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I $&' VOLUME 11 NUMBER 73 FEARFUL STOR O MASSACRES -Austrian Consul Confirm. Guilt of BulgariansReports Thousands Were Slain COMMIT HAPE AND MURDER Inhabitants of Seres and Surrounding Country Victims Of Ferdinand's Troop's Revenge. Athens, July 21. Authenticated haws of massacres, mutilations and a veritable holocaust of rapine and mur* der inflicted upon the inhabitants of Seres juad the surrounding country by the Bulgarian troops reached here fes the form of a long statement from the Austrian consul at Saloniki. The official charges several Bul garian .officers with having dishonored ilia wile in the presence of, scores of soldiers and hundreds of the inhabi tants, who were later shot down or bayoneted. The.Austrian consul's story of the appalling outrages by Bulgarian sol diers includes in many instances names of notarbles burned to death, crucified, hacked to pieces or terribly mutilated and left dying. A special investigating body sent to Seres also has reported. The report confirms tn charges by the Austrian consul. Toward the evening of the last day of murder, according to the report, about eighty women and girls were found hidden in the basement of a warehouse by a company of soldiers, led by a lieutenant. It is declared that after the younger women, some of them girls of tender age, had been dishonored, the soldiers secured sev eral barrels of petroleum oil from a nearby storage house, poured it over the women, locked all exits and set lire to the place. The bodies of the dead were viewed by the investigating committee. Some of the bodies were headless, some dis membered. Twenty officials* and wealthy men of th$ tcjwa, were b^d**^***^:**!^**^ Who a*abb*dthem w4tfc k*r&neU *tufc_ then carried them to a trench and covered them partly with earth. Sev eral were alive when cast into the trench. One man, terribly slashed, lived to tell the committee of what had happened. The committee reports that the number of murdered will never be known, but will reach thousands. Property damaged through fire and looting, the committee believes, will reach close to 120,000,000. Servians Accuse Bulgarians. Belgrade, July 21.Bringing charges against the Bulgarian troops as se rious as those lodged by the Qreeks, the Servian war office issued a state ment covering a long list of massa cres. The war office declared that wounded Servian soldiers had been horribly tortured. As they lay dying Bulgarians assailed them, breaking bones, gouging out their eyes and burning some alive. CHEERS FOR UNITED STATES Demonstration in Front of Consulate at Matamoras, Mex. Matamoras, Mex., July 21.Vivas for the American people, for the Unit ed States government and for the city of Brownsville, just across the Rio Grande, were shouted by 800 con stitutionalist troops and a large gath ering of citizens. The demonstration took place in front of the consulate and was part tt the anniversary celebration of Benito Juarez, the Mexican patriot. Major Mujlca, chief of staff of Gen eral Blanco, rebel commander, ad dressing Consul Johnson, deprecated the recent anti-American demonstra tions In Mexico City and reaffirmed the friendship of the constitutional ists for the United States. Consul Johnson replied briefly, saying he would inform his government of these events. WOMEN WILL FORCE ISSUE Want Municipal Lodging Houses for Females at Chicago. Chicago, July 21.Municipal lodging houses for women will be an issue in the next city campaign In Chicago, when women march to the polls, for the first time. Mrs. L. Bracket Bish op, suffrage leader and social worker, .made the announcement. "Women are in revolt against this namby-pamby way of digging around to get money for the housing of poor woman and children," said Mrs. BiBh op. "The city council voted appro priations for lodging houses for men, but refused our request because we AaWno votes. Now that we have the irotsft, we are going ta get what we wat" jfon Klein Jury Fails to Agree, rtland. Ore., July 21.After being irty hours the jury trying E. Ton Klein of Minneapolis for al 'theft of diamond* from Miss Kthel Newcomb of San Francisco re ported inability to agree. The court s^t -the retrial for Sept. 2 and fixed hail J*t 4,500 cash or 15,500 surety bonds. +^~-~-rrjn!Z***&V& v' '0mm"m,um MAYOR COTTERILL Seattle Executive Comments on Anti-Red Flag Demonstration. BLAMES SECRETARY DANIELS Mayor 0f Seattle Says Speech of Naval Head Caused Riot. Seattle, Wash., July 21.~That the attack on the headquarters of the In dustrial Workers of the World was due directly to an address by Secre tary of the Navy Daniels the night before was the declaration 'made by Mayor Cotterill and his supporters. They assert that the marines and sailors from the warships at anchor who smashed the furniture of the In dustrial Workers and attacked Social ist speakers were inspired by Daniels' utterance in which he denounced any mayor who would permit the red flag upon his streets. Several hundred bluejackets par ticipated in the "cleaning up." Defying the police the mob attack- *l?rHed'-'.?1J tenfo of the building. From this they went to the Socialist headquarters, demolishing the furniture, smashing the windows and nailing American flags to the walls and across the en trance. WILLAID WATER CONCERN Financiers To Assist Company In volved In Recent Pittsburg Crash. WILL BE PLACED ON SOLID BASIS Chicago, July 21.That Chicago financiers are planning to aid the in terests involved in the failure July 7 of the Kuhn banks at Pittsburg be came known following a meeting here of bankers interested in the affairs of the American Water Works and Guarantee company, of which J. S. Kuhn is president. Ralph Van Vechten, vice president of the Continental and Commercial Savings bank, where the conference was held, stated that it "was hoped by those present to work out a plan whereby the company may soon be taken out of the hands of the receiv ers and placed on a substantial basis." While no further statements could be obtained from any who attended the meeting it is reported that Chicago men will furnish the money necessary to get the American company out o? its present difficulty. The American Water Works and Guarantee company controls water works in more than eighty municipali ties and is by far the largest of the corporations involved in the Pitts burg crash. All In One Barrel. The Sappho slide, the squirrel squirm, the Arisona shake and the kitchen sink are described as. being merely variations of the turkey trot. Nowadays an accomplished dancer must be like the bartender who kept his merchandise in one barrel, but never allowed the name of any fancy drink to cause him to miss a sale. Louisville Courier-Journal. SCOOP _____________. ________________ ________ DULUT VICTO I N RAT E FIGH Tariffs From Eastern Points Are Held DiscriminatoryAre Deprived Of Advantages COMMISSION QUESTIONS RIGHTS Stating That Present Rates Do Not Concede To The Zenith City Her Right As Head Of Lakes Washington, July 21.Duluth won a substantial portion of its freight rate fight before the interstate com merce commission when a reduction of class rates to the city from East ern points was ordered and the pres ent rates were held to be discrim inatory. Duluth's contention that rates on lake and rail traffic from the East ought to break at its wharves, how ever, was not sustained. In brief, the commission held that the present rail and lake class rates to Duluth from points east of the Indi ana-Illinois state lines were unreason able, and that the existing scale of through rail and lake class rates to Duluth was unduly discriminatory as compared with rates to Chicago. It was ordered that the first class rate from the East to Duluth should not exceed 62 cents a 100 pounds, and that the rates from trunk line terri tory to Duluth, rail and lake, should not exceed those to Chicago. Deprived of Advantages. Tht commission also held that the present joint through rail and lake -rates from the East to Duluth depriv ed Duluth of the "advantage of its lo cation at the Head of the Lakes," and resulted "in undue discrimination against Duluth, which will be relieved in some measure by the reduction here required." __, Finally the commission held "that the contention of Duluth that the class rates on rail and lake traffic to the Northwest ought "to break on its wharves instead of at the Twin Cities ^Wrejand other con- Thn^^e^lp. Duluth,J**im of the. THE CUB REPORTER Intermediate rates is the lowest rate adjustment that Minneapolis and St. Paul should have, is not sustained. "Duluth cannot ask for more than a reasonable scale of rates and a rea sonable relation of rates as between Itself and the Twin Cities. To have the rate break at a particular point is hot an inherent rate right." CHINESE REVOLT GROWING Province of Kwangtung Joins In Rebellion. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1913. &Mfadgagfl&sa^^ only ffflft&tefr flrtei^entlon^can Ye- Hongkong, July 21.The severance of the province of Kwangtung from the general government at Peking was proclaimed by the governor general of Kwangtung. The capital of the province is Canton. The governor general declares that the provisional council has appointed him governor general and commander in-chief to lead the southern troops against those of Provisional President Yuan Shi Kai. This step has been taken, he says, because of Yuan Shi Kai's despotism and his policy which is calculated to ruin the republic. The governor general declares he will guarantee the protection of prop erty in the district under his control. Business between Hongkong and Canton has come to a standstill. BARRED BY NEWLANDS LAW Assistant Secretary Post Cannot Serve on Mediation Board. Washington, July 21.When the new federal board of mediation met to organize and begin adjustment of the wage dispute between the East ern railroads and their trainmen it was confronted by the discovery that one of its members, Assistant Secre tary Post of the department of labor, was legally barred from serving. The Newlands law, under which the board was created, provides that in Addition to the federal commissioner the members shall be officials of the government who have been appointed to their original offices with the con firmation of the senate. The assistant secretary of labor does not come un der this classification. COUNTY BOARD IN SESSION Will Hold Meeting As Board Of EqualisationTo Adjust All Assessments v* __. ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Are you satisfied with your taxes? This applies equally to individuate and to towns. The county board of Cimmissioners went into seslon this morning as the Board of Equalization and during the present week will go over all the assessments of the" county which work will keep thent busy the greater portion of the weefe. Those who have stay greivances brJ who are dissatisfied] with their tax" assessments will be given an optor^ nity to be heard before the board and if necessary adjustments will 4 be made. -.':4'^W':' The board is comprised of the county commissioners and the coun ty auditor. They will compare asses-! ments of the various townships equal izing the different articles assessed^ In some cases certain things will be raised and in others they will be low ered, so that all toWns wilL he^as sessed on the same basis. *^?|iH '-S ON VERGE COLLAPSE Intervention Not In Favor But May Be Only Hope For Huerta RAIDS CONTINUEi IN COUNTRY Mexico City, July 24.Only the con viction that the retirement of Presi dent Huerta means fthe elevation of another revolutionist? and the plung ing of their country into greater depths of hopelessness prevents thou sands of representative business men from uniting in a petition to the ex isting administration to yield. Many of these business men believe store peace, but exDfi*&_^^^ opinions are not popular and are made guardedly or with due reservation. The failure of the government to make any headway in Sonora against the rebels the daring displayed by bands which captured Zacatecas and Durango, capitals of adjoining states, an_ raided with impunity the country and smaller towns the occupation or blockading of all the border ports of entry and the steady and swift growth of the government throughout the re public has created even at the nation al palace a spirit of pessimism easily oerceptible. HUMAN CHAIN SAVES YOUTH Rescued Brink of From Water at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 21.Tru- man Chapman aged twenty-two, Ham ilton, Ont., was rescued from the brink of the American falls by four men, one of whom took a desperate chance to reach him. Chapman was sitting on the iron railing just above Prospect Point and was _een to topple backwards sud denly. His body lodged against two projections of rock. John Hughes and Thomas S. Winders, Niagara Falls '1 nomas D. Thomas, Toronto, and a fourth man leaped over the railing. The unidentified man waded sev eral feet, but could not reach Chap man. Hughes, Winders and Thomas then formed a chain from the iron fence, and, clinging to the unknown man's hand, enabled him to reach Chapman. ttORttft B^ffi IKSGtYJSNt Institution Closes Dcors Because of Shortage in Its Funds. Washington, July 21The First Na tional bank of Lafayette, Ga., failed on account of a large shortage in its funds. Announcement was made by Thom as P. Kane, acting comptroller of the currency, who has appointed National Bank Examiner Thomas C. Dunlap temporary receiver. Examiner Dunlap discovered the shortage and closed the bank with the authority and approval of the di rectors. SCORE S WILSON I N TARIFF TAL Senator Cummins Denounces Presi dential Influence and Predicts Party i. MAKES STRONG STATEMENT Says Democrats Are Doomed to Dis aster At Next Election.No Hope Por Country Washington, July 21.Senator Cum mins, opening the tariff debate for the Progressive Republicans, de clared that the Republican, party lost the confidence of the people and was driven from power largely because It insisted upon the maintenance of im port duties, many of which are unnec essarily and oppressively high. "The Democratic party," he assert ed, "will soon be overtaken with like ^disaster because it is about to inflict |ipon the country a tariff law, which, with respect to many things, invites the perils of free trade and which' with respect to many others, imposes duties that are dangerously and de structively low, and which, from end to end, grievously discriminates against the West in favor of the Eastthat is to say, in favor of the manufacturer against the farmer. "The Republican craft went down in the whirlpool of Scylia in 1912 and Its Democratic successor is steering straight for the rocks of Charybdis, where it will go to pieces in the stress of 1916. "There is a passageway to safety and prosperity. The Progressive Re publicans charted it in 1909 and they will chart it again in 1913. jSome time the American people will iaake the trip under these pilots, but in the meantime must suffer another ihlpwreck, bearing its hardships, as I &ope we will, with patriotism and for titude." Wilson Is Criticised. ^Besides pointing out many things that he considered-destructive and en- ly.,j^arj3ffl^ of congress concerning the tariff bill, an influence, he said, "so persistent and determined that it became coer- cive." "So long as the president is permit ted to set up a standard of loyalty to the party to which he may belong and condemn every man who does not accept it and so long as mem bers of congress vote under the ap prehension that they may suffer from' the presidential power, so long con gress will incur and will deserve the contempt of all true lovers of free and representative government." Senator Cummins declared he be lieved the bill would be modified if members of congress voted their con victions,, but that it would not be modified, largely because the presi dent of the United States, assuming to Interpret and apply the economic doctrine of his party, has laid the .eavy hand of his power upon a ranc of the government that ought to he co-ordinate, but which in fact hat become subordinate." Oregon Town Swept by Fire. Portland, Ore., July 21.The busi ness portion of Sheridan, Ore., about .sixty miles outhwest of Portland, was 'destroyed by Are. The loss is placed at 9300,000. Included In the destroy ed buildings were two banks, the Sheridan hotel, a restaurant, several general merchandise fctores and a number of residences. fr**************** WOMEN VIGILANTES WILL BE PROSECUTED. Chicago, July 21.State's Attorney Dady of Lake county has announced that he will prosecute the Volo (111.) wo men who rode Mrs. John Rich ardson out of town oh a rail and dumped her into a slimy pond. i-.dt-'z. After spending the night hid den in a hotel near Volo Mrs. Richardson came to her sister in Chicago. Some Baseball Managers Are Hard To Approach By "HOP PAUL S. REINSCH. Selected as American Min ister to Chinese Republic Paul Samuel Retnsch, who occupies ths chair of political economy In the Univer sity of Wisconsin at Madison, has been long known as an authority on colonial government, particularly in the far east. His works on the subject of colonial ad ministration and the nineteenth century Intellectual development of the orient have been translated into Japanese and Chinese as well as several continental tongues. Professor Reinsch is forty-four years old and married. LUMBER TEAM HUMBLED Went Down To Defeat Before On slaught Of Fosston City Team. Score 3 to 1 PITCHER'S BATTLE FINISH FIGHT Yesterday afternoon the Fosston City baseall team drove to Bemidji in automobiles wfth jjfr^TlftiifferB pf _,- -._-, __-- .v joot_rfij and'-'eaiirted off the CrooTtstcnr scalp by a score of 3 to 1. The Bemidji boys were unable to connect with liners of the Fosston twirler, who fanned man after man with out walking a player. His con trol was perfect and he kept his op ponents at his mercy throughout the entire nine innigs. Ridell, of Be midji succeeded in lining out a two bagger in third inning and clev erly stole third. He came home on a sacrifice hit makng the only score tallied for Bemidji. Smiley, pitched an excellent game making many strikeouts and allow ing but a few hits. Cords at short stop did not show his usual skill and ofter making several errors was or dered to the field and was replaced by Brandon. Among the players who figured prominently- as stars were Bailey Brothers, Brandon, Riddell and Rice. Malone was unable to play because of a badly smashed finger which he injured in the morning game. Rem Bell umpired a game to the satisfaction of all and no decisions were disputed. Building And Loan Meeting President J. P. Lahr, of the Bel trami county. Building and Loan As sociation called a meeting of the di recotrs for a session at 4:30 this afr ternoon. Matters of importance are to come up before this meeting. MAYOR PREVENTS LYNCHING Strikebreaker Spends Night In Office of City Executive. St. Louis, July 21.Only .the timely intervention of the mayor and chief of police of Granite City, 111., near here, prevented the lynching of one of the Bell Telephone company's men strikebreakers. Fearing violence by the mob the crews on four street cars refused, at the mayor's solicitation, to accept the strikebreaker as a passenger to St. Louis. He was taken for safety to the mayor's office, in the city hall where he spent the night. TEN CENTS PER WEEK OL DIRECTORS AR E MECTED School Board Election Results In Retaining Roe, Jackson And Brown As Members 387 VOTES POLLED SATURDAY Women Take Advantage Of Suffrage Rights And Cast One Hundred Fifty Three Votes At the school board election held in the Central building Saturday eveinng there were three hundred eighty seven votes cast of which more than three nundred were cast for the re-election of the old board members K, K. Roe, M. J. Brown and Edward Jackson. Promptly at seven o'clock the bell on the old school building sounded the opening of the polls and continu ally for one hour and thirty minjites a stream of men and women crowded the voting booth, casting their votes for their favorites. There were just one hundred and fifty three women voted, which is an indication that women will vote if given the advantage. Of the entire list of candidates K. K. Roe received the largest ^vote securing three hun dred and twenty six votes. The following is the standing of the votes cast. K. K. Roe 326, Ed ward Jackson 302, M. J. Brown, 321, C. M. Booth 91, J. Peterson, Jr. 55, J. P. Omich 56 and G. D. Backus 1. TRUNK PUSHERS DEFEATED Lose At Hands Of Office Force From Crookston Mill Clashing with the Pencil Pushers OJC the Crookston Lumber Company of- *S*': ^IW^^ty^^j-ISirtglSto oT ifie Grip were humbled by -that team^to" the tune of 9 to S.^The ruihbermen showed surprising skill arid kept the traveling men guessing through out the entire game. This team declares it self equal to any other second team in this vicinity and are open for games at any date. During the game yesterday morn ing Gregg Malone received a badly smashed finger and was unable to play in the afternoon game. M. E. CHURCH GIVES PICNIC Sunday School Church Members And Friends Invited On Wednesday The Methodist church will give a picnic to its Sunday School chil dren teachers members of the church and friends next Wednesday at the head of the lake. Those attending are requested to bring lunch for their respective parties. All are asked to bring plenty of several eatables ra ther than variety which will all to gether be placed on the tables for the picnickers. Request is also made to bring drinking cups and forks. The first boat will leave the city dock Wednesday morning at ten o'clock: JUNIORS DEFEAT NYMORE Trimmed Neighboring Village By Big Score Comprising a Junior team of this city nine young men played the Ny more base ball team yesterday after noon and defeated them by a score of nine to three. Tanner caught for the Bemidji boys and showed skill that kept a large number of fans contin ually boosting for Bemidji. The young men are planning to go to neighbor ing villages each Sunday and endeav or to place their nine In good stand ing on the local base ball map. COMMISSION MEETS WEDNESDAY To Read New Proposed Charter.At Commercial Club Rooms Wednesday evening at about 8:30 o'clock the charter Commission of the' city of Bemidji will hold a meeting at the Commerical club rooms at which'time the charter will be read*E? and discussed section: by section. Bf forts will be made? to secure the *t-1 tandance of the entire commission and it is probable that some slight changes arid some new provisions/ will be added. $ j-aft T. '-as *v