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The Parker post., 1915-10-02
Notice to Water Users.

Notice to Water Users.
Notice is hereby given to all water
users, by the Parker Improvement
Company, that there shall positively
be no irrigating after o'clock p. m.
of each week day, and none at all on
Sundays. At the hour stated, on
week days, the whistle will be blown
and Immediately thereafter all irriga-
tion hydrants must be shut off. AS
a penalty for a disregard of this no
tice the water will be shut Off
The Parker post., 1915-10-02

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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
Fracture of Collar Bone Causes Fast
Player to Give Up Game for
Several Weeks.
IS GREAT LOSS TO }3 I.
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
Must Keep Arm in Sling; Injured in
Game With Red Wing Wednes.
day Evening.

"Fuzz'' Johnson, star forward of
the Bemidji high school basket ball
quint, will be unable to play basket
ball for over a month as a result of
the fracture of his collar bone re-
ceived in the game with Red Wing
Wednesday evening.
An X-ray disclosed the fracture,
which is not serious, but will necessi-
tate that his arm be kept in a sling.
The loss of Johnson to the high
school quint will greatly impair the
strength of the team. Johnson is
one of the fastest pieces of human
machinery in the high school playing
the game. In the games with Red
Wing he starred in each.
The high school schedule will be-
gin shortly after the first of the year
and it is believed that over half the
games will have been played before
johnson will be able to get back in
to the game.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
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DAILY WAR ANALYSIS.
(By J. w. T. Mason.)
United Press Staff
I@..L
CORRESPONDENT.


X x X X x X X X x X X x x x X X X
The first important new taxation
within Germany since the beginning
of the war has been levied by the
grand duchy of Baden; which has in
creased it's income tax by 20 per cent
on all incomes" above $3.50. Other
states within the German federation
have announced their intention Of
following ~Baden's example. and the
imperial government, as well, is pre-
pairing to meet the financial burdens
of the war.
Income taxes in Germany are as
sessed by the German states indi-
vidually and not by the imperial
authorities. The taxes now begin
ming, therefore, are subsidiary to the
more stringent action which the
reichstag must take sooner or later,
in order to pay for the war.
Baden's increased income tax,
while produced by conditions result
ing from the war, is not in reality
a war tax itself. 1t is no more than
an intimation to the German people
of the frightful financial load which
eventually the reichstag must saddle
on Germany as a whole.
Hitherto the British have been the
only belligerents who have not tried
to dodge the financial responsible
ties of the war. Parliament long
ago imposed heavy war taxes on the
British people, whose chief complaint
was that the government had not
done so sooner. When the example
of Baden spreads throughout the
kaiser's empire the Germans will
then begin to realize how seriously
the war must affect their pocket
books for many years to come.
In what manner Germany will take
this discovery may have an impor-
tant bearing on peace. DR.. Helf-
ferich, the minister of finance, de-
clared in the reichstag last August
that war taxes would be unnecessary
for Germany because the cost of the
conflict would be collected from Ger
many's enemies through an indem-
nifty. This week, however, DR.. Helf-
ferich reversed himself and told the
reichstag that despite any indemnity
Germany might obtain increased tax
alton after the war would be ''col-
ossal."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
.PAY-DIRECT MACHINE
INSTALLED At BANK

A pay-direct machine has been in
stalled in the teller's window at the
Northern National bank. The ma
chine, when a key is pressed, shoots
the required sum out into a tray in
easy reach of the customer and so that
the money can be picked up in case
the customer is wearing gloves. The
money is no longer touched and
counted by the teller as the new ma
chine accurately counts out the sum
wanted
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
Each Present Has Tiny Tree With
One Candle Attached; All Soldiers
Are Remembered.
ENGLAND DENIES
RED CROSS CHARGES
Battle is Raging Between Serbs and
Bulgars in Albania :
Mountains. =

Berlin, Dec. Millions of tiny
Christmas trees, each with a candle
attached, have been sent to the SOL
diers to burn on top of the German
trenches Christmas night. Each
present to the soldiers has a tiny tree
attached.
The government has given to the
children of the soldier fathers, toys
representing soldiers and war mater
ials. Girls got Red Cross nurse dolls.
No peace toys were sent.
Washington, Dec. 24.-The British
embassy this afternoon officially de-
MED the report that England had de-
clined to permit it's shipments of Red
Cross supplies to Germany.
The embassy has been conducting
negotiations with American Red Cross
headquarters in Washington during
the past week regarding the ship
ments.
Rome, Dec. 24.-A battle has been
raging for the past three days be-
tween the Serbs and Bulgars in the
Albanian mountains, Prince Alex
Karageorgevech reported today on his
arrival.
He said that the men were fighting
fercely and had splendidly stopped
every enemy charge.
Although the men, he stated, are
suffering from the want of food their
spirits are unbroken.
':They will die to the last man.
said the prince, "before x accepting
the Teutonic yoke" :<~(.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24

children, the South Breeze, the East
Wind and the Warm Spring Zephyr.
I haven't seen them for hundreds of
years and if it wasn't for old Santa
1 don't know what I'd do. What 1
do for him is little enough" And
without another word the fierce old
man went roaring and bowling back
into the sky, looking fercer than
ever. = ! %
Municiapl Christmases Help.
II certainly am glad,' said Santa,
''to see so many places in the United
States having municipal. Christmas
trees for the rich and poor little
boys and girls together. I have al
ways done my best to get around to
every single one of the little tads,
but sometimes I haven't altogether
succeeded and want to tell you that
these municipal Christmases help me
a mighty lot I wish you'd mention
this in your story and let those who
haven't done it know how much I
would like to have them do it,"
"What about the little war orphans
in Europe?" Santa was asked.
Remembers Orphans.
II am going to do my level best to
remember every one of them," said
Santa very seriously; and the report
er thought he saw something that
wasn't a frost crystal glisten on the
old mans snowy beard. "And that
reminds me-" he went on, that l
mustn't sit here taking any longer.
I've got the biggest nights work
ahead of me that I have ever known
and I'm sure you will excuse me.
Tell the world hello for me and say
that I will miss no chimney top in
all the world if I can help it, even
down to the little sheet iron CHM
neys in the trenches and those out
on the gypsy trail."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
day school at p. NJ; vesperst at 1880
p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe.
CONGREGATIONAL (Nymore,

day school at p. M; VeSperSt at I: 81
D. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe.
Congregational (Nymore.)
Services Saturday evening at p.
m.; Christmas tree program at 1880
o'clock Monday evening. There will
be no services Sunday.
Christian Science.
BIT Fourth st.
Sunday service at II a. m. Wednes-
day evening service at 7:45 o'clock.
First Scandinavian Lutheran.
Christmas day services at 10:30.
Duet by Kern and Alvin Olson; SER
mon; solo by Miss Elizabeth Erick-
son. A Christmas offering will be
received Christmas tree program
Monday evening at 1880 o'clock, as
follows: Scripture reading and pray
er: song by choir; address of well
come, Borgol Johnson; recitation,
Nels Rode; song by the Sunday
school,; recitation, Edla Rude; reci-
tation, Lars Hakkerup, Edward Gin
mes, solo, king of Kings; reading,
Miss Ella LaQua; recitation, Alvilda
Casperson; primary class song and
exercise; recitation, Mable Groom;
Star Drill, seven girls; duet, two boys
and two girls; reading, Mable John
son; recitation, Violet Paquan and
Irving Bye; Norwegian song, class Of
girls; dialogue, Ernest Olson, Paul
Johnson and Victor Jahr; song,
Gladys Olson; recitation, four girls;
song by Sunday school; recitation,
three boys; song by choir; address
by Rev. Osmund Johnson.
Salvation Army.
Service Christmas night at 8
O'clock Special songs and music;
sermon by Rev. L. A. Sandgren. Sun
day Services-Sunday school at p.
M. salvation meeting at p. m. N.Y.
more-Sunday school at p. NJ;
praise meeting at p. m. Capt. and
Mrs. Sandgren in charge.
Episcopal.
Christmas at St. Bartholomew s
church-Dec. 25, children's service
and tree at 5 p. m.; Dec. 26-Holy
Communion at a. M; Dec. 26-Holy
Communion and sermon at II a. m.
Archdeacon H. F. Parshall, rector
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
Two KILLED.; F|vE|NjuRED
WHEN TRAINS MEET

Scranton, Penn, Dec. 24.-Two
were killed, five were injured and
hundreds narrowly escaped injury
when the third section of a west
bound Lackawanna passenger train
plunged into the second section early
this morning. The holiday travel
was heavy and the train was divided
into three sections. The second Sec
tion crew claimed that they had
placed torpedoes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
WINNERS PICKED At
ST. PAUL CORN SHOW

st. Paul, Minn., Dec. 24.-The
final judging of the corn exhibits of
the First National Bank of St. Paul
corn show was held yesterday and
the following prizes were awarded in
the district around Bemidji:
John Croy, Jr., East Grand Forks,
first; Lincoln Jones, East Grand
Forks, second; Rudolph Wick, East
Grand Forks, third; Hjelmar Brun-
den, East Grand Forks, fourth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
Day to Be Generally Observed in Be-
midi; Banks, Public Offices and
Business Houses Closed.
SEVERAL CANTATAS TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
City Especially Prosperous; Stores
Report Increase in Sales; Banks
Increase Deposits.

Christmas will be generally OBJ
served in Bemidji tomorrow.
Banks, public Offices, stores, mills,
etc., will be closed. The barber
shops will remain open until noon
when they will close to give their
employees a half holiday. No paper
viii be issued by the Pioneer tomor-
row.
Special programs have been pre-
pared by all churches.
There is every evidence of pros
perity in Bemidji at this Christmas
time. Christmas sales are estimated
at about 25 per cent heavier than in
former years. Practically all stores
show increases. That the people
spent only part of their surplus, how
ever, and have not forgotten the
'rainy day." is shown by the banks
who say that many new accounts
have been opened and more than the
usual proportion of the money with
drawn for gifts is coming back in the
shape of savings deposits. Dealers
in the various lines say Christmas
purchases this year has followed the
general lines as at the banks. There
is evidence ofwide-spread tendency to
give useful gifts.
The stores in Bemidji will remain
open until eleven o'clock tonight.
The church announcements for
Christmas day and Sunday are as fol-
lows:
% The Methodist, Presbyterian and
Baptist churches will hold union SER
vices tomorrow morning at 10:45
O'Clock at the Methodist church.
Rev. I. D. Alvord will deliver SER
mon on "The Birth of King" A
special music program will be given.
At the Baptist church at $50
o'clock the Epworth League will
meet Evening services will be held
at 1880 o'clock. The Sunday schools
Christmas play will be given Christ
mas night.
At the Methodist church evening
services will be held at 7:30
O'Clock. the subject being 1.-THE Mean
. ing of True Peace" A cantata will
be given Christmas night, the title
of which is a "A Visit to Santa
Claus"
There will be no services at the
Presbyterian church in the evening"
The Christmas cantata, the program
of which was announced in yester-
days Pioneer, will be given tonight
at the Presbyterian church.
Swedish Lutheran.
Early Christmas services at 6
O'Clock. All attending are asked to
remember the usual Christmas offer
ing. The Christmas program will be
given Wednesday evening. Sunday
Sunday school at IL o'clock Mon
aday-A Christmas program will be
given in the Nymore Congregational
church Monday evening at 1880
% O'clock.
Catholic.
Christmas Day-LOw mass at 8 and
$50 O'Clock; high mass at 10 o'clock.
There will be meeting of the chill
dren at 8 p. m.; vespers and bene-
diction at o'clock. There will be
no program as the interior finishing
OF the church has not been completed.
Sunday Services-Low mass at eight
CCOOD THE CUB
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
TRANSIENT FORFEITS
BAIL ON DRUNK CHARGE

Charles Lundquist, transient this
morning forfeited five dollars bail in
the municipal court for failure to
answer to charge of drunkenness.
Lundquist, who has only one arm,
was arrested yesterday afternoon only
after hard struggle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
NYMORE NEWS,
(By Special Correspond

\Dy OpcC1dA NOIISSQOuuSuL.J
x X X X x X X X x X x X X X x X x
Ole Loe returned to his home here
Wednesday after spending some time
working in camp near Kelliher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lindahl and
daughter left Thursday afternoon for
St. Hilaire where they will spend
Christmas visiting with Mr.. Lindahl's
parents.
The Torch Bearers, a class of boys
of the Congregational Sunday school,
met at the Rev. Caldwell home Mon
day evening. They spent the evening
in popping corn for the Christmas
tree. r..
Miss Emma Johnson of Brainerd is
in Nymore spending Christmas at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Gust John
son. ~ ~n s
julius Ulrickson, who has been
working for some time at Kelliher,
returned to his home here Wednesday
where he will spend Christmas
The public school gave its program
in the Krog hall Wednesday evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
HENRY FORD TO
RETURN HOME

London, Dec. PA dispatch from
Reuters today said that it was learn
ed authoritatively that Henry. Ford
had reserved two cabins on the liner
Bergensfjord which leaves Bergen
this morning for America. Ford is
reported to have taken a train for
Bergen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
THREE COUPLES ARE
LICENSED TO WE'D

Three wedding licenses were issued
today at the office of the clerk of
court They were to John G.. Jack
ley of Kansas to Beryle B. Brown,
Arthur F. Knieff to Eta Wilson,
both of Tenstrike; Norman Ossia
Powell of Aitkin to Gladys Very Lor-
enc Morrow of Backus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
LUMBERJACKS STRIKE -
RATHER THAN BATTLE

Bessemer, Mich, Dec. a.
Lumberjacks at the camp of
the Gogebie Lumber company
are on strike because the
company compelled them to
take a bath. ''City regula-
tions don't go in the woods"
they declare. !
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
In Interview With United Press Cor
respondent Says He Will Visit
Everyone.
PLANS TO 60 DOWN SHEET
IRON CHIMNIES TO TRENCHES
Old Saint Very Busy Before Starting
Out on Biggest Nights Work
He Ever Had.

UNITED Press STAR Correspondent)
At the North Pole, (Via Wireless)
Dec. 24.-Santa Claus was Just
coming out of the big silver barn
where some of the Santa Claus chill
dren were putting 4 final gloss on the
sleek brown coats of the hundred
handsome reindeer in their roOmy
ivory stalls when the United Press
man met him,
Is Very Busy.
Hello, there" said Santa as he
sat down in a big snow chair and
went on polishing an armful of spun
gold harness he carried, I'm glad to
see you, although I am sort of busy
You see, I'll have to work pretty fast
tonight if I'm going to get around to
all the little boys and girls in the
world. What can I do for you?"
Much Cheer at Pole.
The reporter was surprised to find
such a cheerful, busy. wonderful
scene here at the Nofth Pole, where
everything is just bleak, dreary
field of snow and ice and leaden sky
364 of the 365 days in the year, and
he couldn't answer at once, he was
so busy looking around at the mount
ing of presents everywhere. He was
most of all interested in the little
Santa Claus children, hundreds and
hundreds Of them, all looking like
little pictures of their daddy, hop
ping and skipping busily about
amongsthe millions of dolls and hob
by Horses and toys and games and
candy and everything imaginable,
putting the proper tags on every one
and he really didn't see how they
could do it.
Wasn't Very Cold. !
Then the gigantic silver barn, big
ger than all the ordinary barns in
the world put together, glittering
there in the snowfields. It has to be
that big you know, to hold Santa s
big steel sleigh. The reporter could
see part of the sleigh through one of
the purple barn doors and it was SO
big that-why, just one of the hun
dreds of rivets that held it together
was three times as large as four ten
year-old boys standing on top of each
others shoulders. And although it
was the middle of winter at the North
Pole, it wasn't so very cold. The re-
porter asked Santa Claus about this.
Santa laughed and called out in his
great, gruff, hearty voice:
North Wind is Friend.
"Boreas! Oh, Boreas! Come here
and tell this boy why it isn't cold
at the North Pole today" And from
somewhere way off there was the
most terrific whistling and shrieking
you ever heard and suddenly down
from the leaden sky dropped the big
gest, fiercest-looking old man in flow
ing white robes that the reporter had
ever seen.
Helps Santa Claus.
"This is my friend Boreas, the
North Wind" said Santa Claus
''How do you do?" shrieked Boreas;
and say, maybe his breath wasn't
cold. Didn't you know that al
ways have it warm enough for Santa
Claus to do his days work up here
once year? Didn't you know that
II do that for him because he takes
presents and messages for me to my
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
BRITISH CASUALTIES
TOTAL 528,327 MEN

London, Dec. 24.-The official
British casualties from the beginning
of the war to December was $685.
327 men, OF this number 1923
were killed, 338,75S were wounded
and 69,546 are missing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
SEVEN ARE KILLED IN
MISSOURI TRAIN WRECK

Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Seven were
killed and many injured today as the
result of a rear-end collision of the
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf and Frisco
passenger trains :'. <..;,- Z. r.. - i 5 =;
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24
BURROUGHS GRANTED
TO GREEK SOLDIERS

Athens, Dec. 24.-The Greek gov
ernment today, granted furloughs of
one month to all classes of reserves.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-24

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
PERSONALS.

Rudolph Burke Is home from a CHI
cago business trip.
Nathan LowitZ returned yesterday
from New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Conner have re-
turned from the east.
Mrs. II. c. Duncan has returned
home from trip to Lusk. Wyoming.
Mrs. Sweeney of Kansas City is
visiting Keokuk relatives and friends.
Miss Grace Fleming of Rock Island,
H.. is visiting her aunt Mrs. ]. c..
Blake.
James C. Davis Of Des Moines is in
the city for a few weeks visit with
relatives and friends.
Miss Helen Yoessling from Quincy.
Ill.,, is spending few days with Miss
Edith Peters.
Mrs. Michael Wedell Of Donnellson,
Iowa, Miss Katherine Oiler Of Mill
Grove. Mo-. and Miss Gertrude Hart
ley of Hannibal, Mo-, are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Tooke.
Mrs. C. NJ Cook who had been visit
ing friends in the city, a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Ackley,
left on the early. X line afternoon
train yesterday for Quincy where she
visited until evening and then left
for a visit with relatives in Missouri
at Benning and Edna.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
Liner st. Louis Sails.

II United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Aug. THE American
liner st. Louis sailed for Liverpool
late this afternoon, carrying a pas
senger list of go. Every berth but
one was filled.
Among the passengers were Mrs.
Claude Graham White, wife of the
famous aviator; and the duchess OF
Manchester, daughter of the late
Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
Perished by Fire.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, Aug. IA. B.
Huser, one of the best known citizens
of this vicinity, was burned to death
in fire which destroyed his home,
four miles west of Hannibal, on the
Palmyra road, about o'clock yester-
day morning.
Mr.. Huser was 80 years of age and
had been resident of Hannibal for
seventy-two years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
PERSONALS.

Or. G. Walter Barr was in keokuk
last night enroute from Des Moline
to Hamilton to spend Sunday with his
parents there.
Mrs. II. T. Flood and daughter,
Fmmanue,Ia. left yesterday morning
for a visit in Des Moines. Iowa City,
Chicago. and other points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
PERSONALS.

Mrs. c. E. Durgee left yesterday
morning for a few weeks visit with
relatives and friends at her old home
at Kansas, Ill.
MT. and Mrs. A. L. Minear of Musca-
tine have returned home after a few
days visit with Mrs. Minear's mother
Mrs. Catherine Collins.
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NOT A MERE POETIC MYTH
Abundant Proof of the Existence Of
Women Warriors Known as
Amazons.

For long time it was held that the
story of the Amazons, the valiant race
of woman warriors, SO great favorite
with the Greeks and other people Of
antiquity, was mere poetic myth,
but within recent years archaeological
researches have indicated that there
were indeed woman fighters of high
rank in those remote days.
A couple of years ago there was un-
earthed sepulcher in that part OF
Italy known as Etruria, in which was
discovered war chariot of bronze
and iron, wherein was crouched the
skeleton of a woman. About this
skeleton were the remains of rich
robes and ornaments of gold and ivory,
such as, in the old traditions, the
Amazons wore in battle. Tile bronze
work and the terra Gotta vases fixed
the date of the tomb as about 800 B. c.
The first stories of the AmaZons as
signed them to the northeastern part
of Asia Minor, but Etruria was
peopled from Asia Minor and had at
tanned high degree of skill in certain
of the arts long before Rome was
founded. Such evidence as this tomb
affords is, in the opinion of more than
one authority, more convincing than
the pictures of Amazons on the old
vases, or such legends as that Of
Queen Penethesila, who was said to
have led 5000 woman fighters to the
aid Of Priam during the Trojan war,