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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
FOURTEENTH YEAR.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer to-
day celebrates it's fourteenth
birthday-with thirteen years of
honest effort behind it to further
ing the interests of Bemidji,
Beltrami county and Northern
Minnesota. ~
The paper was launched with
the pledge to advocate what was
believed to be for the best in
terests of the community. We
believe that we have carried out
that pledge. We have made
mistakes, of course, and have
criticised sometimes justly and
once in a while, perhaps, un-
justly. On the whole the people
of Bemidji and Beltrami county
have treated us graciously and
for this we are appreciative.
It is generally conceded that
the newspaper is the best reflex
of prosperity and progressive
ness of any community. The
Pioneer has endeavored to rep
resent Beltrami county favor
ably in the past and will con-
tinue to do so in the future.
This then is renewal of that
first pledge to do what we can
to further the interests of Be-
midji and Beltrami county.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
PRICE OF MILEAGE
BOOKS TO INCREASE

Beginning with the first of the year
there will be an increased tariff on
Western passenger mileage books.
These books cover travel in Mime
sofa and North Dakota.
Books now selling for $40 for 1900
miles of travel will be increased to
$45, while mileage now selling for
$50 will be increased to $67.5O.
The increased tariff is based upon
the permission recently granted the
railroads to increase their passenger
tariffs in the Western territory.
The sale of mileage books at the
old rate was discontinued today at
the Bemidji Union depot.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
AUSTRIA TO REPLY
LATE THIS week
Note on Ancona Situation to Be Pre-
sented to Ambassador Penfeld;
. May Be Satisfactory. :.

Berlin, Dec. 2s.- The entire ques-
tion of submarine warfare as it affects
the United States will be settled in
a few days, 1t is believed here.
Austria's reply to the Ancona note
will be handed to Ambassador Pen
field the latterypart of this week. AS
surances are that the note will be
satisfactory and final. 5.s::@st-.
A strong party of the dual mon
archy insists that friendly relations
with the United States be preserved.
Apparently this party has the upper
hand. S a.g} .-
London, Dec. 28.-Reports from
Swiss sources state that Austria in
tends to suggest the appointment Of
an international commission to de-
termine the disputed points in the An
coma case. ~ }s.>-5zzs
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
INSANE MAN BELIEVES
THAT HE IS A WOMAN

International Falls, Mimi, Dec. 20.
"A crazy man at the jail continues
to- keep things livened up there. He
in \gines that he is woman and
keeps arranging comforts and other
bed clothes for skirts. 1t is believed
that he has escaped from an asylum
and the sheriff's office is kept busy
trying to uncover his past history
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
GOVERNOR HANNA ILL
IN COPENHAGEN

Copenhagen, Dec. 2S.-Governor L.
B. Hanna of North Dakc ia, member
of the Ford peace party, arrived to-
day, suffering from influenza. He
has high fever.
The governor was admitted to St.
Joseph's hospital, Copenhagen. The
American legation is caring for him.
The American minister, DR.. Maurice
Egan, Mrs. Egan and many others
flowers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
REFUSES TO DISMISS
NEW HAVEN INDICTMENTS

New York, Dec 28-Federal Judge
Hunt today denied the motion to dis
miss the indictments charging eleven
former and present directors of the
New Haven railway with conspiracy.
put in their defense and the case
must go to the jury.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
RED LAKE FALLS OFFICIAL
FINDS OLD BILL BOOK

Red Laks Falls, Mimi, Dec. 28.-
While tearing down the old building
IN that "hollow," that has been con-
demned by the state fire marshal, H.
o. Gjerberg found an old fashioned
bill book of the kind that grand
father used to carry
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
FORECASTS GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS

Washington, Dec. 28.-The prob
able government ownership of all
railways in all the Americas was
forecasted today by Charles Prouty,
director of valuation of the interstate
commerce commission, before the
transportation section of the, Pan
American conference this afternoon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
GEN, HUERTA SERIOUSLY;
ILL; TAKEN FROM PRISON

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 28.-Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta, formerly provisional
president of Mexico, held for viola
tion of neutrality laws of the United
States, is seriously i'll and has been
to the residence of his wife. The
nature of his illness is not known.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
BORDER CITY LODGE
TO BUILD NEW HOME

International Falls, Mimi, Dec. %.
In keeping with the growth of this
city, local members of the Odd Fell
lows propose to build suitable lodge
headquarters. A committee of five
members has been selected to pro-
vide means for the erection of a suit
able building. ~.'-> '.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
MERCHANTS CONSIDER
.PAY-UP WEEK PLANS

The Bemidji Merchants association
is holding meeting this afternoon
al the Commercial club rooms. Plans
are being made for holding a Pay-Up
week in this city during the week Of
Feb. 21 to 26 which has been named
as National Pay-Up week. Other i'm
portant matters are being considered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
FUNERAL OF MRS. f.
N. SATIRE IS HELD

The funeral of Mrs. e. M. Satire
was held this afternoon from the Nor
lWegian Lutheran church. Interment
was made at Greenwood cemetery:
The pal1bearers were e. A. Barker,
G. E. Battles, w. L. Brooks, Charles
Cominsky, R. H. Schumacher and G.
D. Backus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

PRESIDENT WILSON 50

Hot Springs, Va, Dec. %.
President Wilson celebrated
y his 59th birthday today quiet
ly with his bride. The only in
dication that the executive has
] passed another milestone was
the scores of kilograms from
his friends in all parts of the
world. < -. -. s-.-
In health and spirit the
president is many years
: younger than So. His hair is
quite grey, but he stands
erect, S feet II inches I'M his
stocking feet. Recently he tip
ped the scales at III pounds.
He walks a great deal and
plays lots of golf. Woodrow
Wilson was horn at Saunton,
Va, Dec. 28, 1856. His father
was the Rev. Joseph R. Will
son, a distinguished scholar
and clergyman of the south,
and his mother Jessie Wood
row Wilson. His ancestry on
both sides is Scotch-Ir1sh.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
TRA|NMEN TO GIVE
new YEARS DANCE

The local order of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen has made
arrangements for a dance New Years
night to be given in the Armory. In
vitations in the form of train orders
have been issued and posted in differ
ent public places.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
CARNEGIE GIVES BIG
SUM 70 BEInIANs;
Amsterdam, Dec. 28.-Andrew Car
negie has sent $12,OOO,O00 to the re-
lief of the Belgian war victims.
RUSSIA AFTER BIG
LOAN IN UNITED STATES

Stockholm, Dec. Confirmation
has been received here that Russia is
to negotiate a loan in the, United
States for $60,oO0,000 for the pur-
pose of paying for supplies ordered In
that country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
RICE STATUE TO BE
UNVEILED ON FEB.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Final pre-
parations are being made for the
unveiling in the Congressional Hall
of Fame, the statue of Senator Henry
M. Rice, the first delegate to Wash
ington from Minnesota. The statue
is to be unveiled Feb g.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
LINER T0RPED0ED; BELIEVED
FRENCH CHEF ON BOARD

Paris, Dec. 2s.-A dispatch from
Marseilles today states that the
French liner Vile De La Citot was
torpedoed in the Mediterranean be-
cause the Germans believed that Gem
eral Castelnay, Of the French chief
staff, was aboard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
nA1ch" MEETING TO :.
Be HELD IN NYM0RE

A "watch" meeting will be held in
Nymore at the Congregational church
next Friday evening to watch the de-
parture of the old year and to well
come the new year. Rev. J. E. Cad
we'll is pastor of the church.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
NO ARRESTS ARE MADE
IN DRY GAINESVILLE

Barnesville, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-The
most striking record in this city's
history has been revealed by the
records covering the period from No.
vember 20 to December 20, during
which time there was not single
arrest. During the 80 days previous
to this there were 70 arrests. The
period of non-arrests covers the 80
days since the saloons were closed
under the county option law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
PEOPLE OF. SWEDEN .. -.
ATTEND PEACE meet

Stockholm, Dec. 2S.--People of
Sweden are warming up to the Ford
peace mission. The hall was unable
to accommodate. the crowd attending
the peace meeting here last evening.
The Stockholm press comment is dis
tinctly favorable. Louis Lochner,
principal speaker last evening, ad-
mitted that the delegates had not been
able to form possible peace plans.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
By William Philip Simms.

CUn1teo Press 8tA8 CorreDp00003t)
Paris, Dec. 2S.-Five significant
events punctuated the year just draw
ing to close as seen from the
French point of view: The battle
of Champagne, the Balkan muddle,
the change of governments, the crea-
tion of an internally War Council
and the nomination of General Joffre
as commander -in-chief of all the
French armies, wherever the theater
of operations.
Year Without Brillance.
On the whole France regards the
past year as one without brilliance
so far as she or the Allies are con-
cerned. Her victories have been
rather negative. While her enemy
has been making some great runs
around the ends she and those fight
ing with her have succeeded in keep
ing the ball rolling pretty we'll in
the middle of the field. The first
half of the game seems about over,
the Teutons have the ball but there
have been no touchdowns. That is
about the way the common sense
Frenchman sizes up the situation at
the close of 1915. - .
Champagne Important.
The battle of Champagne was i'm
portant because it was the very first
battle to be fought under present
trench-perfect conditions; it gave the
French soldier q proper measure Of
the enemy and a proper measure of
himself. Though no important
strategic point was gained by this
victory, undoubtedly it will have it's
best effect on 1916 operations be-
cause it settled several important
points.
The internally War Council leads
Frenchmen to believe that the mis-
takes of the past are not likely to be
from now on they have
determined that the war plans Of;
the Allies will dove-tail and that the
coming year will register some real
results.
Fail in Diplomacy.
The Balkan muddle has given
France more anxiety, perhaps, than
any other war phase during 1915.
Frenchmen openly admit failure there
both automatically and military.
Greece three times offered to join
the Allies, once even before the bat
tie of the Marne in 1914, but each
time she was refused admission. Then,
when the Allies had fallen down at
the Dardanelles and in Bulgaria, and
asked her to come in she had changed
her mind. It is admitted in certain
circles that had France and the Al
lies acted in concert and at the prop
er time, there is not the slightest
doubt that Greece would have led
the dance, that Bulgaria and Ruma-
MIA would today be fig hting on the
Allies side and that the multi-colored
flags of Germany's opponents would
today be floating over the minarets
of Constantinople. s....
Government Reorganized.
The resignation of Theophile Del
casse, considered one of the greatest
of Frenchmen, from the office of min
lister of foreign affairs, was due un-
iquely to the Balkan developments.
Some say he opposed the sending of
troops to Salonika, others declare he
long ago advocated big stick methods
in the Near East and that because his
diplomacy there was not strongly
backed up, King Ferdinand Joined
hands with the kaiser instead of with
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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

Fletcher Grimoldby, deputy county
treasurer of Beltrami county, return
ed this morning from the Twin Cities
where he spent Christmas visiting
with friends g.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
PACIFIC COAST MAY BE
LOCATION OF ACADEMY

Washington, Dec. 28.-Secretary
Daniels today said that the Pacific
coast would be an ideal location for
another United States naval academy
but that he believed that it would be
unwise to establish it this year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
|bemIDJl j. G. 7. TO
GIVE new YEARS DANCE

The Bemidji U. G. T. will give a
New Years dance at the city hall
Friday evening. Many couples are
planning to be present to dance the
Old Year out and the New Year in.
The L. Burchard orchestra will fur
nish the music.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
PAYS $1,085 TAXES.

One man yesterday paid the
county treasurer $1,0S5 on current
and back taxes. He was DR.. F. A.
Blakesly, who was county physician
in this county when the county was
first organized.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
CONTINUE TO THRESH
AT HAZELTON, n. D..

Hazelton, N. d., Dec. 28.-There
is still a large portion of this years
crop to be threshed in this locality,
four machines being at work in an
effort to finish up before the heavy
winter SHOWS call halt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
CZAR ASKS RUMANIAN
KING TO INTERVENE

Rome, Dec. 2S.-1t is reported here
that Gear Nicholas has sent Ambas-
sador Schelko to Bucharest with
personal message to the Rumanian
king asking him to intervene on the
side Of the Allies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

Miss Ella Larkin, deputy in the
county treasurer's Office, returned this
morning from Buffalo, Mimi, where.
she has been visiting since last FRI
lday with friends and relatives.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and two
children, Inez and Harold, arrived in
the city this morning after visiting
with relatives in Minneapolis over
Christmas. ..~..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
VACLvA HALAMA
FILES FINAL PROOF

Vaclav Halama today made final
proof on 167 acres in section "a,
township 155, range 81. Frank
Fusick has proved up on 100 acres
in section 33, township 1856, range
81.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
SUBMARINE IS SUNK
-- BY RUSSIAN DESTROYER

Petrograd, Dec. 28.-The official
statement this afternoon states that
a Russian destroyer sank a hostile
submarine in naval action of the Bull
garian Black, sea coast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
MAY OPERATE ON
KAISER'S THROAT

London, Dec. 28.-Unconfirmed
Swiss reports state that an operation
will be performed soon on the kafs-
er's throat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

Attorney P. J. Russell returned
yesterday afternoon from Cass Lake
where he went on business trip
Sunday morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
PINE RIVER AoTEL.=-...s.z.
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Pine River, Minn., Dec. 28.-Fire
today destroyed the Barclay hotel and
two adjacent buildings. The loss is
estimated at over $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
1915 IS YEAR OF
PREPARATION FOR
FRANCE,SAYSSIMMs
United Press Staff Correspondent
n :: Writes Article on Review
- of War.
EXPECTS SOME SORT OF
Is DECISION NEXT FALL
Five Significant Events Punctuate
Year Closing From French
= Viewpoint. 49,.
EXPECTS SOME SORT OF
r. DECISION NEXT FALL

Note-This is the second of
series of articles to appear in the
Pioneer in review of the war
of 1915. The next article will
appear in tomorrow's paper.
Editor. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
BRITISH STEAMER
IS SUBMARINED

London, Dec. 28.-The British
steamer Vanstirum has been sub
marined and sunk. The crew was
rescued.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

: Thomas Hughes returned to Be-
midji this morning from Minneapolis
where he has been on business trip
for the past few days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
x X X x X x x X x X X X X x X X
x CITY BOWLING LEAGUE !
X x X x X x x X * x x x x k+ X
Standing of the Teams.

Despite the fact that the Sentinel
bowling team defeated the Barber
quint, topnotchers in the city league,
two games Sunday, the Sentinel team
was defeated by 80 pins. The final
score was, BARRIERS, 2,201, Sentinel,
2,169.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
MARTIN FoSS TO ......
WE'D MISS HANSON

, A wedding license has been issued
in the clerk of courts office to Martin
A. Fodness of Canton, N. D., and Tina
Hanson of East Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
WOMEN KILLED IN
BATTLE AT WESTENDE

Berlin, Dec. 2S.-The war depart
ment today stated that enemy moni-
tors shelled Westende yesterday and
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28

Totals ........ 1873
Total pins-2,169.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-28
Government Reorganized.

CONTINUED on Page y.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13

successful in Oklahoma and quickly became one of the leading attorneys in the state In 1906 he became gen eral attorney of the Pioneer Tele- phone company of Oklahoma. In 1909 he was appointed by the Governor as a member of the committee desig mated to revise the Oklahoma code of laws This work was finished in 1910, and the volumes containing the re qualification were known as the liar ris and Day Code of Oklahoma"
 Harris reputation as a lawyer scarcely overshadows his standing as a sportsman. Fond of fishing and hunting and kindred sports. he has thrown himself into those things which stand for recreation with the same enthusiasm which has charac terized his work as a lawyer. For several years he has been president of the Oklahoma State Sportsmen's association and the Oklahoma Game and Fishing Protection association and has assisted in drafting many of the game and fish protection laws
 Judge Harris never forgets his na- tive town and state Very frequently in his speeches he fondly refers to the place of his birth.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
STORMS CAUSE HEAVY LOSS
Telephone Lines First to Suffer From Bad Weather and First to
 Regain Efficiency.

Little Rock.-That sleet and wind storms cost the telephone companies millions of dollars every year was stated recently by s. A. Lane, division commercial superintendent of the Southwestern Telegraph and Tele- phone company in Little Rock Ac- cording to .ane, the amount of dam age done by even a slight storm is surprising. Repair work following a fifteen-minute electrical storm often costs several hundred dollars.
 A windsterm struck lola, Kan, re gently and blew down whole sections of telephone lines. Several of the poles were broken eff and stood on their heads
 A pole line at Teyarkana. carrying the Texas long-distance lines, was re- gently demolished during a storm.
 Superintendent Lane estimated that in the United States last year the tele- phone companies spent eight million dollars to repair damages done to the telephone lines by storms and floods. The last big storm in Kansas cost the telephone company over S250,000 for reconstruction work.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13

depots, warehouses, hotels, bridges and extending their lines.
 The schoolhouse and the railroad go hand in hand.
 When the railroads are buying equipment we all thrive.
 When the box cars, empty, line the sidings, and the engines are dead and the incense of commerce no longer rises from the shops, then the railroads conserve, hold back and hedge. Soon interest de- faults, notes go to protest, we lay aside the plans for our new house, your wife turns the old black dress, you cancel orders, hustle to get an extension" the bread-line forms and the deuce is to pay.
 How silly and short sighted is the policy that would kill initiative, destroy invention and harass the which increases and up- builds.-Elbert Hubbard
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
HiQhest Dam in the World.

Storage of water has already be- gun at Arrowrock Dam, the high est dam in the world. The big ba- sin is rapidly nearing completion, and will be formerly completed next January. It was undertaken in connection with the Boise, Ida ho, reclamation project which will reclaim 245,OOO acres of fertile land, at total investment of s A. 100000. The dam is $50 feet high, 1,O75 feet long on top and contains 53O,OOO cubic yards of masonry, The cost of the dam will exceed $5,OOo,OOO.
 The enormous undertaking can be more clearly appreciated when it is explained that the reclaimed area is nearly three times as large as the present acreage in crops in the state of Rhode Island.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
Origin of the Argentine Flag.

NIT. Fraser. in telling of the origin of the Argentine flag says: The em- phatic patriotism of the American Is tepid alongside the hot blooded nation ality of Argentine. It is daily ineul
 eated in the schools; the blue-and- E.hite striped flag Is honored on every occasion. When the Argentines were n revolution against Spain in 1910. and needed banner to Haunt against the red and orange of the enemy, they got pieces of blue and white cloth (in- ended for garments) from all English Xarship lying at Mo7tevideo, and made flag of it. So the Argentine flag. ike much of Argentine prosperity, is due to Great Britain Mir Fraser holds that, in proportion to the popu- lation, there are as many millionaires n Argentina as in the United States.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
To Bore for Oil in Union Parish.

A little interest was lent to the oil business at Farmerville last week, when M. w. Friedell. an oil man for the Columbia Oil Co.,, vis- tied the town and offered the citizens to bore five wells within sixty days. if the citizens would take $5,OOO worth of stock in his company and also assist in secur- ing additional leases, etc. His written proposition was left at the local bank. and he will return in the next two weeks for an answer. Up to this time nothing definite has been done. but some few are will ing to take stock, and it is expect ed that some steps toward boring will be taken in the next few months by this company or others, which are now also making an ex- animation of the feld.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13

to another is probably the surest way of carrying the disease. However. when hogs that die of cholera are al lowed to lie in the open and decay. birds, dogs or any animal that comes in contact with them can very easily carry the disease to the surrounding country.
 Crows and birds that carry the in. lection on their feet can easily visit dozens of feeding lots in day, thus infecting the healthy herds Dogs quite frequently carry the infection by running through different pens. By merely walking through infected pens or handling infected hogs, may may spread the disease to herds that have not been infected before
 Sometimes the farmer is at loss to know how his hogs became infected when all the hogs in the immediate vicinity are healthy. This can usually be explained by one of the factors pre- viously mentioned, namely. that it has been carried from infected pens many miles away ty birds. dogs. men and other agencies. C. l.. McArthur.
 Arkansas Experiment Station
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
Will Try tiarris-MGlemore Cases.

A letter from Circuit Clerk A. D. Murphy states that the cases of the State ys Gordy Harris and H. E. McLemore will be tried at the term of the Union Circuit Court which convenes at Fl Dorado next Monday The cases are set for Wednesday, March l7, and all witnesses (about one hundred from this end of the county) are expected to be in attendance at court that day without being re- subpoenaed. If you are a witness remember this and also tell all oth- CTS whom you know to be wit neSSeS.
The Huttig news., 1915-03-13
COUNSEL FCR BELL CONTAIN
Samuel H. Harris, Native Arkansas Man, Is Chief Attorney for
 Southwestern Phone Go,

Carrolton.-Samuel H. Harris. gen eral counsel of the Southwestern Bell telephone system, is native Arkan- san who has achieved remarkable sue cess in his profession Ile ras born in Carrolton, Carroll county, 56 years ago
 While Harris was still quite young his family moved to farm in north western Missouri, but Harris did not feel that life as farmer was the work cut out for him. and in order to satisfy his ambition he left home and migrated to Kansas lie worked hard and during his spare moments studied law.
 After praeticing law in Kansas for several years Harris moved to Okla homa, which at that time was at the beginning Of rapid advance in pop ulation as a result of land grants of fered to new settlers. He was very