Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1912, Page 1

7 Y HE BEMIDJI1 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 208. Raleigh at the Blook. Fate and justice worked some pecu- liar pranks in the olden days. Sir Wal- ter Raleigh, with the death sentence hanging over him for eighteen years, falling in his final voyage of discovery, returned to England and went cheer- fully to the block. He left the Tower without the royal pardon 1n 1615. The adventurous but still condemned man had recelved permission to make an- other voyage to South America. LIf he should be successful in the outcome of his venture Raleigh knew the king's mercy would be granted him. But this last expedition. undertaken with such a vital Interest at stake for Raleigh. was unfortunate in all its respects. At San Tomas, on the Cayenne viver in | Guiana, his men made a hostile attack upon a Spanish settlement. As Eng- land was then at peace with Spain, this act of war against the people of a friendly nation was a most grievous offense against the king. On Oct. 29, 1618, he suffered death by theax. Hav- ing fingered the edge, he returned it and said, smiling to the sheriff, *This is a sharp medicine, but it is a sound cure for all diseases.” Had Fun With the Foreigners. A passage in E. S. Bates' “Touring In 1600" makes the ‘‘bleeding” which Americans in Europe must expect seem a -great improvement over other times: “The two worst towns for brutality toward foreigners were by general consent London and Toulouse. In the former, according to Giordano Bruno, the shop people and artisans on seeing a stranger make faces, grin, laugh, hoot. call him dog; traitor, foreigner, the last name being the rudest they can think of, qualifying bim for any otber fnsult. Should be take the of- fensive or put his hand to his weapon an army of ruffians seems to spring out of the ground. flourishing a forest of sticks, poles, halberds and parti- sans. In a more playful humor, one will pretend to run away behind a booth and come out charging on the stranger like an angry bull. If anarm gets broken. as happened to one Ital- ian, the bystanders shout with laugh- ter, and the magistrate sees nothing reprehensible in the affair.” Behind the Scenes. “The people who had the coveted ‘privilege of the stage' in the days of our parents used to tell about the chorus women killing time between ‘calls’ with knitting and sewing. They would open their eves wide If they could get a peep behind the scenes in one of the great vaudeville houses of London today,” says a letter from that city, “where the managers have pro- vided for the spare time of the enter- tainers. There are tea rooms for the women, where comfortable furniture and rugs take the places of the rick- ety chairs and bare floors of long ago. For the men there are club rooms, ‘where between ‘turns’ one may see ‘artists’ in all the various branches of the profession at billiards. pool, bridge or chess. A trained nurse and a phy- sician are always within call, and the management provides a school, where the stage children are educated while mamma dances and sings and papa does his share toward the entertain- ment.”—New York Tribune. The Fifteenth Century Gambler. In the time of King Henry IV. of England the “smart set” managed to play bridge or its equivalent without shocking the susceptibilities of those who think it wrong to play for money. The fifteenth century gambler, accord- ing to one historian, “played at cards for counters, nails and points in every house more for pastime than for gain.” “Everie scholar or petyte (little one) that plales for monev is to be ex- pelled,” ordains a grammar school charter of the period. One of the du- ties of hospital sisters was *“to make dilygentt searche amonge the poore for cards or dice.” Fixing the Thermometer. When a thermometer falls without breaking and the mercury becomes separated in the tube and thus fails to register correctly, the best and quick- est way to repair it is to put the ther- mometer into a small saucepan of cold water on the stove; allow the water to heat until the mercury is forced to the top, and then remove from the firve, and when It settles the mercury will | g0 down the column unbroken. Foolish to Close. “Why do you wish to glose this show?' demanded the beautiful ac- tr losing mouey,” replied the man- ager. “What of that? The critics all say that 1 look lovely in my part.”—Chica- go Record-Herald. Friends and Foes. Dear to me Is the friend, yet can I make even my very foe do me & friend’'s part. My frlend shows me what I can do; my foe teaches me what I should do.—Schiller. Corrected His Veracity. James—Papa, | ain’t got no sirup. Father—Jobn, correct your brother. John (leaning over and peering Into James' plate)—Yes you is.—Harper's Weekly. Her Mild Wish, ‘‘Papa.” said four-year-old Grace one evening, “mamiia whipped me toduy. 1 wish you hadn’t married such a strict !mnnl" PPOOROOOOOO®OO @ OQutside News Condensed. & R Ol O R O O RO RO R OB R R} Among the new State laws which become operative in Kansas today is one requiring the railroads to equip omotives with electric headlights. * Aram J. Pothier, one of the young- est governors in the United States and the only French-Canadian ever elected to the office of chief executive of any of the state, entered upon his fourth term as governor of Rhode Island today. . After a continuous service of 35 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad during the last ten years of which he {has filled the position of general counsel, George V. Massey retired from the employ of the corporation | today on account of age. He lives in Philadelphia. i . The Kentucky legislature convened today in the new capitol at Frank- fort. A United States senator is to be elected to succeed Senator Thom- as H. Paynter, but the election will be a mere formality as the Democrat- ic majority is bound to vote for Con- | gressman Ollie James. * | lowa begins the year 1912 with | tewer saloons than it has had in many years. In some of the cities jthe number of saloons was reduced today almost one-half. This was done to conform to the Moon law, which provides for but one saloon to every thousand of population. * The municipal building recently completed in Des Moines at a cost of $350,000 was formally cpened New Year’s with interesting cefemonies. A notable feature of tlic celebration was the participation of mayors or other representatives of numerous cities that have adopted the so-called Des Moines plan of commission gov- ernment. | * The New Jersey public utilities commission today began the enforce- ment of an order requiring all rail- road companies doing business in the state to provide on their passenger trains, free of charge, inexpensive in- dividual drinking cups. The order is a sequel to the law passed by the legislature prohibiting drinking cups. for common use in public places. Henry M. Flagler, for many years one of the controlling factors in the Standard Oil corporation, is 82 years old today. Mr. Flagler, in accordance with the custom he has followed for many years, is spending the winter in the South. Later.in the month he is to be the central figure at the big celebration in honor of the opening of the oversea division of the Florida East Coast railway. * A plan of campaign that calls for rallies in every large city and town of the State was inaugurated by the Wisconsin Woman’s Suffrage associa- tion today with a meeting at Wau- kesha. In addition to the Wisconsin leaders the speakers in the state- wide campaign will include Rec. Car- oline Bartlett Crane, Rachel Foster Avery and other equal rights advo- cates of national reputation. The Tournament of Roses, which has been given in Pasedena, Cal, regularly at the midwinter season for close on to a quarter of a century, a record-breaking crowd of specta- tors. The tournament procession | was composed of automobiles, wag- |ons, oats, carriages and’ other styles of vehicles literally covered with riotous bloom of every form and hue. The most novel feature of the tourna- ment was a flight by aeroplane in the course of which the aviator scattered | thousands of rose blossoms upon the crowds below. * Senatorial and gubernatorial cam- paigns in Arkansas reopened today with renewed activity on all sides. Tons of literature bearing upon the liquor issue are being distributed from the headquarters of Governor Donaghey, who is a candidate for a third term. Similar activity is dis- played in the camp of Congressman Joe T. Robinson, who is Governor Donaghey’s opponent for the nomi- nation. Equaling the gubernatorial contest in public interest and sur- passing it in bitterness is the sena- torial fight between Senator Jeff Da- vis and former Congressman Br: idge, i all of their passenger and freight loc-| | Fortune Said to Be Waiting Pioneer took place today in the presence of | 4 (Copyright, 1912 ) MARY GAMBLE MAY BE HEIRESS Resident of Bemidji. According to a letter received here this week, Mrs. Mary Gamble, a pio- neer resident of this city, is joint heir with a sister named Graves to a fortune, which awaits the finding and identification.-.of Mrs. Gamble and Mrs. Graves. The fortune is rep- resented as being anestaie of consid- erable value at Kansas City. The first intimation Mrs. Gamble had of anything of the sort was when Sheriff Hazen handed Mrs. Gamble a letter which he had received from Kansas City, and which was as fol- lows: “To Sheriff Beltrami—Dear sir: Would you be so kind as to find out if there is in your town parties by the name of Gamble or Graves, two sisters of the Murphy family? There is a large estate waiting for the heirs of said names to claim. Please inform me at once or notify said per~ son in my behalf. Yours sincerely, George Winter & Son, Kansas City, Mo.” Mrs. Gamble says that she is the Gamble referred to, and that her sis- ter restdes in Milwaukee. London’s Crystal Palace. Crystal palace was originally built In Hyde park for the great exhibition of 1851, being afterward removed to its present site and re-erected. At the first state opening of the palace by Queen Victoria it was urged that the usual artillery salute should not be fired, the reason given being that the concussion would shiver the glass roof and the company assembled below, in- cluding her majesty, would be cut into mincemeat. Dire were the predictions of the scaremongers when the design for the palace was made public. The- first gale, they sald, would inevitably wreck it, while the heat engendered by | the sun pouring its .rays upon the domed glass roof would be so terrific that no human beings could withstand it. Consequently if they escaped an avalanche of glass they would be | roasted to death inside the case. A Royal Superstition, Canterbury cathedral, England, like most Catholic cathedrals, is decorated with innumerable niches for statues. At Canterbury a series of these niches is occupied with statues of kings and queens of England. and there are only four mniches left unoccupied. An old tradition bhas it that when all the niches are filled the throne of England will come to an end. Queen Victoria | was approached with a view to a | statue of berself being placed in one | of the four remaining niches, but her late majesty was aware of the old tra- dition and refused. One wonders whether in the future there will be four monarchs of England sufficiently indifferent to superstition to defy the fill the unoccupied spaces. Warned In Time. A soft answer sometimes disarins. A story is told of a landlord ou the north shore. A guest. seldom satis: fied, came to him and sald, *“Mr. Smith”—that was not the' landlord’s name—*Mr. Smith, your coffee is rot- ten.” band. “Thank you, sir; thank you, I haven’t had my breakfast yet, and I' skip the coffee this time. Much ob |#d."—Boston Herald: tradition and allow their effigies to |- The. landlord shook him by the | RENAMES NEW OFFICERS County Fair A!locilfifl;}l Also Desig- nates Ritchie, White and Macken- zie to Attend State Mesting. ;3 & B S el MOVE TO BUY -NEW. GROUNDS At a special meeting of the Beltra- mia County Agricuitural association. at the Commercial club Saturday, held for the purpose of making legal the election of officers for the ensu- ing year the following, named at a previous meeting but not in accord with the constitution, were renamed: President—A. P. White, Secretary—A. P. Ritchie. Treasurer—R. L. Schumaker. August Jarchow and C. F. Schroe- der were named as vice-presidents. At the previous meeting no elections were made to these offices but it was found that the constitution demand- ed that there be a vice-president from every commissioner district and one at large. No selection was made of the remaining vice-presidents and they will be chosen at a later meet- ing. Delegates to the annual state meet- ing of the county fair officers to be held in St. Paul January 9 and 10, were named as.follows: A. P. White, A. P. Ritchie and W. R. Mackenzie. ’ The association discussed the ad- visability of obtaining new grounds on which to hold the annual county fair and W. G. Schroeder, A. P. Rit- chie and F. S. Arnold were named as a committee to investigate pro- posed sites. and make a report as soon ag possible. " Secretary Ritchie favored the idea of making the new grounds purchase as soon as possible; although the present plans call for the holding of the fair this year at the old grounds in. the northern part of the city. “We have a little ~money with which to work and it seems to. me that we ought to be preparing for the move which we know must come. If we can get new grounds, grounds owned by the association we then can begin to erect permanent build- ings and put up structures that will be worth while.” The consensus of opinion was that if a desirable site can be obtained at a reasonable price the ' purchase should-be made without delay. - Notice. There will be a regular meeting of. ‘the Commercial club tonight at 8:30 o’clock at the club rooms. “‘Your presence is earnestly requested. : T. J. Burke, president, Men who have but little honor are : ) ' JANUARY 2, 1912} 19 YEAR OLD BOY DIES QUICKLY Stricken at McCarthy’s Camp Sntur- day; End Comes Here Sunday. After an {llness of but one day, Sherman Laurdzen, 19 years old, died here Sunday afternoon. He had been employed ' at the McCarthy _|éamp. On’Sathrday he suddenly be- rushed to|. ‘h} hospltal here where it 'was found | ¢ ésme vlolentlx ill'and w: that he was suffering from congestioh of the stomach. He has a father liv- ing on a claim in Montana and two brothers; one of whom is in the Unit- ed States navy. The young man al- 50 18 survived by a sister, Ella, of this city. The funeral will be held to- morrow ‘afternoon at 2 p. m., Rev. S. E. P. White conducting the ser- vices. Curious Bonefits of Drought. Drought is dreaded by farmers and gardeners because it injures grass and grain, fruits and flowers, but scientific observers testify that it brings as a compensation subtle gifts which enrich the soil and increase future crops. Na- ture has stored in the earth a rich sup- ply of phosphates, silicates, carbonates and other chemical salts essential to vegetable life. Those on the surface of of the ground are soon exhausted, and the large supply at greater depths is often unreached by subsoil plowing: But a drought {s:nature’s subsoil plow to bring up the rich nutriment below. When the surface is parched the sun draws molsture from the deeper soil, and this moisture brings with it in so- lution salts of lime and magnesia, of potash and soda. The moisture evap- orates, but leaves the salts for the use of plants and grain. -Drought, there- fore, does a double work. It parches the surface and lessens the present crop. It forces up rich nutriment from the deeper soil and enlarges future crops.—Harper’s Weekly. Sense In the Sickroom. . Bvery one who goes into a sick per- son's room should pe bright and cheer- ful. Sick people are. extremely sensl- tive to the manner of those around them, and any depressing influence has a most injurious effect. Hope is the best medicine. Unfortunately, the sick person’s relatives often take the worst view of the case, and their anxiety is unmistakably manifested by their ltooks, voice and general manner. They ‘even talk despairingly in the room, thinking that because the patient is quiet and dull be does not understand. But his perception of everything relat- ing to his fllness s markedly acute. Note the good effects of the visit of a cheery doctor. For hours after the pa- tient seems better and is better. Of course it does not do to be flippant, but if relatives would force themselves to take a hopeful view and show it in their manner they would in many cases actually save the sick person’s life. Jumping at a-Conclusion. A Mrs. Back Bay—1 shall want you to be dressed by 8 o'clock, Hilen, to re- ceived any friends that may. call.. Bl len—Ob, lor, mum! t be in?—Boston: Trlnlcflp » | Minn,, on way to Grand Rapids. Ear ‘|ed to Bemidji in the bagsage car of Scalps Cut and While whirling along over frosty rails at an estimated speed of 50 miles per hour and through a tem- perature of 32 degrees below zero, the southbound Minnesota & Internation- al passenger train was wrecked at 1 a. m. today at Farley, 17 miles north of here, the sleeper and day coach being thrown on their sides on the edge of a 10 foot-embankment, 14 persons being injured, three seri- ously and one so- badly that he died in the hospital here this after- noon. The dead person is: . Huston Byrd, liveryman of Pine- ville, W. Va,, on his way from Miz- pah to St. Paul. Internal injuries. The injured, all of who with two exceptions, are being cared for here at St. Anthony’s hospital, are: comingto- Beniidji. -off, and head injured; serious. Mrs, OScar J‘ohnson, International Falls. Injured on head and back. Serious. £ Misg Caroline Hasseth, milliner in Blackduck, on her way to her home in Grand Forks. Head and face bad- ly cut. Walter Nelson, lumberjack. Rib broken and head injured, not serious. Charles Attix, lumberman of Orth, torn off and head injured. i Peter Ertz, traveling agent for the Cold Springs, Minn., brewery, going from Blackduck to Brainerd. Kemi and back injured. B. Leach and wife, of Lorimer, on their way to Minneapolis, Heads and backs injured. Miss Ethel Dahlgren, of Northome, on her way to Minneapolis. Head injured and rib broken. Miss Bertha Dahlgren, of North- ome.]. Leg and head injured. J. P. Johason, hotel owner and sa- loonkeeper of Northome, coming to Bemidji. Scalp torn off and hand in- )'u'ed Bert Getchell, Bemidji,. .seriously ininred about the head and back. At his home here. Mis. Jerry St. Cys, Brainerd, wife of the conductor, leg uuured.. Pro- ceeded to Brainerd, Victims of the accident were rush- the wrecked train, Dr. R. H. Mono- han of International Falls, a passen- ger and -occupant of the sleeper where, although the coach tumbled over on its side, no one was hurt, do- ing heroic work in his service of of- fering first aid: to the injured. At Bemidji the Doctors C. R. San- born and A. E. Henderson were at the depot and assisted in clearing the car of its moaning load of cut, crush- ed and bruised humanity, the injured being taken to St. Anthony’s hospi- tal where the wounds were dressed: and with a few exceptions all the victims were this afternoon progress- ing satisfactory. Many were- cheer- ful during their painful ordeal, one man remarking facetiously: “I felt all right until the doc got afterme.” The entire front part of his head had been scalped. The wrecker from the Minnesota & International yards at East Bemid- i left at 6:30 a. m. in' charge of Harry Mills and the track quickly 'was cleared and traffic relnmed. The wrecked traim proceeded on its. way and 18 due ln ‘the Twin Cities about 5:30 p. m. The northbound passen- |/ ger due out ‘ot here at 4:30 was held in Be ld!l until 9 8 Southbound Passenger Running Two Hours Late Hits Switch Point, Day Coach and Sleeper Crashing on Edge of 10 - Foot Embankment RESCUERERS WORK IN TEMPERATURE OF 32 BELOW Passengers Hurled From Seats into Debris of Broken Glass, Limbs Being Broken, Ears Torn Off, Internal Wounds Inflicted. - ; was.to have been made at Farley and passengers say the speed must have been close to a mile a minute. The locomotive, baggage and mail cars passed over the switch as the train entered Farley, but, according to the train men a.chain dragging beneath the ‘smoker altered the swetch so that the two rear tracks of that coach were derailed and after bumping along for some distance the day coach also was thrown from the rails and it in turn jerked the sleep- er onto the ties. After bumping along for several Tods the sleeper went over on its side and 100 rods farther the day coach tottered and likewise went over on its side. The day coach contained about 100 persons. Some were foreigners who have been working in the woods. As the. coach went over with & crash of~ of the (oreignera ap floor and began yelling, “whoa.” ‘W. E. Danforth, a clothing sales- man from Duluth, an occupant of the day coach and one of those who as- sisted in the work of rescue says: “It was the strangest sensation you can imagine—whirling along at a lively clip to feel your car cdacking along on the-ties, swaying so that you know any moment the coach is going to turn over. When she did 80 over the passengers were thrown in heaps against the broken windows and it was here that the injuries re- sulted. “Miraculously no one in the sleep- er was hurt and just as strangely the gas lighting plant did not blow up and that there was no fire largely is- due to the prompt work of the men. There was no .panic. Only three per- sons scrambled out. ‘Then we made a pathway across the windows with seat mats and put out all the lights but one. T“The car was filled with leaking gas and pried open the door. Groans and shrieks and cries told us that many were hurt and with all possible haste we got the wounded out. It was terrible but not without its com- ical side. One woman who was sit- ting straight up in her seat tried to tell us her back was broken. As a matter of fact she was badly surt, a plece of glass several inches long be- ing removed from' her back by the physician. Another man came limp- ing along and said his leg was brok- en. “After the first shock no one seem- ed to lose their head and no one com- plained of the cold, although Dr. | Monohan, who sprang out of his berth into the snow and biting air with a rubber and no sock on one hold of a brass yod with his bare fingers. ~Nevertheless he did great service in caring for the injured. We all - furnigshed ' handkerchiefs for bandages = and the folks.in TFarley came running with hot water. “News of the wreck was sent to Bemidji. In the meantime all the passengers were gathered in' the smoker and;the wounded Lones were made as comfortable as possible on impoverished beds made from trunks and things in the baggage car.” Dr. Sanborn, who with Dr. Hen- derson cared for the wounded here, 'said this afternoon that while near- probably wblfld be 16 more deathn. The traln ‘was in‘charge of Con foot, froze his fingers when he took ; ki