Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1910, Page 1

e s Mistortcal = WINNESGTH HISTORICAL THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER."™ VOLUME 8. NUMBER 186 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENIi‘IG, OCTOBER 6, 1911). TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 2 REPORTED DEAD IN FOREST FIRES School Teacher and Child Said to have Been Caught in Flames Near Graceton. BEMIDJI MAN IN NARROW ESCAPE J. Evan Carson Leaves Belongings to Be Burned, Making Wild Dash to Save His Life. In a fire zone extending from Ger- mantown in eastern Marshall county through the northwestern part of Beltrami including Grygla, Liner, Mpyran, Orpheim, Carmel and Hamre on up near the Canadian line through Roosevelt, Williams and Gracetown thousands of dollars worth of property has been destroyed, at least two lives ap- pear to have been lost and in places the flames continue unchecked. At Nebish, twenty-five miles north of Bemidji, another fire has run through the forest and among other things did $8,000 worth of damage to the cedar yards of the Duluth Log Company. The loss of life report comes from Graceton, which place has been endangered for the past three days. A school teacher and one child is said to have perished in the flames. The Pioneer has been unable to con- firm the report, but this paper is informed by its St. Paul correspon- dent that two different reports have been received there today of the supposed deaths. It is impossible to reach Graceton from here by wire. J. Evan Carson returned this alternoon from the fice zone where he had an exciting time with the flames, He has been on his claim in the township adjoining Minnie. He was compelled to flee leaving his house unprotected and in the the towns of direct' path of the fire which, driven by a brisk breeze, was eat ing its way rapidly toward his claim. = He made his escape on horse back and for several miles the heat hindered his progress, al- though he ran the horse as fast as he could. | Mr. Carson said: ‘Thousands of dollars worth of ’hny and o her property, including | settlers homes, probably some live stock and birch and poplar have i been destroyed and possibly human lives in the fires which are still burn- {ing. I left my own cabin, contain- ing furniture and clothes which I presume has been burned by this time, “At Grygla last night the fires were burning so fiercely that one could read a newspaper all night long. A great many men are out fighting the flames but it will take a soaking rain to really relieve the situation in some blaces. “Just next to my claim resides E. P. Spink, wife and little child and they were much alarmed when I left.” At Nebish the fires have been burning for several days but a long- distance telehone message from there this afterroon brought the informa- tion that the fires were under con- trol but that they had done $8,000 worth of damage to the Duluth Log company’s cedar yard. No houses were burned in Nebish. The Clark Pole & Tie company, which has large holdings there escaped without damage and its employes re-enforced by the crews of gravel trains and other men are fighting the flames with back-fire. The recent rains here did not ex- tend to the present fire zope. John Ferguson and Hans Imsdahl, here as ‘jurors, were excused by Judge Wright and they are hasten- ing to their families, the former to Graceton and the latter to Pitt. * Mrs. Rudolph Suckow of Green- wood, Wis.,, is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs, J. Miller for a few days. Big Value Silverware Free Callin and inspect our Beautiful New Silverware of French Gray Pattern which we give away free with the following cash purchases: With $6 Cash Sale aweer,shell in lined box, With $12 Cash Sale waire o vetue S0 With $18 Cash Sale Choioo of dozen Tea Spoons dozen Table Spoons -2 -4 Berry Spoon in lined box Cold Meat Fork in lined box NEW ATTACK OF LEE ON MACKENLZIE FALSE Charge That Bemidji Man Authorized Printing of Political Posters Meets With Positive Denial. SHEERS MAKES STATEMENT Shows Real Reasons for Defeat of Long Prairie Man Who Wanted : to Go to Senate. With the open declaration that be intends to retire W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji, secre’ary of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion, in disgrace as a member of that organization, Rudolph Lee, editor of the Long Prairie Leader,and defeated republican candidate for state sena- tor from the 53rd district, not only continues to spread reports charging that the Association is' dominated by the brewery interests, but now makes the bold assertion that Mr. Macken- zie authorized the printing of certain political posters denouncing, some of the things which Mr. Lee stood for. . 5 Mr. Lee claimed to have informa- tion from Charles F. Scheers, editor of the Akeley Tribune Herald that Mr. Mackenzie gave instructions for the printing of the posters. Editor Scheers was in Bemipji last pight and he emphatically denied the Lee charges, declaring that Mr. Mackenzie had given him no instructions of any sort and had opposed Mr. Lee only as he opposed all condidates who re- fused to sign the Northern Minne- sota Development association pledge. Editor Scheers made the follow- ing voluntary statement: = = ° “Politics, and some of the peculiar methods employed by some of the politicians in the Fifty-third district are distasteful to me, but I have been quite active in the recent movement for fair play and justice for Northern Minnesota and the work of the Development Association, which is absolutely non-partisan in politics. “The statement of Rudolph Lee in his address, associating the De- velopment Association with the brewery interests, was manifestly un- {air, and as untrue as it was unjust. “Those who are familiar with the work of W. R. Mackenzie assecretary of the Northérn Minnesota Develop- ment Association, know that it has been his consistent aim to6 have all candidates. for- ‘the legislature -sign the pledge required, regardless of their -political affiliations, without participating in'any of the contests: —yet it was the purpose and inten- tion of the congress held at Crooks- ton to support only those candidates who would sign the pledge required. “Candidate Lee attributes his de- feat to the personal efforts of Mac- 1 1 1 1 1 gravy ladle m lined box value 90c With $30 Cash Sale area: Fortsech in ted box, value $1.50. WI"I 335 caSh sa!e 1-2 dozenc'}‘l:li(ll: gf):oona 1 dozen Tea Spoons 1 Berry Spoon and Gravy Ladle, each in lined box va'ue $1.80. . Ty S , 1 Cold M wnh $50 GaSh Sale i‘ol:i ryam‘lm(in Grnwc}" Lag?; each in lined box, value $2.40 & i 1 : D. With 60 Cash Salg Speoms 12" “teun Table Spoons and Butter Knife in lined box, value $3.00. With $100 Cash Sale. fuea'sos, vorse g500 " W. 6. SCHROEDER DEALER IN General Merchandise kenzie, while the facts will reveal an entirely different situation. Mr. Mackenzie had absolutely nothing to do with the result in Hubbard county, and no one knows this better than Rudy Lee. “It is true that large placards were conspicuously posted in the precinct of Akeley, but in that pre- cinct alone, endorsing Johnston, Rice and Ryan, but without the personal knowledge of Secretary Mc- kenzie, The one factor that defeat- ed Mr. Lee in Hubbard county was the latter’s personal attack upon L. H. Rice, in associating him with the brewery 1interests, and in Mr. Lee’s persistent advocacy ‘ of the Stone candidacy, which was not in accord- ance with the wish of a large ma- jority of Hubbard couaty voters. *“Park Rapids is the home of both Rice and Stone, and the vote there resulted as follows: * Rice 215; Stone 91. “Akeley precinct: Rice 249; Stone 129. “Rice’s friends “merely resented Lee’s statements and defeated him. Rice .is the 'premier booster .of Hubbard" county, and president of the Development ‘Association of that | county. . Naturalls be would be en- ' dorsed by that body, but Mr. Mac- kenzie had nothing whatever.to do with the campaign in that county outside of what he -has already an- nounced in the ‘Bemidii Daily Pio- neer,” which was a true denial of Mr. Lee’s statements.” SAMOAN GIRLS OPEN - #AT THE BRINKMAN BY STATE OFFICIAL Wisconsin Outlaw Who Refuses to Sub- mit to Arrest- Now Being Plead With By Attorney General. SHERIFF READY TO SHOOT HIM Tonight's Show is Bound to Make a Big Hit With the Theatre If He Persists in His Resistence, Officer Goers. Will Make Armed Attack At Once Manager. Brinkman has secured 3 for hig feature billl this week Harry Winter, Wis., Oct. 6—(Daily Goodman’s original Samoan Girls. | Pioneer Special Wire] Service)— This troupe opens at the Brinkman |John Dietz still refuses to surren- tonight. The Fort Arthur Evening der. e 8 Following the visit of G. W. C.i:rf;nlcle said of this act, after a Froelich of St. Paul, who went to night’s performance in that city: o i ! * the Dietz cabin late yesterday and 7 ?hey"“‘}“ly made a hit. Their | emained there until this morning singing and harmony was very fine|in an efiort to persuade the Cam- indeed.. The 'hit of the act was|.ron Dam “outlaw” the Indian descriptive number which arrest, it was announced that was done by Helen Goodman, the]Djerz would not leave his home. novel character comediene. Their Dietz firmly refused to accept Em'_"q'fe d'“",’, '? ‘was almost Froelich’s request, that he leave his fascinating. Their native costumes| ..;, with his hands above his head were 'ablaze:of colors, quite “artistic ad inigrmads and attractive. . Their act produced A pecond attempt to have Dietz the wildest enthusiasm.” . i bet : Young & Manning, presenting submit to arrest is Leing made (h'ls a plantation. coitedy of ope- det afternoon by Attorney General Gil P 5 % 1 B ’ | bert and Colpnel Munson, secretary do their number in credible style. 2 5 S to Governor Davidson. R With tonighlle, performance Jan i These two men left for the Dietz entire change of new and of the 5 % > < .. | cabin early this afternoon and they usually high standard pictnres will % % 5 are in couference at the time this be shown. The bill as a whole R < message is being written. is a good one and one'that will : attract play .goers for repeated They are empows:red to n.nake (_:ver- visite tures of peace to Dietz which it is 3 thought he will accept and that be- fore night he will voluntarily permit himself to be placed under arrest. Should he refuse to consider the preposition ~ow to be made it is likely that Sheriff Madden will clos © | 10700 thecabin atall costs, - | “I"will fool with that fellow no nger,” said Madden this afternoon. “I am going to have him dead or to submit ' to The Bride of the Nile. The Reincarnation of Rhadama, or the Bride of the Nile, is the title Germain gives to his latest and greatest illnsign.. It is | on a prettystory of 3ncient E It seems that these people had a god namedTIsis, who was supposed lo to shed a tear at the death of a DIETZ STICKS; VISITED [CASS LAKE GETS NEW TANK SSMShumToBeerddn Matter of Economy. Csas Lake, Oct. 6—Work has been started on the new 100-feet steel tower and tank, the construc- tion of which the Cass Water Power Co. has been negotiating for, for some time. The contract has been let to the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. and the work is be- ing superintended by Mr. Rober. The tower and tank will be of the very latest type and the tank will have a capacity of 1,000 barrels. The bottom will be of hemispherical shape and will be encircled by a three foot walk with railing which will make it possible to get a fine view of the surrounding country. The tank will give a water pres- sure to the town equal to the present one which is fifty pounds to the square inch. The foundation of the tank will be made out of granite and its entire height from foundation up will be 134 feet, the tank itself havinga depth of 34 feet. Tke work of tearing down the present tank will be a difficult task inasmuch as it is of exactly the same height as the one to be erected and is built of very heavy limbers. * The excessive amount of money which it has cost in the past to re. pair the present tank is the cause of the power company erecting the steel structure. s Library Report For September. Report of the Bemidji Public Library for September: Books circulated.................. ..1078 Children 24 MATULYS ARRESTED; MALT DUMPED HERE Government Agent Apprel:ende;d Here, Taken to Cass Lake on Charges Made By Editor Oliver. SOFT DRINK SHOPS RAIDED Five Places in Bemidji Ordered to Get Rid of Staff Which Closely Resembles Beer. Washington, D. C. Oct. 6—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)— Mayor Dumas of Cass Lake and Witherson of Moorhead met Secre- tary Ballinger at the White House at 3p. m. this afternoon and are still in conference with him. James Matulys, the Cass Lake government agent, was arrested in Bemidji today on charges preferred by Editor A. A. Oliver of Walker alleging that he had accepted $30 from Saloonkeeper Hanson of Cass Lake, Matulys was taken to Cass Lake and probably will be bound over to await the action of the grand jury. N, J. Sero went to Cass Lake with Matulys, The . arrest of Matulys is the climax of many reports to the effect that he has been receiving protection money to permit the saloons to continue to do business, Affidavits have been presented to Agent T. E. Brents by the liquor men of Cass Lake alleging that they have paid $300 to Matulys since the first day of May, either directly or for board of Mr. Matulys and his wife at a Cass Lake hotel. ‘The information which Mr. Brents has will not be used in the case Non-Fiction brought by Editor Oliver today, as’ Mr. Oliver’s charges will be made in virgin and as the tears if Isis were alao supposed to be the cause of the overflow of the Nile, "these Bgyptians conceived the idea of alive, within the next twenty-four hours. This thing has reached a crisis. The end isin sight, John Dietz will either come out peaceable Fiction. state courts, while whatever action the government may take will be in the federal courts. Cards Issued or he- will be brought out by my men. If necessary, Iwe shall attack the cabin.” the sacrifice of a virgin in times of drouth. It was necessary then as now for the Nile to overflow e the lands if they expected to raise acrop. This s};crigce cameto be HAS KHUW" nIETZ 20 YE‘RS a yearly custom and was attended with great ceremony. A vestal virgin was chosen by lot and|Chief Harrington Believes Old Neigh- dressed in the royal bridal robes bor Has Become Insane. and -amid great ceremoney was 3 cast into the waters of the river. Six .thousand seven hundred and| “I have known John Dietz of Cam- thirty four years ago Rhadama |eron Dam for twenty years,” said was the one chosen and for the first | Chief of . Police Joe Harrington time in history. the chosen one re-[today, *‘and it is hard for me to fused—but space dose not permit|believe that he is an outlaw. My us to tell all the story, and de: |impression is that he has brooded sides, Germain tells it verp in-|over his troubles until he has become terestingly, and brings Rhadama |insane. Heis a pleasant man to back to life for us, meet and while he has always be- ST lieved in standing up for his rights, NOTIGE FOR BIDS he is anything but a typical outlaw FOR GRADING |cvr v e e e, o character. became acquainted with all members of the Dietz family at that time. E e > 2 | Bill Dietz, John’s brother, was mar- Sealed blfls ‘i"“ be received ‘f)’ shal of Rice Lake and afterward be- the unde:rsnghed for 1000 cubic| ;e cheriff of Barron county. Both yds. o.f dirt to be del.lvered and he.and his brother were well liked. deposited on Beltrami ‘Ave. be- “I do not believe that John Dietz tween 1st. and 2nd. streets, to is the kind of a man to surrender make 3 passably appr?ach tf’ the when once he becomes 'convinced Dew ¢500 dep?" Bids ‘w'” be that he ought not and as a result I opened before City Council room expect to see more blood spilled be- City Hall at 8 o'clock p. m. on fore he is captured.” 10th inst, 10 per cent of amount e must accompany bid. The City i Council reserves the right to re. MOODY RETIRES FROM BENCH ject any or all bids. Dated Oct. 2, 1910. Thos. Maloy, City Clerk, President Accepts Resignation of As- sociate Justice. Beverly,” Mass., Oct. 6.—Assocfate Justice Willlam H. Moody, of the Unit- ed States supreme court tendered his : resignation to President Taft to take + | effect Nov. 20. ‘The president wrote AVIATORS SERIOUSLY HURT| to justice Moody, who is at Magnolia, % DA accepting the resignation and express- Morane Brothers Fall From -Mono | ing his high regard for the retiring plane in France. jurist. In retirement Justice Moddy Paris, Oct. 6.—Leon Morane, best| Will receive full pay of an active mem: known of the French aviators, was se | ber of the court, $12,000 a year. . riously inijured and his brother, Robert I Morane, critically hnrt when a mono _ May Head Dry Congress. plane in which they were flying fell| - Spokane, Wash., Oct. 6.—President from a great height at Boissy St.|B. H. Worst of the North Dakota Ag- Legar. S - | ricultural college was - endorsed: for Morane was to have left in a few [ preaident ¢f the dry farming congress, days for Ameriea, as one of France's| and was made a_nominee by a vote in representatives in- the International | the committee -nine for Worst'and meet in Belmont park, Long Island. Children . Adult.. Total. Reading/réom attendance Periodicals received.. Papers ......... Cash Amount Balance on hand Oct. 1. Fines on over due books Received from old library as- sociation ... Gifts received $13.72 { over, Therefore, Mr. Matulys still faces the possibility of arrest at the hands of the goverment agent. The arrest of Matulys, who came here with his wife yesterday, was only a part of today’s sensation. In Bemidji Agents Sero and Brents clapped the lid on the selling of malt, Five places where ¢‘soft” drinks are sold were visited and the pro- prietor ordered to get rid of his stock of malt before the day is At noon most of them had already complied. Mis. C. Bacon—Christian Science| At the Blue Front place on Sentinel The Bemidji Sentinel Hanford Gordon—Laconics Indian Legends and other Poems Minnesota avenue five cases of malt were confiscated, taken out on the street and dumped. The agents say the malt contained Father O’Dwyer—Catholic Ency-|four per cent of alcohol and were in clopedia 7 Vol. fact labelled as beer.* and the flowers excellent. today? ‘Phone. Very Good The bees did fine work this year White Clover Honey especial!y is Frames full of comb cells and every cell full of clear white honey. Shall we send you a comb of it 'Roe&Markusen ~ The Quality Grocers By is were very sweet.