Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 26, 1910, Page 1

o o THE BEMIDJ1I DAILY PIO EE VOLUME 8. NUMBER 137. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. DELUGE SAVES MANY HOMES FROM FLAMES Forests Filled With Fire in Many Directions, When Downpour Sets in, Curbing Danger. MILL AND MUCH LUMBER BURNS Flames Get Beyond Cntrol of Fighters at Village of Roosevelt with Dis- astrous Results. The rain which has been falling almost continously since 11 o'clock Saturday night has saved thousands of dollars worth of property in Bel- trami and other northern counties. Forest fires, which were burning in almost every direction entailing a heavy loss and endangering farm houses and villages, have been ex- tinguished, reducing further peril from this source to a miniumun. The rain bas also put the ground into fine condition for the farmers. That the water began to fall at the very moment when conditions in the woods were becoming such as to cause well grounded fears for serious losses is shown by reports from near- by towns. Fires Near Bagley and Kelliher. Bagley had received news of bad fires in the vicinity of Solway and they were getting beyond control of the fire fighters when the rain quenched them. At Kelliher, R. J. Poupore lost several thousand cedar posts and a large number of ties, at an esti- mated loss of five hundred dollars, before the rain began. This fire started near Mayor Parker’s camp, and althougha crew of men were fighting the further spread of the fire, they were unable to check the flames. Eland Settlers Fight for Homes. Albert Halvorson, a tie and cedar cutter for W. H. Vye, near Kellih@r. lost his shack and contents, three tons of hay and about four thousand posts. At Eland, fires had been burning continuously for six days and only by great exertions were the homes of many settlers saved. Big Fire at Roosevelt. In the northern part of the county, the little village of Roosevelt wit- nessed a disastrous fire last week when the M. W. Simmons sawmill, together with a 100,000 feet of lumber, house, barn, several head of stock and about three hundred dollars in cash were consumed. Mr. Simmons and men had put up a strong but unsuccessful fight against the forest fire near his mill. The shifting of the winds made it impossible to check the onrush of the flames and the mill yard was soon ablaze. There was no insurance on the plant, Dangers Ever Present. The forest fires, which had been raging in that neighborhood had beer partly under control by in- termittant showers and hard work of settlers when the dry timber would become ignited by flying sparks and fanned by winds would start a new blaze,” keeping the settlersn a constant state of an- xiety. ) The drenching rains of the last forty.eight hours are believed to have extinguished every fire in the territory exczpt those that are burning deep in the ground. Wisconsin Woman an Aviator. Mineola, . I, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Bes- slca Baiche, the Wisconsin aviator who came to grief here a few days ago while trying out her new biplane, redeemed herself by making seven short flights over the Mineola trying ground. Her most successful flight was a mile and a quarter at a helght of thirty feet. New Director Is Chosen. Milwaukee, Sept. 26.—Stanley Field | of Chicago was elected a director of the .Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rallway company at the annual meet- ing of the stockholders. Mr. Field succeeds Frederick Layton of Milwau- SCHOOL WARNING ISSURED Little Folks Must Start Now or Not at all. No more first grade pupils will be admitted to the Bemidji Public schools after this week. “If parents having children six years of age desire to have them enter school during the present term, they must do so now,” said City Superintendent of Schools W. P. Dyer today. “It will be impossible to take care of the little folks after Friday, this rule being necessary because of the fact that these primary classes cannot be held back for beginners after this week, as it would not be fair to retard those already in school.” A new floor has been put down in the high school gymnasium. The girls’ basketball team, which has been practicing on the - campus will begin active practice work at once in the gymnasium, The boys’ basketball team will not do much until the football season has closed. organized by the boys of the high school and a glee club of twenty girls has been formed, both under the direction of Miss Murray, in- structor of music. SHOW POOR; MONEY BACK Eckhardt Company and Manager Carson Guarantee Tonight's Play. Those who attend the opening play of the Eckhardt company, “Are You a Mason?"” in the Armory opera house tonight do so under the unique proposition of - getting their money back if they are not satisfied. “I am authorized by the Eck- hardt management,” said Mana- ger J. Evan Carson this morning, to announce that any person who attends the theater tonight and does not admit that it is worth the money charged for admittance will be given the price of his ticket. We mean just what we say” The Eckhardt management has no tear of making such an offer as the play has proved exceptionally popular wherever presented by this company, CLEVELAND DOUBLE MURDER Mystery Surrounds Slaying of Man and Woman. Cleveland, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Martha H. Distel, aged forty-two, and Paul Mueller, aged thirty-five, a mail car- rier, were found murdered in her bed- room. Police were called by Lawrence Distel, the woman’s husband, who is a special officer at the Society for Savings bank. Distel and his son Irving, aged twenty, and his daughter Genevieve, aged eighteen, were sleeping in other rooms on the floor. They all -heard the shots. Police found Mrs. Distel and Muel- ler lying side by side on the floor. Kach had been shot through the heart. A 32-caliber revolver was found in a corner of the room. All of its cham- bers were ‘empty. Police think the person who fired the shots stood only a few feet from the victims, for there were signs of powder marks on the bodies. SHOOTS HIS DIVORCED WIFE South Dakotan Also Attempts to Slay Stepdaughter. Chicago, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Rose Goe- bel was shot and probably fatally wounded by her divorced husband, Frank Goebel of Watertown, S. D., after he had fired a shot at his step- daughter, Elizabeth Reick. The girl went' to her mgother’s as- sistance when he. attacked the latter on the rear porch of the house. The shot fired at Miss Reick passed through her hair. Two other shots were fired during a struggle for pos- session of the revolver by Mrs. Goebel and her daughter. Goebel freed him- self and followed his former wife into a bedroom and shot her twice, one shot taking effect in the stomach and the other in the right leg...He escaped after the shooting. Lake Steamer Is Ashore. Glen Haven, Mich.,, Sept. 26.—The steel steamer Bethlehem ran ashore on the head of South Manitou island. ‘rhe Bethlehem, 2,638 tons, belongs kee, who expressed a desire to retire after serving as a director for twenty- five years. to ‘the Lehigh Valley Transportation company of Buffalo, N. Y, and is commanded by Captain Everett Klock. A ten piece orchestra has been] RESIGNS IN DISGRAGE Methodist Conference at Fergus Falls Accepts Withdrawal From Rev. C. White—Demands Credentials FLECHER RETURNED TO BEMIDII Other Appointments Made Before Gathering Came to End this Morn- ing—Few City Changes. Fergus Falls, Sept. 26.—(By Long Distance Telephone.)—The Meth- odist Confererce of the Northern District, which adjourned here this morning, permitted Rev. C. E. White, late of Bemidji, to withdraw from the ministry under charges and has asked him to return his credentials. Rev. White made a sudden and sensational exit from Bemidji early last summer following charges in- volving him with a2 woman member of his congregation. He was pastor of the First Methodist church here at the time. The conference passed favorably on the character, and continued in their third year’s studies, Rev. Duane F. Porter and F. H. Peguette, who are Indian preachers at the White Earth and Cass Lake Indian reservations. Flesher Returned to Bemidji. At the closing session of the conference this morning, the fol- lowing assignments of pastors were made: ‘Wadena, Jesse T. Bodds; War- ren, A, J. Myers; Sauk Centre, J. P. B. Smith; Spooner, A.]J. Wa- tess; Staples, Lafayette Bodds; “Thief River Falls, J. B. Smith; Walker, J. C. jewell; Internation al Falls and Liu.le Fork, P. J. Chappell; Moorhead, J. M. Stew- art; Menahago, A. J. Abbott; Osa- kis, R, W. Duell; Park Rapids, E. R. Stevenson; Alexandna, G, F. Pindall; Bemidji, C. A. Fle- cher; Cass Lake, G.. O. Parish; Crookston, W. C. Hodgson; De- troit, Thomss Grice; Fergus Falls, S. L. Parish, v Few Changes in Cities. There were few changes made in the city churches, Minneapolis and Duluth pastors remaining unchanged. The district superintendent remain- ed unchanged. Bishop Hamilton left this morning for the cities where he will open the Minneapolis Conference on Wednesday. Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Flecher will return to Bemidji on Wednesday. CAUSE OF NUMEROUS DEATHS Statistice Covering Ravages of In. fantile Paralysis. Washington, Sept. 26.—The mortal- ity report of the census bureau cover- ing investigations for 1909 takes cognizance of infantile paralysis (an- terior poliomyelitis) and pollagra as diseases to which the flesh is heir. The record shows 569 in the former and 116 in the latter class. The statistics cover only slightly more than half of the population, ex- tending only to states or cities which require the registration of deaths. Owing to the fact that the deaths from infantile paralysis were widely distributed, the inference is drawn by the report that-the disease exists ei- ther in epidemic or endemic form in many parts of the country. FORMER PASTORHERE |SAGENG SHUNS STEENERSON Will Not Come Out asIndependent Candidate for Coagress. Reports that Ole Sageng would come out after the !pximnnes as an Independent Congressman Halvor Steenerson of Crookston were uifounded. As a result, Mr, Steenetson has prac- tically no opposition. David Sanders, on the Public Ownership ticket will be the only candidate to oppose him, : Mr. Sageng is a candidate for the state senate. A Mr. Steenerson will be the prin- cipal speaker at the big celebration that will take place; in Lankin, N. candidate against D., on October 6. ‘Mr. Steenerson will not discuss - politics in his speech. TONIGHT'S SHOW AT THE BRINKMAN THEATRE ‘“Signa, The Girl From Norway,” is a comedian and one of the feature acts at the Brinkman 'tonight. She is a Norwegian and comes naturally by her quaint dialect and broken English with which | she introduces her act, She obtained her first dramatic experience with a stock company, playing comedy roles. Later, she chose the vaudeville stage as being more lucrative and con- genial, affording greater opportunity for the display of her particular talents. The talk which she gives aftér the rendition of her Norwegian song in quaint costume, are inci- dents in her life among her own countrymen, Signa _possesses quite a_quantity of jewelry all of which is typical gf $hat -worn in the fatherland. " The audience will note the large and heavy rings which she wears on the third and fourth fingers. These are heirlooms and are of great value. She makes - a big hit with her songs, that of Ole,” perhaps being the most popular. “Lulu and Lala” takes with the audience, as does the latest popular song hit, “Afraid to Come Home in the Dark.” “The Larados” are contortionists of the highest rank and do seem- ingly impossible stuats. Their work is entirely different from anything ever shown in the city beofre. “Hall and O'Brien” give a big comedy act. Singing, dancing, talk- ing are a few of the things which they do better than other teams. Wherever they have played their act was considered the big stunt of the evening. ‘The moving pictures are unusually good and are an example of what Manager Brinkman does for Bemidji audiences. Pill Kills lowa Child. Franklin, Ia., Sept. 26.—Edna Kirch- mer, aged four years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirchmer, while exploring the cupboard swallowed one of a number of strychnine pills.she found in a box. She died from the effects of the poison. Slight Earth Shock. Preston,” Ariz., Sept. 26.—Slight earthquake shocks were felt in Je- rome, Flagstaff and Kingman. The se: ries of "shakes lasted but a few sec- onds. No damage ‘was done. THEY WILL SOCON FORGET.‘ —Donahey In Cleveland Plain Dealsr. JOHNSON CREEPSUP |AGKERBERG CASE STILL ON “WITHIN 23 OF HAZEN With Two Precincts Stll Missing- He Has Bare Chance of Landing Nomination, ZIPPLE INCREASES GEORGE’S LEAD Given Boost of Thirty-Nine and is Now Ei;lnty-l-‘m Ahead—Hayner Talks. Delayed returns from the town of Zipple gives Andrew Johnson re- newed hope of securing the repub- lican nomination over A. B. Hazen, the present sheriff. Mr.Hazen’slead hasbeen pulled down until now he is but twenty- three votesahead, with two precincts still missing, The vote for sheriff as recorded by official returns to Auditor Hayner stands: Hazen 1,180. Johnson 1,157. The missing precincts are Steen- erson and Hamre. Two years ago they cast a total vote of fifteen and this would indi- cate that Mr. Hazen’s lead could not be wiped out, but the last pre- cinct to report, Zipple, at the last election cast fifteen votes to forty- one last Tuesday. This causes the impression that the two mis- sing places may also have cast a heavy vote. ““If these places do not get their ballots to me by romorrow,” said Auditor Hayner this afternoon, *‘I shall send a special messenger ‘after them. The law permits me. to do this.” i \ The vote at Zipple for sheriff was: Benner, one; Hazen, nine; Johnson, thirty-one. The Zipple vote practically ends the contest, so far as present returns are conserned, for auditor. Zipple gave Wilman three, Hay- ner two, Alsop six and George twenty-nine. «I concede that Mr, George has won on the face of the returns,” said Mr. Hayner. It is possibie that I may contest the election but I have nothing to give out on that as my mind is not fully made up.” FOR THE PARDON OF WALSH Petition Asking Release of Bahker Is Presented. Washington, Sept. 26.—A petition for the pardon of John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker, from the Leaven- worth penitentiary, where he is serv- ing a five-year sentence for violation of the banking laws, was presented to the department of justice by George T. Buckingham of Chicago, attorney for Walsh. The petition is accompanied by sev- eral hundred letters urging the grant- ing of the pardon. Rucker to Retain Position. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 26.—The So- cialist administration will refuse to accept the resignation of Dr. William C. Rucker, health commissioner, who is now resting under serious charges preferred by a woman. The adminis- tration takes the position that the health commissioner should be regard- ed as innocent until he is proved guilty and the intimation is made ‘that the charges will not be proved. WHY WILL A MAN LEAVE HIS HOME AND FAMILY FOR THE WQEDS TO EAT ‘LiKE; THIS AND iLEEP LIKE THIS? - 2 5 L Not Expected to Be Finished Before _ Thursday or Friday. The Matilda Ackerberg damage suit now being tried in district court here before Judge C. W. Stanton has developed into a legal battle royal which will last until Thursday or Friday of this week. Mrs.' Acker- berg attempts to collect $5,000 damages for the death of her son which she alleges resulted from poison sold by mistake by F. A. Mayo. P. ]. Russell has become identi- fied with E. E. McDonald in the defense of the case. Expert testimony of physicians and depositions consumed much of today’s session. ELECTION PLEASES BERG Defested Candidate' Says He Would Not Trade Places With Hanson. “I would not reverse situations with him, even if I were given the certificate of election,” said Albert Berg of Spooner, defeated candidate for the nomination of state senator from this district in a communication to the Pioneer today. A. L. Hanson of Ada, the present senator was the man who secured the nomination. “That I carried my home town by a magnificent vote,” said Mr. Berg, “and that my opponent failed in being endorsed in his home town is sufficient answer to the .eleventh hour attacks made upon me and my candidacy.” The “eleventh hour attacks” re- ferred to by Mr. Berg were contained in lurid” circulars diwhich ‘floodad the district the last few days of the primary campaign. EXGELLENT PROGRAM AT THE MAJESTIC To night and tomorrow night. “‘How Championships are won and lost” Thigfeature film is one of the most interesting ever shown in Bemidji. It shows James J. Corbett in his training quarters; also as an instructer in the art of boxing. “The wind up of this picture shows him in a three round bout with his spar- ring partner which is fast and furious, “Pekin the Walled City”—Beauti- ful scenes in and around Pekin. “Through the Enemy’s Pine”—An excellent military drama, acted amidst most beautiful #ud wild sur- roundings. Tllustrated song—He Wasn’t such a Bad Chap After all. TAMMANY HAS NO CANDIDATE Delegates to State Convention Un- pledged on Govcrnorship. New - York, Sept. 26.—Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, is- sued a statement following the pub- lication of various rumors as to what might be expected of the New York delegation to the Demacratic state con- vention. He said: “I should like to have it understood distinctly that the delegates to the Democratic state convention from Manhattan and the Bronx will go to Rochester unpledged and in favor of no ‘particular candidate, nor will the delegates have a candidate of their own. We believe the candidate for governor should be named by the del- egates from the interior of the state and, whoever is the cholice, whether it be Mayor Gaynor or somebody else, will have the loyal support of this organization.” IN' ADMISSION OF CHINESE Canadian Officials to Investigate s Charges of Fraud. Vancouvet, B. C., Sept. 26.—An or- der ‘from the authorities at Ottawa was received here inhibiting Customs Collector J. Moore Bowell from acting as eomptroller of Chinese immigration at ‘this port, pending a complete in- quiry into alleged Chinese immigra Bowell is a son of Sir tion. frauds. .| Mackenzie Bowell, former_premier of Canada. 3 3 " Fraydulent passports, it is alleged, have been issued in China to coolies, g them In the exempted roll of udents dnd so avoid- | Jester in December, 1909. GLYDE J. PRYOR FOUND DEADIN SHED BY WIFE Prominent Bemidji Business Man Dies Suddenly at Early Hour Today. DID NEWSPAPER WORK HERE At One Time Was County Official at Glencoe—Nominated Court Commis- missioner Last Tuesday. + Clyde J.Pryor, 41 years old, for six years prominently identified with the gowth of Bemidji, a for- mer newspaper man and nominated at the primary election last Tues- day as a republican candidate for court commissioner, was found dead at 6 a, m. today by his wife in the woodshed at the rear of the Pryor residence, 421 Bemidji avenne, ” Physicians were quickly sum- moned but their services were un- necessary. Coroner Ibertson took charge of the body but has reserv- ed making any statemenr until to- morrow. Mrs, Pryor believes heart disease to have been the cause of her husband’s death, Widow Brave in Her Grief. She has bravely withstood the shock ard talked at length to a reporter for the Pioneer, paying a glowing tribute to the memory of her husband referring to him over and over again as “my Clyde.” ‘“He was the gentlest of men,” she said, “As dear’a husband to me, and as kind and loving a father to our children—we have two, Louise, eleven years old and little Johnnie, just a year 6ld—as ever lived. “I can’t believe that he has been snatched from me in this way—it is tod” hiorrible to understand. ““He has been in the habit of re- maining down town of late and I didn’t worry so much when he wasn’t here last night, although something seemed to choke me and tell me that a terrible thing wasabout to happen. Gone—Never to Return. “At2a. m. I awoke and Clyde was not here, I thought he must surely be home by that time—but he did’'nt come—he never was to come to us again—he had gone away from us forever, ¢At six o'clock this morning I found him, Iam sure there was still life in his noble body. I ran to the neighbors and they called Dr. Henderson and Dr, Gilmore, but it was too late, It was heart disease I am sure for his tather went the same way.” Mrs. Pryor will not complete arrangements for the funeral until her parents, M1. and Mrs. A. A. Meilke of Glencoe arrive this after- noon. She has decided, however, that there will be a short service at the Pryor home and that the body will be taken to Glencoe for interment. Rev. S. E. P. White of the Bemidji Presbyterian church will have charge of the services here, Lived Here Six Years. Mr. Pryor bad lived in Bemidji for six years. Ten years ago he was clerk of court of McLeod county in Glencoe. From there he went to North Dakota, Later he came back to Minnesota and re- sided for a short time in Crookston. ‘He came from that place to Bemidji in 1904, His first work here was on the Pio- neer in 1904 when this paper was under the control of R. W. Hitch- cock, his duties being in the business and editorial end of the paper. When Mr. Hitchcock sold the Pio- neer to C. H. Miles in 1907 Mr. Pryor continued his connection with this publication. Retires From Newspaper Work. In 1908 the Pioneer passed into the hands of Pryor & Rutledge and six months later Mr. Rutledge re- tired, ‘Mr. Pryor assuming a con- trolling interest which he held until severed his connection with the paper. From the first of last January Mr. Pryor has been engaged in the in- surance and real estate business. For two years He was secretary of the Bemidji Commercial club, being succeeded- in that position by Al