Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 13, 1910, Page 1

_ MINNESOTA | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER:- VOLUME 8. NUMBER 192 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MASS MEETING HELD e R e GOVERNOR EBERHART ORDERS A Permanent Relief Committee is Or- o T s e e Y 5 5 i 4 . . . . o ety Officers Pull Off Their Coats and Work Like Trojans Loading . . : ’ Cars---Supplies Will be Sent Out Through the Woods == . eysqs BUSINESS MEN GIVE LIBERALLY in Charge of Militia Men. : Other Cities are Raising Money and SEGRETARY MART[N WIDSTEN WRITES A LETTER - Governor Will ask for $100,000 ) at Once. ; s . . T TRy You THINK Gives Estimate of Money Needed and Number of Families in At a Mass meeting held at the 3 3 2 city hall last evening a pem;anent ) EAN BEAT Destltute Glrcumstaflces---FOOd fOI‘ People Badly Needed . relief committee was appointed with \ : offcers as follows: president W. A. 124 PoR as Well as Hay and Feed for Cattle. Gould, secretary H. E. Reynolds and ’ treasurer A. P. White. The three s banks will be the depositories and l Baudette, Oct. 13.—(Daily Pio-| have lost everything except their|much praise cannot be given our petitions may be signed at either neer Wire Service.)—Rain, which |buildings, All are being taken |efficient force of doctors who were . bank. began to fall here and in this vicinity | care of at present by their neigh- |there administering relief to- the W. A. Gould will cover the Be- at midnight prevents the temporary|bors, who have escaped the losses, suffering and lending aid and as- midji mill, George Anderson the renewal of fires, but it is not suffi-| and mostly by citizens of the vill- |sistance every minute of the time, Crookston mill and the other cient toentirely relieve the situation|ages of Warroad and Roosevelt. | night and day. The doctors who members of the soliciting committee JEALOUSY IS at Williams and Pitt. The main possession these people|went from here are Doctors Mar- are W. B. Lakin, George Campbell, IN EVIDENCE ALREADY An urgent call - for aid ‘was re-| have left'besides their homesteads | cum, Henderson, Smith, Sanborn o R. Murphy, W. G. Schroeder, Frank ceived from Williams and - Pitt and|is from one to five cows each and |and Ward. These men were the Lycan, Graham M. Torrance and AT MA» Governor Eberhart instructed that a|the greatest need is for hay and |first on the field and the situation Chief of Police Harrington. 1S NOT f'fl"vnz‘ car of provisions be sent there quick. | feed. was well in hand before other doc- The secretary has been instructed PN The e He, bimself helped to load the car| “The conditions in the different|tors from away arrived. Under to draw up petitions to be circulated ,.f,':,;_”‘; < / and was assisted by Adjutant Gen-|towns are as follows: Solol, Swed- |their careful instructions the de- among the citizens of Bemidji for o m fi eral Waods, Attorney General Simp-|ish settlement in very bad shape;|bris and dead bodies of horses, - the purpose of raising funds for the A £, son, Major Resch of Duluth and|more than half of the families lost|dogs, etc. were taken away and relief of the fire safferers. It is the KQ T::: &'Z’:’rfi;’;n % Rev. C. L. Morrill of Minneapolis. | everything. They need hay for |things put into sanitary condition. 2im of the committee to raise at THE A12 TODAY \‘ All these men took off their coats|stock, clothing for women and chil-| All the water used since the ar- least $2,000 by petition to pay for QYR - 1% and worked like Trojans, piling |dren, bed clothes, household goods! rival of Bemidji doctors was boiled goods sent and an additional $2,000 ALonG THE MIDWAY ‘&7’ ,A,_:,L,';L:', groceries and tents aboard. and lumber for shanties. Algoma, |and every precaution was taken to by petitioning the council to sub- > l “ ALWAYS TRIES The rain has cooled the glowing|few families need help. In Warroad prevent the spread of disease. —_— scribe this amount. The county ,,,_,:':'EH,{; IL',': e embers in the woods and large search- | we have found few cases within the Doctor Markham stated that some will also be asked to appropriate _ ing parties are out today, but no|village or town that need help. | of the citizens have wondered why $5000 toward this fund, making a —Hart in Philadelphia Press. |more bodies have been found. The|Cedar Bend, hay needed, also cloth- they did not hear from the militia total of $9000 to be raised by Bel- - death list remains around thirty-five. |ing and provisions. Ten families |boys. He explains that the boys trami county. o . : Governor Eberhart expects to|hburned out. Moranville, there -are{cannot secure stampsin Baudette Duluth, St. Paul, International BEMIUJI ME" Pnlm S;m;:,::,:c::;ri:n:hic:::lln:l;:;: BEMI“." Tu B‘TTLE leave for St. Paul tonight. He will | three families reported absolutely | and that they are not permitted on o Falls, Winnipeg and other cities are S T % s £ X 5 not call out more militia unless some-| destitutes:< - Canadian soil with their uniforms outdoing themselves in the way of BY MAYuR OF BAUBET E{sbout. <The 'el“f_'l°1k:":'f?‘?°)hn;'« wrfll snm m”n thing new demands. The Bemidji| “fn Clear River and America,|and that they had mno civilian raising money for the relief of suf- - !y systemized .“d. i» Rollix (nlr w:. 4 militia will probably remain in the|the roads were blocked with - trees|clothes with them. If anyone wishes ferers in our own county and it is be- ) 2. manser [ndicative iof aplendy fire zone a week longer. The work|and fires yet burning so that no|to hear from them, stamps sheuld be leived by many that our city and|Company ‘K’ and Deputies Lead in|Cr#30ization. Championship Game of Foothall to be of relief is well in band, the greatest|definite information has been re-|enclosed in all mail sent. ;!Ount)tf sh::uldk c:mle ;ig.ht u?dfhe Work of Restoring Order and Munhall Funeral Held Yesterday. Plly«lA::ext Saturday. da;i" now beil;n(t l:rmn htyptlfoi-‘l. . :tivled.excep; thattthfer: h:s bee: no Re:. S. E. 1; White was anolth:r —_ ront, if not take the lead in aiding . . fernoon. e report of the shooting of a alaties and most of the towns have | Bemidjite who was particularly these two villages and its inbabitants, Gl The f!menl of E, H. Munhall, Bemidji militia man is unfounded. | been saved. Oaks and Laona--the | active at all times. He had charge The petitions are now being cir- Whok died l:h; f;\;edpar; fo the A Rainy River guard was shot by a |fire went through these towns ex-|of the services of the burial of twenty- culated and amounts of from groo Splendid order has been establish- :::n':::e (?atholi: :::r:l{ o | The Bemidji and Grand Rapids|thug and neri.ously wounded, - He is te-nsively and there are many who |four dead, and his work was highly down have ?:!read.)"beeu suus.cr:beg ed in Baudette and Spooner out of| The body was accomipanied to | high school football elevens will meet | Still unconscious. The thug escaped. | will h?ve to be helped. Reports|praised by the authorities at the fire by our leading citizens. Ajprevi- N . N ) y D in a gridiron battle Saturday that| Nineteen men and two boys, aged | from Zipple and McDougald are that | zone villages. - ous petition was circulated and |the chaotic conditions immediately the church by the.Fraternal.Orc']er il ically decide the N. 4 hern |5 and 7 years, arrived in Baudette| mostly . everything was destroyed| Captain A. E. Otto.is foremost in some have donated to the extent |following the big fire of last Friday|of Eagles, of which organization ;{inni::::m:h:mei‘:n:hi e Northern this morning after a twenty-five|and there are at least ten families re- | the work with Compary K and suc- of just a few dollars but feel that night, according to members of the Mr. Munhall :as & m;mber,‘ a:d The local boy:hlve 'bpe.en practic- mile tramp through the woods from | ported in need, and many more sure | ceeded in enforcing the proclaimed if the city is going to take lead in| opief party who returned from Bau- rom: ithiere! iths m:m cts (8L the ing steadily since their game with|the Rapid river country. They re-|to be. Marshall law to the letter. He this work as it rightfully should dette last night, lodge escorted the corpse to Crookst d with ishap be-|POrt that none had been-burned in| *“Your committee has not received |ordered all the saloons closed in they wish an another opportunity e nat Iight. sikss Greenwood cemetery, oaton A0C With g 28D, D85 their vicinity but. that their cabins|any funds yet, except what has been | both villa; William Russell, one R : The re.ief train from Bemidji was| E, H, Munhall has lived in Be- |tween now and Satuaday will send a ; M 2 ! e Res. i of making thie amounts already the first to get near the fire zong; | qi is|team into the Grand Rapid -{bad been destroyed and" many|sokindly domated by the city of|of the youngest members of the com- . ; hat nisch » | midji for the past ten years and is nto. the na;apids- ton : % living in “root | Thiéf River Falls. Most of the aid a d g:ven_ about ten times t . " |leaving here Sunday afternoon at 3 iwell knomm;here, test of which the Bemidji football families - are: now- living' in “roof lef River Falls. ost of the aid | pany made th? first arrest an tuwf It is a worthy cause and it may be o'clock. 'The train was held anun- \ enthusiasts may well feel proud. cellers. The people: hav;e been sub- | has gone through to Baudette and|in the first prisioner. No robberies many years })efcre our people will necessary length of time at Interna- FlSH mssln“fls The annual game with the “Rap- sisting on vegetables since:the fiXE. Spooner, where the need appears to | were committed nor was there much have the priviledge of coming to the | ti;na1 Falls and Fort Francis, await- ids” boys is regarded here as the |and is feared. that- the peoplc who | have b.een more pressing, but I do|if any looting done elther' .b.efore or front for »anyt.hmz so. deserving. ing the arrival of the train from Du- [EFT Ffl ""sfi‘ PABK big contest of the season and as the | 3¢ unable. to make their way to|not think _there is more destitute |after the arrival of the. mllltl.l men. . Th‘e twin_ city business men who |1+ which contained a car of sup- : -1 eleven of that place defeated Hibbing | Baudette will suffer for lack of fm;ld. among the aenl'ers tbe.re tha.n .here, "ro . Intema}lonal _lfaus and | are in the relief party that entered | j1ies and a half dozen Duluth men, . last Saturday by the stinging score Ad]umnf General Woods, who | outside of the immediate limits of| Winnipeg special credit is due for the forest fire zone, have asked and a like number from Virginia, . of 22 t0 5 a good game is expected, |!S BOW snfftely in _charge of the. ths two stricken villages. the prompt relief and assistance Governor Eberhart to appeal fora /|, o were looking after the relief Four Automobile Loads Left for Lake The loss of Neuman, Bemidii’s fleet situation, is anangmg‘lor the ser ‘The great cyclone of fire that|given to the refugees. BEvery releif fund of $100,000 in order that | Loy for those two cities, Itasca Shortly. Before Nine right half, will be keeDly felt, ag will | Vices of a gang of cruisers, which|pageed through there was far more |home in International Falls was | aid brnd bfi Rtyen. d!he refugees| Ty Bemidji car was the first This Morning. Gould’s absence from the linetip, his | Wil be divided in pairs and placed | gpectacuiar and appealed more to|thrown open to the suffering and | S—— pr?::r:l:o:; aLHd Efiolm:‘f;m:;ever one opened and in less than an knee still keeping him out of scrim- |in chargv-j flf gangs lff men from |the sympathies of the public than|a cash fund of over g500 was before and give while and where the | hour after the arrival of the train "‘?I‘Sfi; Bemidji lineup will be pra- two militia companies ‘and sent| the slow but sure lines of brush fire | raised. giving will be appreciated. Bemidji|at Baudette the members of Com.| Members of the state game and ctically the ,s:me that played | %% through the woods with sup-|that have traveled through- this dis- Winnipeg sent over $4000 worth has alwaysté)een tt_henaa:vdhgtn :‘Tlog‘: pany K had their mess tent pitch- (fish Commission came to Bemidji against Crookston with one or two | Plies. ;l;ifl- but as a n‘:fltter of fact the | of supplies in the way of tents, blan- cause was the motive it wil e ivi sandwiches, | thi . exceptions; Captain Larson has rs i district where the big fire went was | kets, provisions etc. The Eaton there in the giving for the relief of C:fi:‘;d :v:;e gox:rl::rg :.:;;bl :sdv::) p hse this morning and lfft for Lake beenpshifte e l;ighl “balf, , where Conditions of Northern Cities. in the heavy ttmber owned by the stor; at Winnipeg alone responded the people in the county of which it 8 - Itasca shortly before nine o’clock by| he will star; ““Moose” Hendrickson d, Minn. Oct. 13.—(Dail 5 3 £ F 2 bas the honor of being the county|hungry men, women and children f 3 <o - 1°6ill the full back p g‘i ion. b Warroad, e z 1Y | lumber companies and very sparsely | to a wire for supplies with 30 nine seat. who flocked to the tent to appease the ul.xmmobxle P Roig. 1 t.h ¥ ::ving be:n ‘::hangl:d K‘Zm"t:?kl: Plobéet Spstial Wire Servwe.)fThe settled, while the thin white. lines of | by twelve tents and hundreds of = their hunger. Schneider, Lycan, Jewett and White followimg letter was made public to- | the brush fires overran a settler’s beavy blankets. > Fuu"n DEAD IN " “I cannot say too much in|carsaccompanied by t he owners. JUDGE " A SIMUHS dlx: 3 home on nearly. _every quarter se-| What seems to be needed mostly STHON G BflflM thankfulness to the people of Be-| The party included H. A. Ridder Sy > C. A~=Mt°°d)'- ‘i’:yu‘;:;D::rtil:h—e' (;tion. :gls::ly;d :us property and the | is good helvyhcl(:;hinz, lumber and midji for the splendid aid and i i 5 A0 Tespone:to,yous,in ome uilt in many instances | money, said the doctor. prox]nptness in gel:ting supplies to ;x:::::v;.:i:ntu;z“:?lgl? Jl: “::' PI“GES BUHBSAT 3400“ needs for relief for settlers in the |then left Lim facing the coming STy — our people,” said J U. Williams, : , D! ;0. 1. SRR neighborhood of W?noad, the com- | winter without means and many of BEM"]JI ME“ RET"H" Millionaire ~Suffocates in His Own|mayor ot Baudette, “and we de-|*® ex'p"’_'d"t and memher;.E‘W. S mittee for the relief of the fire|ihem with large families of children. Stroiig Rooi. sire that everyone from Bemidji | Cobb superintendent of fisheries; J. | Hearing Will Come up at Next Term-of | sufferers in the Warroad district, “Yours very truly, FROM LONG ExPEn"m" who assisted us know that we are|A. Jones, warden Fergus Falls; Jesse U: S. District Court at composed of Rev. R. S, Lidebotham; * “Martin ‘Widsten, Secretary, e duly thankful. The prompt man | Harrie, warden Grand Rapids; J. A.| * Daluth. Rev. Father Beyne and njysel.f. “Warroad Relief Commitee.” g Early yesterday morning Henry |ner in which order was restored | Wessel secretary of the Commission; respectfdlly requp.t 0. submi the : Jobn Rose, L. Bennington and J. Ryker, a wealthy stock-broker wag|and —the ‘°;$h5 and lw:l:fld-fihe B. L. Waterman, Park Rapids, Wil- bt : e ‘°l.l.;‘:'::; ieean it G BEMIDJI DOGTORS FIRST Essler Travel 50 Miles to found dead in his strong room, and |looters were driven out of the fire| . Cass Lake men are placed under| $ & s S ) Aid hoad app:rently been deagd for some | zone reflected great credit on the l;;l.n Musgh, (:.rx:.?kston and Sherman $4000 bonds for their appearance be- | tain at the present ‘f““"_'l_ ‘h'_@ “;.‘ ] Tfl BELEIVE S“FFEHEHS Selfsems. : hours when discovered by the|deputi s and miliua men, Be.|Bailey of Bemidji. AL . |fore the mext term of the United|about one hundred families in ltde Bl & cashier yesterday morning. Just|midji has our heartfelt thanks.” The object of the visit is to in- |greq district court which will be f‘““hb“'h“d of Warroad, includ- John Rose, who with J. F. Essler how did it all happen, why thereis| According to the party who re.|spect t e condition in and about|held at Duluth the second Tuesday |02 the. towns of Solol, “Algoma, | gyper Bemidjites do Commendable and Louis Bennington, were the frst no mystery at all about it. All|turned last night splendid work was|the park and a regular monthly |1n January 1911. ! > C’d“: Bend, w‘l’"‘“d' }"‘"‘“""" Work. Winnipeg and International |10 enter the depths ot the regions you have to do is come to the|done by the militia and the deputies|session. will be held. It is understood that Deputy Uni- America, Oaks Laona, ia ng;““ i Falls are Stars. | through which the fire raged fiercest, Majestic Theatre tonight and find |in removing all dead animals and| ‘G.]J. Bradley of Park Rapids |ted States Marsball Frank Tufts has | county; ‘“d.th' towns of | C returned filled to overflowing ; with out all about it. other refuse which might breed pesti- |did not come to Bemidji to join| warrants for the arrest of ‘other men Dougald, Chilgren, - Lakewood: and : = stories of icidents and. sights ‘seen - Also two very interesting pictures| lence and the militia camp has been | the party, but lett directly from |in this vicinity on charges of like|Zipple in Beltrami coun;_y. 'l;: b':‘ | Views of members of the reliet|on this trip. The men covered a dis- entitled “On the Ethiopian Frontier,” | put in a splendid sanitary condition |that city and will be present at|nature. « Charles Tedford a satoon- lost practically ““::,“’" by tte party who returned from the Bau.|tance of over Gftyrmiles bat foundan and “ The Detective’s Dream ” a|through hard work. *_|the meeting. : Zs keeper of Cass Lake is one of the|fires. Of t.he”' d“ “;"t’ hl_even e idette and Spooner fire region: |dead bodies. : scenic and a comical trick picture| Every able-bodied man who ap-| The entire party expects to .re-| men for'whoms a warrant is waiting, | five need aid and n fl: at ‘soon, | et B o = = i Rose tells of the - trip in the respectively are also both worth|peared on the sites of the burned | turn by l'uo(mnbile to. Bemidji| but who is on. ;ungsn‘ expedition | and-in substantial Q!lln‘tle;. ." l-, Rev. S. E. P. White who returned Admission 10 cents. F'»‘-d‘y_ S¥eInng. 3 o e while seeing, towns was pressed into- service & \ and does. of the charge. | «Perhaps fifty | ili ! m the north last night said, “t00 | ‘[Continued an‘Pa'ge 8]