Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 5, 1912, Page 1

- THE CAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 163. FOR SUBSCRIPTI Have Been Offered $125 for Each 100 New Ones Turned In Paid For In Advance. PREMIUMS FOR SUBSCRIBERS Dictionaries and Silverware Will Be Given to Readers As Addi- tional Values. FOR A BIG CIRCULATION Bemidji’s Daily Paper to Be In Every Home Before Campaign © Ends At Christmas. The launching of a circulation pro- ject, that is far greater than any- thing ever undertaken in this sec- tion of the country ,has been begun by the Pioneer, through the co-oper- ation of the ladies societies of the various churches in the city of Be- midji. BEMIDJI CHURCH WOMEN TO In order that the reading| ONS TO THE PIONEER IFARM ON WHEELS COMING SATURDAY Soo Line Special Will Be Open In Bemidji From 3 to 6 In the Afternoon. DEMONSTRATE BEST METHODS Is Designed to Promote Development of Agriculture. and Domestic Science. VISITORS TO FEEL AT HOME Commercial Club To Meet Tonight to Decide On Chardcter of Their Entertainment. Plans for the entertainment of the public may be familiar with this| viSitors will be discussed at the Com- manner of securing circulation, the following statement of explanation is deemed necessary. The Pioneer has agreed to make a gift of $125.00 cash to each of the various ladies’ aid societies for the securing of each set of 100 yearly subscriptions to the Daily Pioneer before Christmas time. In case any club does not reach the 100 mark, $1.00 for each yearly subscription secured will be given to such club. Present subscribers of the paper are given the privilege of helping their respective church societies by paying one year in advance, for which the club will be given the same ratio, viz: $1.00 for each year paid in ad: vance. No commission will be paid on arrearages collected. Should the subscriber wish to subscribe for a period of six months, and should the old subscriber wish to make an ad- vance payment, for a period of six months, a credit of fifty cents will be given to each club for each subscrip- tion so secured. The presidents of the various so- cieties have submitted names of their respective members, and actual work | is now in progress. The members are getting busy securing promises from the various church members and friends of the church, as well as their own friends. They already re- alize what a great opportunity this subscription plan gives to the church. Many have longed for a chance to do something whereby the church might receive financial aid. Many have asked themselves the question, “What can I do to be of more than attentive service to my church The time for this opportunity is right now. Every church in Be-| midji can benefit by this offer. It does not take work or strenuous labor | to accomplish big results. All that is necessary is organization. Per-} fected organization. Team work. Let every individual member do his| or her part and the result is bound to be surprising. Think of what it would mean if every member turned in his or her own subscription, new or renewal, to the respective ladies societies! Churches who have a mem- bership of but 100 will have already | reached their first gift of $125.00. Churches who have a membership of 200 will have double this amount. | But it is not necessary to stop at this. Every church and every ladies’ so- ciety has among its membership a certain number of hustling subscrip- tion getters. Some will secure three or four or five subscriptions, among friends, while others will make a| thorough canvass of their respective neighborhood, and then again there will be some who will endeavor to cover the city, while others will send to the surrounding towns, ask- ing them to help their church. In addition to this offer to the ladies’ aid societies, the Pioneer has decided to make a gift to every sub- scriber. With a year's subscription paid in advance, the subscriber is given his choice of any of the follow- ing premiums: One Limp Leather Bound Dic- tionary .. One Rogers’ Silver Sugar Shell and One Roger’s Silver But- ter Knife .. 1.50 One Roger’s Silver Berry Spoon 1.25 Six Roger’s Silver Teaspoons.. 1.25 ‘With each six month’s subscrip- tion to the Daily or yearly subscrip- tion to the Weekly, paid in advance, a choice of the following: One Cloth Bound Modern Dic | tionary $2.00 mercial -club meeting this evening. The meeting will start at 8 p. m. sharp. Minneapolis, Nov. 5.—Demonstrat- ing the best methods of farm prac- tice adapted to the sections of Min- nesota reached and to promote the development of agriculture and do- mestic science in rural districts the agricultural special train, composed of eleven cars bearing an ideal farm, will begin a thirteen days’ trip through northern Minnesota, leaving Minneapolis tomorrow, visiting forty Soo line towns and making demon- strations to the farmers of what good work can -do.--Everything but the actual acres and the farm. buikdings will be taken along. Beef and dairy cows, sheep, ‘calves, pigs, horses and chickens will travel in company with a staff of lecturers from the college, which will include four women con- nected with the extension depart- ment of home economics and domes- tic science. The first stop will be made at Brooten at 9 a. m., where the train will remain for three hours. The plan was worked out by Dean | A. F. Woods of the agricultural col- lege and Presdient George E. Vinc- ent and members of the agricultural department of the Soo railroad. Pro- fessors A. D. Wilson, Andrew Boss and C. P. Bull and N. C. Chapman, state poultry expert, will be with the train during its entire trip and Dean Woods and President Vincent will spend several days on the road. The train will be on exhibit during this afternoon at the Fifth street N sta- tion, where all interested in agri- culture are invited to visit the ex- hibits. Schedule of Trip. The following is the schedule by days. the first town each day to be sited from 9 to 11 a. m., the sec- ond from 12 to 2 p. m. and the third from 3 to 5 p. m. Nov. 6—Brooten, New Munich and Bowlus. Nov. 7—Pierze, Onamia and Wau- kon. Nov. 8—Moose Lake, Lawler and McGregor. 9—Remer, Cass Lake and Be- 11 — Clearbrook, Gonvick, Gully and Oklee. Nov. 12—O0lso, Alvarado and War- ren. Nov. 13—Radium, Thief River Falls. Viking and Nov. 14—Orleans, Lancaster and Bronson. Nov. 15 — Karlstad, Strandquist and New Folden. Nov. 16 — Plummer, Brooks and | Detroit. (Continued on 1ast page). SCOOP zerorrer REPORTER THAT POOR. HAM - HE- ACTS LIKE HE Was N A TRANCE - '_W‘_ MRS. W. C. KLEIN BURIED Laid to Rest In Greenwood Cemetery, After Funeral Service Held In Her Home. LEAVES A GIRL AND A BOY In the presence of her relatives and many friends, the funeral serv- ice of Mrs. W. C. Klein was read at 2 p. m. this afternoon by Reverends White and Randahl. The body was taken to Greenwood cemetery where it was buried. During the services, a quartette composed of the Messrs. C. W. War- field, Andrew Rood, John Lucas and C. J. Woodmansee sang “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” and “Nearer My God, to Thee.” Mrs. Berggren sang “Face to Face,” which was ome of Mrs. Klein’s favorite hymns. The follow- ing friends acted as pallbearers: W. N. Bowser, R. H. Schumaker, J. P. Riddell, Dr. Stanton, George French and Earl Barker. Mr. and Mrs. Klein have been Be- midji _residents for about twelve years, coming when the city was but a hamlet in the wilderness. Mrs. Klein leaves a husband and two chil- (WONDER WHATS EaTenG EA :“:‘;"E‘;‘Eu:z‘;:f TO REMIND METO DO SOMETHING— q Inside Information is the costly, valuable in- gredient that figures most prominently in all business deals. € There is a wealth of “Inside Information” in the want ads. QMany business men whose preeminent suc- cess is attribuied to a highly developed fore- sight and shrewdness, lare in reality making daily use of this want ad “Inside Information.” dren, a girl of ten and a boy of three. Her tragic death has been the cause ‘of much sorrow to her friends and | her death claims one of Bemidji's most popular women. ADMITS KILLING GIRL Thirty-six Hours of Silence On Part of Jail Attendants Breaks Conway’s Nerve. EXONERATES A HIS WIFE Chicago, Nov. 5. — Broken by thirty-six hours “self treatment,” a new form of “third degree,” Charles Cramer, a clown, whose stage name is Conway, confessed to the police yesterday afternoon that he Killed Sofia Singer, the Baltimore heiress, who eloped with Wm. Worthen. The silence of jail attendants, | knowledge of why his wife screamed yesterday during her confession, be- with no gan telling on Cramer today. Finally he broke down ,crying, “take me 1Tom this dark cell; I'll tell all.” His story added new features to {his wife's confession Saturday. He claimed that he struck down the woman in self defense, when she at- tacked his wife with a razor after he rebuked her for making an immor- al proposal to his wife. He exoner- ated his wife from all blame. Cramer and the woman were formally ar- raigned on a murder charge. Many Guests Caught In Bed and Foreed to Flee in Scanty Attire as the - ..Mundfimh?ouflmghtheflnfl.ndhtombmv 5 Routing Out BUILDINGS AND FURNISHINGS Only Outside Roomers Able to Save WATER PRESSURE WAS T00 Lake Where it Pumped into the Fire broke out in the Rex hotel REX HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE WHICH ~ BROKE OUT EARLY THIS MORNING Came Through Center Walls and Flues Soon After It Had Started in Laundry Chute. With Homeless Teachers and Business Men. Late Sleepers. ; 7 ARE A COMPLETE LOsS Any Personal Belongings As Blase IOW FOR EFFECTIVE WORK Supply in Tank Gave Out at 10 a. m. and Engine Had to be Takén to ] at 7:45 this morning and in spite 2 of thie best efforts of the firemen spread through all parts of the building and at noon the structure and contents were a total loss. The fire start- ed at the bottom of the laundry chute. lessly threw a lighted match or cigarette stub down the chute and that it o set fire to the waste in the bottom. ago by the Duluth Brewing and Malting company and was worth about $40,000. Contents were worth about insurance. Few of the roomers had It is believed that some ome care- 3 The biulding was built two years N $11,000 and were covered by $5,000 H any fire insurance and many lost ail of their personal belongings. The hotel was operated by Lycan and com- pany which leased the building and It could not be learned at press time rebuilt. The fire was discovered by maids. The first alarm was turned in at the city hall at 7:55 but by the time the firemen got to the scene smoke ‘was pouring from a dozen places and it was‘impossible to locate any one souree of the blaze. The failure of the department to get a quicker alarm was due to the fact that Mr. Lycan was unable " to get central. The department made a quick run. Many of the regular roomers had left the hotel but others were still in bed or getting up. Ralph Lycan and the bell boys cslled at all rooms and | left the doors open in order to be as- sured that no one was inside. So quickly did the flames spread that those who had inside rooms lost prac- | |tically everything they had while those on the outside were able to save some of their belongings before |the smoke drove them away. Water Gives Out. At 9:30 the water in the pressure tank was found to be low so that the fire engine was taken down to the lake and pumped water into the mains. With both the engine and the Warfield pumps at work, the fire- men were furnished with fair water but not as much as needed. The water was kept turned on all after- noon and at press time the fire was SMALL YOTE oUT Owing to the Rex hotel fire, the vote cast in Bemidji by noon today was the smallest ever cast in the forenoon of an election day. One polling booth, that of the Fourth ward, was moved because of the fire but the judges had little to keep them busy. By “HOP" | Ralph Lycan was resident manager. Wwhether or not the hotel would be Ella Kemstad, one of the chamber- THE REX HOTEL. far from out. At 11 a. m. the west wall fell in and opened the center of the blaze to the firemen’s hose. The south wall fell out at noon with a roar heard across the lake. Miss Ethel Murray and Miss Ethe- lyn Hall, two Bemidji teachers, were at breakfast when the fire started. Mrs. Murray was still in bed. The ladies at once went to the hotel but were too late to get out their trunks. Ladders were raised to the Murray, room on the second floor and the Hall room on the third floor and friends took out such clothing and other articles as were in the room and dressers. G. G. Winter had the room next to Miss Hall but Jack Hillabe was unable to get into the room as the smoke was too dense. Lost Sixteen Ducks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marcum got all of their things out of their rooms on the third floor but lost sixteen ducks which they had put in the ice box last night. The Marcums had been hunting at Mud Lake and re- turned late last evening. Will Chi- chester, Lee La Baw, L. C. Griffith e and Morier Larry were able to save the most of their things but some shot left in the rooms exploded and (Continued on last page). [WILL WILSON WIN? { Telegraphic Returns At 2 P. M. In- dicate a Heavy Vote and Demo- “eratic Landslide. (By United Press.) St. Paul, dated New York, Nov. 5. |—Telegrams up to noon reporting |record breaking Democratic vote, car- rying out predictions -of land slide 3 leverywhere in the United States, = | were pouring into Democratic head- quarters today. National Committee- man Jones wired from New Mexico ;t)nt the newest state in the union {was rolling up a remarkable vote {for Wilson and he said that the New = :Jersey governor would have a ma- : {Jority over both Taft and Roosevelt. | William R. Wallace wired from Salt Lake city, that Taft was lead- leading Roosevelt in Utah by two to oue and that the deflection from the regular Republican vote would be sufficient to give Wilson the:state by small plurality. Similar reports Come from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, (Continued on last page).