets and Dreyfuss were expected
to take part in the final signing of
the peace agreement. 1t was stated
that Dunn would probably be the
principal Individual to appear before
the confarecs N behalf OF the Inter
national league, and that his state
ment would probably have some bear
ing on the affairs of that league in
the peace agreement
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BEAR OUT
CHARGES
At DODGE
GAR. Report Urges Discharge
of J. n. Harrison.
DemOraIizing Conditions Shown
in Meek Statement.
SHORT RATI0NS To INMATES
OFFICERS Had Plenty, COmman-
der Found in Probe.
State journal Investigation
Proven to Have Been True.
IT DOESN'T WORRY CAPPER
Governor Says He Sees Nothing
Wrong With Home.
Possibly He'll Conduct Probe
of His Own Soon.
IT DOESN'T WORRY CAPPER
Governor Says He Sees Nothing
Wrong With Home.
Possibly He'll Conduct Probe
of His Own Soon.

In report filed today with Gov
ernor Capper. the discharge of j. N.
Harrison as member of the board
of managers of the state soldiers
home at Dodge City is urged by C. A
Meek. department commander of the
G.. a. r. The report is signed by
Commander Meek and members of
his official staff. In their recent in
vestigation. they found the Dodge City
home in a demoralized condition All
of the reports published in the state
Journal of deplorable condlt1ons sent
from the home were suosuah llaiiy oOi
rect the report recites-
All Is Well, Says Governor.
FoIlowiug the filing of the report;
,.o1-arror CAMPER issued a formal
statement in which he upheld the pres,
ent board of managers II is peheFeu
in state house circles that the COVER
nor will ignore ~7iy suggestioh A0i
Colonel Harris ) removal
In his statement. the governor oe
clarea that he believed condllohs a.
Dodge better than at any time IN
I-ears n there is anything wrong, ne
said. steps Will be taken TO remedy
these condi@-a.~- el-ssff = ~ hAA a 80. 80
nex, few weeks, the governor stdles:
he will make personal inspection OF
tl,e home and will act on conditions as
he finds them. In other words, no OF
ficiaI action will be taken concerning
the report of the G. A X oliI -,
The report today covers in detall
the many complaints which nave
come from the soldiers home IL
charges J. n Harrison, former depart.
ment commander. with the making OF
iDf1ammatory speeches and the puon-
cation OF newspaper interviews which
aroused resentment among members
of the home.
short Rations to Inmates.
Charges that inmates of the home
were denied the right of peuuon' is
also substantiated in the report or the
TCo0fi0UP1i N l'acP T~o-l
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WILL RETURN fire
American Troops Ordered to
Protect Mexican Border.
All Is Quiet in JuareZ Today
Where Is Villa!

FL Paso, Dec. 22.-FranciscO
Villa has agreed to come to the
United States but will not pass
through Juarez, according to
General Manuel Banda This in
formation was contained in
statement by Banda made at the
conclusion of a conference of for
mer Villa Officers today in Juarez.
Ell Paso, Dec. 22-Complete tran
quillity prevailed in Juarez early to-
day. 1t was reported 1000 troops had
arrived from the South, but these were
said to be part of a force surrendered
by their officers at the Carranza con-
sulate here during the night.
American troops at Ell Paso, the war
department announced today have
been given orders to return vigorous
1y any further deliberate firing" from
the Mexican side of the border.
r. tfei.eF17 1isis ~ command at FL
4 aso, sTas ~ orted the firing which
resulted late yesterday, in the death
of an American was the deliberate act
of a squad of Mexieans who appeared
half a mile east of the international
bridge. American troops, the report
added, were covering the whole river
front.
During the rioting in Juarez the re-
port said, there had been little firing
and none towards the American side.
Orders Rioters Shot.
General Avila, who was in charge of
the troops in Juarez, ordered several
of the rioters shot, according to mill
itary reports from the border.
A state department agent at Ell Paso
reported that the American was killed
by an irresponsible soldier who was
killed by his own men.
Strong representations were made
last night to Mexican Consul Andreas
G. Garcia by General Pershing. COM
manding the Eighth brigade at Fort
Bliss. regarding the death of the
American, George A. Diepert, 80, of
Ration, n. NJ.
Where Is Villa?
General Villa. whose whereabouts
during the last few days have been
mystery, last night was reported from
Rancheria, seventy miles south of
Juarez, approaching the border
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LOSE XMAS CHEER
Savings Bank Fails to Open in
.Pittsburg Today.
Well known Financial InStitu-
ton in Bad Shape.

Pittsburg. Pa, Dec. 22.-Christmas
cheer in Pittsburg was rudely shocked
this morning when the Pittsburg
/ bank for savings, one of the best
known institutions in the city failed
to open for business. Tackled to the
front door at o'clock was a notice
which said that il had been closed by
order of the Pennsylvania banking de-
partment and G. H. Getty, bank eX-
aminer had been appointed temporary
receiver
II was known m the financial dis
trict that the bank had been unable
to weather the storms it has encoun-
tered since the failure of James S.
Kuhn and w. S. Kuhn, who were
credited with being prominently iden-
titled with the bank in 1914. A run
at that tine continued for several
days. but strong interests went to its
assistance and the doors were not
closed.
that the banking department was
paying attention to the bank
Many Savings Accounts.
Depositors of the bank included
many persons with savings accounts
although the institution did general
business
Deposits on September Is. 1915.
were S10,945,713, according to report
made to the banking commissioner.
On the same date the surplus was re-
ported at S4Oo. Inc Dank DuSl-
ness was scattered through western
Pennsylvania.
School Children Lost.
It was stated the bank had approx
imately 795, 900 depositors.
The savings of some Al, 900 school
children were included. For years
school children took their money to
school on a certain day of each week
and a collector for the bank called at
the various schools Many thousands
of dollars had been deposited by the
children. Scores of successful persons
in the city who began saving in this
way have continued their business re-
lations with the institution.
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A PRICE OF PEACE
Austria Will Pledge Dardanelles
Open to Russia.
Hungary Wants to Figure a
Way Out of the War.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.

Berlin, Dec. 22.-Hungary is willing
to pledge Russia that the Dardanelles
will always remain open for Russian
commerce as a condition of peace.
Count Albert Apponyi, leader of the
opposition in the Hungarian parlia-
meut. made this statement in an in
terview at Budapest. 1t is important
not only because of the prominent pO-
sitfon the count holds in Austro- Hun
garian affairs but because he is an in
ternational peace leader.
1--WE can understand why Russia
wants such assurance" said Count
Apponyi. but we cannot see why this
guarantee cannot be given without at
the same time ma king the political
power of Russia paramount when that
power would be a permanent menace
to our safety
Hungary wants peace but peace
would be impossible to return to the
conditions which brought about this
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Washington, Dec. 22.-The reply
of the United States to Austria's note
on the destruction of the Italian liner
Ancona, declares that he official ad-
mission of the Austrian admiralty that
the liner was torpedoed after she had
stopped and while passengers still
were aboard, alone is sufficient for the
American demand fer disavowal rep
aration and punishment of the sub
marine commander.
secretary Lansings second note, al
ready probably in the hands of the
Austrian foreign minister and made
public nere today, renews the de-
ma1ds of the United States and says
the details to which Austria referred
he~ reply to the first American com
municatiOn are in no way essential to
the discussion, it empha sizes that con-
tinuance Of good relations between the
two countries depends upon the action
of the Austrian government. The full
text of The note, which is addressed
to American Ambassador Penfield
follows:
Text of Note.
The government of the United
States has received the note of Your
EXcellency, relative to the sinking of
the Ancona, which was delivered at
Vienna on December Is, 1915, and
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration.
"On November is, 1915, Baron
zwiedinek, the charge d'affaires of
the imperial and royal government
Washington, transmitted to the de-
partnient of state report of the Aus
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