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NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD

scarcely made a showing at the State
College meet one week ago, finished
in fourth place with a total of %
points. The remaining schools in
their order follow: Chester, IL; Way
nesboro, IL; Milton, 8; Reading, 5;
Milfersburg, 1-2; Columbia, a; Ian.
caster, a; York, 4; Lebanon, 1. Eliza
bethville and Lykens failed to place
in any of the events. The summarizes:
One-Half Mile Run, (finals) s)-First,
Whiteman, Williamsport; second H.
Sellers, Steelton; third, Demming Tech !;
fourth, Strickler, Columbia; fifth Stit-
eler, Tech. Time, 2.06 As.
440 Yard Dash, (6nals)-First,
Whiteman, Williamsport; second,
Stansfeld, Tech; third, Vanderlin, Will
Transport; fourth, Yessler, York; fifth,
Heckel, Columbia. Time, SO 1-5 sec
onds.
Twelve Pound Shot Put-First,
Beck, Tech; second, Emanuel, Tech;
third, Crump, Steelton; fourth, Mckay,
Tech; fifth, Winkelbach, Milton. Dis
tance, Al feet, "a inches, (new rec
ord), former, 45 feet, II inches.
Running Broad Jump-First, Hef-
fefnger, Tech; second, Eyster, Tech;
third, Gardner, Steelton; fourth, Heff-
ner, Waynesboro; fifth, Messner, Mil
lersburg. Distance, 20 feet, "a
inches.
120 Yard High Hurdles, (inals)--
First, Beck, Tech; second, Anderson
Tech; third, Houtz, Central; fourth
Lerch, Reading; fifth, Lloyd, Tech
Time Is 1-5 seconds.
Pole Vault-Frst, tie between
Gardner, Steelton, and Brandt, Steel
ton; third, tie between McCarty, Will
Transport, and Anderson, Tech; fifth
Treadwell, Williamsport. Height, 10
feet, 2 inches.
One Mile Run-First, Mclaughlin,
Chester; second, Garland, Tech; third,
Harmon, Tech; fourth, McMamee,
Central; fifth, Miller, Tech. Time,
l447 3.5.
2l20 Yard Dash, (fnals) Hef-
fieinger, Tech; second, Kline, Waynes-
boro; third, Smeltzer, Central; fourth,
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technical HIGH School
wins A CHAMPIONSHIP
With 90 q Points to It's Credit Local
School Far Outdistances Big Field
-Steelton Second With 81 1-2
Beck the Individual Star

Tech outran and outthrew athletes
from fourteen other schools taking the
ninth annual High school championship
meet by the greatest margin ever re-
corded in this meet. Tech scored 80 1-2
points, taking nine first places and
scoring in all but one of the fifteen
events.
Rain fell during the preliminary
heats and made the track slow and the
records of other years still stand. Beck,
the individual star of the meet who
scored Is points, broke the only record
of the day, going 22 1-2 inches better
than the former mark in the shot put.
Heffelinger, the Tech sprinter, scored
Is points.
Tech wins the silver cup offered
for the meet and possession of the new
shield for one year.
Steelton High won second honors,
scoring for total of 81 1-2 points;
Williamsport was third, with 27 IL
points; and Central High, which
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LETTER LIST

Ladies' List-Mrs. E. S. Becker. Miss
Anna Endress, Mrs Sarah Freeman,
Mrs. c. S. Gildae, Dorothy j. Hardy
(DL), Mrs. Mae Hench. Mrs. II. II. Hiek-
man, Mrs. Minnie Hicks, Mrs Hogle,
Mrs. George Holmes. Miss II. Johns,
Mrs. Lewis e. Johnson, Mrs. J. f.
Kiehl, Mrs, Lizzie Lance, Miss Markell,
Miss Virginia Ridenour. Mrs NJ. L.
Shufz. Mrs. Edward silks, Mrs. Ella NJ.
Sinman, Miss Margaret Stoup, Mrs.
Beatrice Write.
Gentlemen's List-E. r., Andrus (2l.
Percy Beers. Prof. S. C. Bethel, p. C.
Bentzel, Ross Blessing. William w.
Boone, Chas. Robert Briggs Jr. A. Col
litti. j. A. Corrigan, David Currier. Jr..
J. III. Drewry. w. r. Ellis Billy Ennis.
H. A. Ewing. F., j. Ferrell, H. Fl.
F1eisher, w. e. Forrest, Frank Frey,
Hubert r. Eye. Mr.. Gregg. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Green. r. n. Grisham. Harry l..
Harris. Joseph Heardord. Wilmer A.
Hoke (2l, w. j. Jenkins, Rudolph Kim
merer. M. D., Harry King, Thomas
Klein, Y. r. Kremer r.. Leant. George
Lindsey Michal Lipiejke. Charles Mar
tin. Chas. w. Mcclure (DL), Geo. B.
Murray. Matte Nuegif (DL). Frank L.
Snyder, T.. p. Young.
Firms-Birdsall Engine Co.. The Dis.
patch, Humania Hair Co.
Foreign--Lea Furguson, Tomas Wild
icyki, Lauzino flu Luigi Vincenzo.
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Electrical Venus at Colonial

The electrical Venus is to be the
headliner at the Colonial theatre dur
ing the first three days of this week.
This is very pleasing spectacular nov
city in class with some other sight
acts that have been presented at the
Colonial, but different than any of the
others. The Selvinos will give shad-
owgraph act with some new features to
it. Larguy and Snee are man and
woman in one of those entertaining
Irritation skits. Lang and Coulter also
have a comedy sketch. The Colonial
is enjoying some Of the best business
it has ever known. Never was the
house on the busy corner more popular
than it is now. Theatregoers get some
good vaudeville, and they also get some
good pictures. And the price is cheap
Adv
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Munchausen

"The Travels of Baron Munchausen,
as we have them, are a compound from
great variety of sources. The first
installment, which processes to be
based on the real baron s own tales, is
scarcely quarter of the whole, and
even this has been traced in great part
to various German, Italian tod Portu-
guese origins. Afterward the autAo,
cribbed avowedly from Lucian and
added second volume intended as a
satire on Bruce's "Travels. - Most of
the early editions were entitler "Gul.
liver Revived; or, the Vice of Lying
Properly Exposed. London Taller.
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Alleged Chicken Thief Held for Court

Following the arrest Saturday of
Robert Braxter, S12 Gowden street, by
Policeman Mccain, the former being
caught with bag of eight chickens on
his back, was given a hearing Saturday
night before Alderman Murray and
held for court under $500 bail. Brax-
ter was given hearing Saturday after
noon before Mayor Royal but no evi-
dence could be secured against him. The
chickens, however, were identified as
those belonging to woman at Dau-
phin. Braxter would not plead guilty
to the charge and insisted that the
chickens were given him by two men
whom he met along the road.
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TYPHOID CHECKED IN NEWPORT
Only 800 Gases In Whole State Last
Month-2,1O in April, 1905

Reports to-day from Newport, Perry
county, to the State Health Depart
ment, are to the effect that there
have been no new cases of typhoid de-
veloped, and it is thought the epidemic
has been checked.
There were 65 cases in all, and three
deaths before the department assumed
charge. Typhoid cases throughout the
State were fewer during the month of
April this year than ever before in
that month. In 1906, when DR.. Dixon
first assumed charge of the State
Health Department, there were 2,100
cases of typhoid reported in April, but
during last April, but 332 cases we're
reported. 1t is sought still to reduce
this number.
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HARRISBURG
DAUPHIN-scHuYLK1LL LEAGUE
Elizabethville Takes Opening Game
From Tower City by Score of Z to o

Tower City, May 24.-Elizabeth-
vile scored shutout over the locals
in the opening game in the Dauphin-
Schuylkill League here Saturday aft
ernoon, to 0. Madeira allowed but
three hits.
The game at Lykens between Ly-
kens and Wiliamstown was cancelled
because of wet field. The game was
scheduled to be played this afternoon.
The score by innings:
R. H. E..
Elizabethv e 90 OOO16OO OF 10 |
Tower City 00000 900 90 8 2
MADEIRA and Boyer; Dorcher and
Myers.
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LITTLE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
Philadelphia & Reading to Hold Morn
ing Train Five Minutes Longer

The new schedule of the Philadel.
phia & Reading railway has one i'm.
portant change, whereby the train to
Reading which formerly left here at
$40 o'clock is delayed here five min
utes, giving the people from the west
eleven minutes time instead of six min.
utes as formerly.
An appeal was also made to the com
pany by the Travellers Protective As
sociation to run night train but the
company failed to grant the request at
the present. There is no night accom-
modation for the people between Har-
risburg and Easton.
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STANDING OF TILE CLUBS
Baseball Games Wanted

Trainmen A. c. for May 81. E. S.
Martin, 327 Kelker street, manager.
Hick-A Thrifts for May 81 with
out-of town team. A. E. Atkinson, 1877
Christian street, manager.
New Cumberland Braves with a
team whose players average from IA to
16 years for Saturday. Eugene Murray,
New Cumberland, manager.
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DR.KLUGH, Specialist
Physician ana surgeo.

Physician ana Surgeon
Omees, z06 Walnut ST.. Hnrrfsbure. Pa
Diseases of women ana men, specfaI.
private. specific. nervous aad chronic
diseases. General ofiice work. Consul.
tation free and confidential. Medicine
furnished. Work guaranteed. Charges
moderate. ~ years. experienes.
DIR. kLUGHs the well-knSwH Specialist
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MIDDLEToWN PLAYERS LEAVE
Lockard and Moore Sign With George
Stroh'S Chambershurp Team

John Lockard, center fielder, and
William Moore, left fielder, both mem
bers of the Middletown team of the
Central Pennsylvania Baseball League,
to-day joined the Chambersburg ball
club of the Blue Ridge League in the
Cumberland Valley.
George Stroh, formerly catcher on
the old Harrisburg Tri-State club, now
is managing the Chambersburg team
and signed the Middletown players
while on a scouting trip yesterday.
The Blue Ridge League opens this week.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit. 10; Athletics. 5

Detroit, May 24.-If there is any
thing in the old axiom about expert
ence being the best teacher, couple of
Connie Mack s young pitchers may CON
slider themselves literally educated aft.
er the happenings of the Sabbath, for
the result of the mixture of Tiger hit
ting and Mack finging was 10 to in
Detroit S favor, nine of the home
team s runs coming in the first three in
nings.
r. HI. E..
Athletics = 8 0010 01-5 8 5
Detroit :. 900 0x-10 II 0
Pennock, w. Davis and Schang, Nc
Avoy; Dauss and Stanage.
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second, Chester; third, Williamsport;
fourth, Columbia; fifth, Steelton. Time.
3.44.
Hammer Throw-Frst, Miller,
Tech; second, Diffenbach, Central;
third, Winkelblech, Milton; fourth,
Black, Central; fifth, w. Crump, Steel
ton. Distance, 1877 feet, inches.
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Central Penna. Games Postponed

Rain and wet grounds caused the
postponement of all of the games in
the Central Pennsylvania League Sat
urday afternoon. No schedule for play
ing postponed games has yet been ar.
ranged.
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Rain Stopped Game at Trenton

Rain caused postponement of the
game at Trenton between the Harris
burg and Trenton teams of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Motive Power League
teams.
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I,aconic

Kitchener of Khartum knew just
what to do when he heard that a dis
tinguished and recently married officer
was being visited by his wife at his
headquarters in the field. Zone of you
must come home,' he wired.-Boston
Globe.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Detroit, 10; Athletics, 5.
Washington, 4; Cleveland, 1.
Chicago, 4; Boston, 2.
st. Louis, A; New York, 3.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Chicago, 2; Baltimore. O..
Baltimore, 2; Chicago, 1 I'D game.
ST. Louis, 10; Newark, 8.
Buffalo, d; Kansas City, 2.
Other clubs not scheduled.
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Cleveland, o., May Washington
had no trouble in defeating Cleveland,
4 to 1, yesterday, johnson outpitching
Morton, Cleveland's s star hurler, all the
way.
R. III. E.
Cleveland 100000 ii "a
Washington 0 0 0 / o. II 2
Morton, Jones and O'Neill; johnson
and Ainsmith.
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st. Louis, 4; New York. 3

st. Louis, May PA brief batting
rally in the ninth inning decided tight
game between st. Louis and New York
in favor of the home team here yester-
day, A to 8.
r. H. E.
New York 100000 O0-3 1
st. Louis 0 2 0 0 l 00v IA s 0
Weilman and SEVERED; Caldwell and
lNunamaker.
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PALMYRA. 3: Harris Park. Q

Palmyra, May 24.-Palmyra nosed
out the Harris Park A. C. of Harris
burg here Saturday afternoon in a
hard-fought game, score to q.
r. H. E.
Harris -, 00 001100 o. S 4
Palmyra 20 0 0 o 2 0 90 1-3 10 2
Smith and Owen; Rauch and Cling
rich.
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L. v. RESERVES WIN

Tech High Fails to Connect With
Brown s Shoots
Technical High school lost to the
Lebanon Valley Reserves at Annville
Saturday afternoon by the score of to
2. The locals could not hit Brown
when hits meant runs. Light rain in
the early innings interfered with the
playing. The score:
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Stanley A. O.. 10; Royalton. :

The Stanley A. C. won a pitchers ;
battle from Royalton Saturday after
noon at that place by score of 10
to Z.
R. Fl. E.
Stanley .. 80 1902 0 DO IL z
Royalton % 1 200013 o. 8 6
McLeaf and Phillips; Menear and
C. Sipes.
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nine, tanning sixteen batters and al
lowing only four scattered hits.
r. H. f.
Enola .... 0 0 0 01Ox-4 III
Washington 0 0 90 00O0 90 2
Gibbin and Rohrbaugh; Banford and
Sawyer.
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Harris Park Juniors Win

The Harris Park Juniors defeated
the North Street Stars Saturday by the
score of IA to 5. G. Swartz kept his
hits we'll scattered.
Harris Jrs 0 $1,000 O2-14 10 0
Stars -. 0 l 0 03 o o 0-5 s 6
G. Swartz and Cimno; Emanuel and
Weind.
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Schedule for To-morro %

Baltimore at st. Louis.
Buffalo at Chicago.
Newark at Kansas City.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
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Enola. 4: Washington. O

The Enola Country Club blanked the
Washington Fire Company nine at
Enola Saturday afternoon, score 4 to O.
Gibbin pitched good ball for the Enola
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Schedule for To-dav

Athletics at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
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Schedule for To-day

Baltimore at st. Louis.
Buffalo at Chicago.
Newark at Kansas City.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS
DAUPHIN-PERRY LEAGUE
Saturdays s Results

Dauphin, 4; Newport, 0.
Duncannon, 8; Halifax, Z.
Marysville-M -Millersburg postponed;
rain.
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Chicago, 4; Boston, 2

Chicago, May 24.-The batting of
John Collins and the spectacular field
ing of Weaver caused the defeat of
Boston by Chicago to in the final
game of the series yesterday.
R. Fl. E.
Boston -. 000 2 0 0 o. 10 0
Chicago -. 0 o 101 0x-4 0
Wood and Cady; j. Scott and Schalk.
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Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New York.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS
DAUPHIN -sc1IUYLKmL LEAGUE
Saturdav's Results

Elizabethville, Z; Tower City, 0.
Lykens Williamstown postponed
rain.
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Schedule for Tomorrow

Athletics at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
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Schedule for To-morrow

Schedule Tor T0-m0rroW
Cincinnati at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
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ADJUSTMENTS
MAJESTIC

Thursday evening, May 27, Christie
Macdonald in Sweethearts.
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BASEBALL SUMMARY
STANDING OF CLUBS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Schedule for To-day

Yesterdays Results
No games scheduled.
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AMATEUR BASEBALL
Little, II; Rosewood, 0

The Little A. c. won from Rosewood
Saturday afternoon, score IL to O.
R. H. Z.
Little A. C............ G IL % 1
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CENTRAL PENNA. LEAGUE

Saturdays Results
All games postponed; rain.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
ENGINEER TO SPEAK
At FARM CLUB MEET

Charles A. Forbes division engineer
Of the State Highway commission,
will give an illustrated lecture at the
regular monthly meeting of the Be-
midi Farmers club to be held in the
Carr Lake school house, Jan. 8.
The members of the club are pre-
pairing a splendid program for this
occasion and will tender a banquet
to visitors and members at II o'clock
in the forenoon. A special invita-
tion is extended to the business men
of Bemidji.
A. E. Rako, president of the club,
has received word that Mr.. Forbes
will bring his lantern and slides and
will deliver lecture on roads and
needed roads in Northern Minnesota.
Mr.. Forbes is we'll acquainted with
conditions in this section, having
surveyed and plated the city of Be-
midji years ago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
APPLICATIONS MAJ X
F0RL|QU0R LICENSE.
BY kELL|HER men
Council is Asked to Grant Powers De-
spite Fact That City is In
LID Territory.
WILL WARD OFF ARRESTS
FOR ILLEGAL SALES
May Be Start of Big Fight Against
Treaty by Saloon Men of
That District.

Kelliher, Minn., Dec. 2S.-Despite
the fact that Kelliher is in the terri
tory covered by the Indian treaty, ap-
plication has been made for the es-
tablishing of saloons in the village
The applications have been made by
j. O. Harris, R. J. Poupore and Gust
Olson. The village council will pass
upon these applications in several
weeks.
The action by the saloon men is
the first step taken to put a stop to
the campaign of County Attorney
Torrance and Sheriff Johnson against
the unlicensed sale of liquor in the
county. Seven Kelliher men have
been arrested at two different times
for "blindpigging."
BY having their saloons licensed
the county officials will not be able
to make further arrests. However,
as Kelliher is in the "lid'' territory,
no liquor can be sold in the village
and any liquor in the village is sub
ject to confscation by the Federal
authorities.
Just what action the state and fed
eral authorities will take is not
known.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
SHERIFF JOHNSON
=. .... AT ST. PAUL MEET

Sheriff Andrew Johnson of Bel
trami county attended the annual
meeting of the Minnesota sheriffs
at st. Paul yesterday. Mr.. Johnson
was president of that organization
for the past year.
The new officers, which were elect
ed late last evening, are: William
J. Julius, New Ulm, president; P.
A. Peterson, Ada, vice president; L.
S. Kent Alexandria,, secretary; W.
F: Geiger, Faribault, treasurer.
"How enforcement of the dry law
is progressing in your county," was
one of the topics discussed by the
sheriffs. In most cases the reports
were that everything was dry. From
some counties came stories of doctors
being sent to explain at the grand
jury. why they prescribe alcoholic
beverage too freely to imbibing pa
tients, and sending druggists over the
road for attempting to be successors
to the recently banished dram shops.
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JUDGE DONATES Is
CENTS TO VAGRAN7
Joe Martin Receives Donation; Fine
is Suspended; Connors is
Released.

Fined two dollars on vagrancy
charges, fine suspended, a donation
of Is cents from the Judge, is the
novel experience that was had yes
terday afternoon in the municipal
court by Joe Martin, transient.
Martin was the first to be arrested
under the order of Chief Ripple to
clean Ben1idji of vagrants. Martin
pleaded guilty and Judge A: M. Crow
ell fined him two dollars. Later he
suspended the sentence. And later
he gave Martin rs cents.
M. j.. Connors, who was arrested
with Martin on the same charge and
who pleaded not guilty, was found
not guilty. Connors is a member
Of the I. w: w. and several fellow
members of the organization, which
has opened an office in this city, ap-
peared before the, court in his be-
half He was released.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
IS GOING TO VIENNA
WITH TERMS OF PEACE

Geneva, via Paris, Dec 29.-A dis
patch to the Tribune from Vienna
says:
"Chancellor Won Bethmann Holl-
veg is expected in Vienna shortly
with the full conditions under which
the central powers will accept peace.
After discussing the terms with Bar
on Won Burian, the Austrian foreign
minister, the conditions will be Off
cially communicated to the allies,
Germany suggesting that the first
conference be held at The Hague" ."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
new FIRE ALARM =.
SYSTEM IS BEING
INSTALLED IN CITY
Alarm to Be Operated by Northwest
ern Telephone System Over
Telephone Wires.
SIGNAL AT HOME OF EACH
MEMBER OF DEPARTMENT

The rotary automatic fire alarm
which was purchased by the city
council, through the fire department,
is being installed today.
The rotary is installed in the CEN
tral office of the Northwestern Tele-
phone company in such a manner that
it does not have the slightest effect
upon the operation of the telephone
system. 1t uses the telephone bells
in the houses of the firemen connect
ed thereto as alarm bells when an
alarm is sounded and the alarms are
transmitted over the telephone wires,
thus giving individual alarms to each
fireman, independent of each other.
Only fremen will be on the alarm
system. No. 999 will be the central
alarm and will be rung only in case
of fire.
The apparatus is set in operation
by simply turning a key located on
the switchboard. By this operation
the alarms are automatically sent
out. When the complete alarm has
been sounded, consisting of fire in
termittcnt successive rings of each
bell, transmitted selectively, the ma
chine automatically stops
Under the new system the fire
whistle and bell will not necessarily
be operated. The public in general
will not know that there is a fire.
No information as to the whereabouts
of the fire will be able to be secured
from the telephone central as she
will not know where the fire is.
The new alarm system is one of
the most modern of it's kind and will
cost approximately $500.
The Bemidji volunteer fire depart
ment held the annual meeting of the
year last evening at the city hall. All
officers were reelected. They are,
Herb Doran, chief, Scott Stewart,
secretary, and John Goodman, treas
urer. The officers of the Bemidji
Relief association, an auxiliary of
the fire department, also reelected
it's officers. They are, Charles Dali
ey, president, R. E. Miller, vice
president, John Falls, secretary, and
John Goodman, treasurer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-29
FUNERAL OF FRANK
THOMPSON IS HELD

The funeral of Frank Thompson,
pioneer resident of this city who
dropped dead from heart failure at
his home on Minnesota avenue,
Christmas morning, was held yes
terday afternoon at two o'clock from
the Methodist church, Rev. B. D.
Hanscom officiating. Interment was
made in Greenwood cemetery of this
city. The pallbearers were Judge
L. G.. Pendergast, A. L. Collard, S. P.
Hayth, William Fellows of Tenstrike,
w. A. Walker and J. M. Phillippi.