Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 17, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 272. HARP SHOOTERS FIRED ON NAUGLE Son of Bemidji People Narrowly Es- caped Death in Mexico City While Fleeing with Child WOUNDED WERE LEFT TO DIE Red and White Cross Societies Unable to Work While 10,000 Men Were Engaged. MADERO’'S DEATH EXPECTED Murdered on Way From One Prison to Another—Non-Combatants in Hard Position. Taking from February 23 to Mareh 13 to reach Bemidji trom Mexico City, a letter from Bert Naugle has been received by his mother here. Mr. Naugle roomed in the Y. M. C. A. and was driven out by the rebels | early in the trouble which resulted in the death of Madero. The letter was written the day that Madero and Suerez were shot. Mr. Naugle writes that he and his roommate lost practically everything and his experiences shed an inter- esting side light on the Mexican re- volution. “We spent yesterday afternoon in the Y. M. C. A.,, where we had rooms, picking up the few personal effects left in the ruins. All the more valuable ones were stolen or shot to pieces. One new suit, that I had just had made, was absolutely riddled with machine gun fire. “Before the fight began, the sold- iers looted every room. They broke the locks off trunks, doors, etc. and dumped the contents in the center of the room. When the shot and shell later tore the building, it made an indescribable mess. Most of the rooms caught fire from exploding shells and burned out completely Pringle (his roomate) suffered a loss of about $2000. Madero's Death Expected. “President Madero and Vice-presi- dent Suarez were shot at 3:30 this morning. 1t was given out that they were trying to escape while being escorted from one prison to another but the people generally believe their death was not unexpected. “It is impossible to tell of all I went through during the ten day scrap.” [ slept in my clothes all of The time and 1 may say that they were the same clothes I had when 1 escaped from the Y. M. C. A. I was some sorry looking sight when it was all over, unshaven and un- shorn and frightfully dirty. Sleep- ing on the floor ten nights does not improve one’s apperance. “I first went to Brigg’s house (an American friend) in the American colony but as the fighting came too near and bullets were entering the house, he took one little girl and I the other and we went to a vacant house in the outskirts. We stayed there five days until forced by the firing co flee again when we finally landed in a vacant house in Tacu- baya, a suburb of Mexico City. Target for Sharp Shooters. “The only time I was really and truly frightened was when we were escaping the first vacant house. We had to cross a little park quite open, and several sharp shooters on house tops four or five blocks away devoted their attention to us. [ had a two year old baby in my arms but 1 broke all sprinting records for the bullets fairly rained around us and they had a business like sound. “Food went up in price, first doubled and then trebled. As the fighting started on Sunday, Briggs and T had but twenty pesos between us and there was no chance to get down town for more. Naturally we did not fare very well. I have al- ready spent several hundred pesos for clothes but have not nearly re- placed my belongings. People Died Like Dogs. “The first days of the trouble when the fighting was not so hard nor general, the streets were filled with Red Cross, White Cross and the Blue Neutral picking up dead and wound- ed; but as the fighting became worse, there were only one or two doing business. - Consequently people died llke dogs for wants of attention . T won'’t attempt to describe the sicken- ing sights in the streets the last two or three days. They are burning the dead just where they fell and the smell 18 indescribable. WILSON’S SECRETARY. Joseph P. Tumulty, Who Went With President to Washington. | ® 1913, by American Press Assoclation. “I picked up one wounded boy only a block from the American em-: bassy. We finally got him to a hos-| pital but he died two hours later. One of my best friends was shot through the thigh but he is doing well and| will be about in a few days. Drunken Soldiers Feared. ~Qur greatest fear was from the soldiers of both sides. Many of them were drunk and could not tell a for- eigner from a Mexican and visa versa. We feared they would loot every house in town and rape the wo- men. 1 stood guard over a house full of women next to where I stflyed! for four nights, sleeping only an hour or so each night. I only had a six shooter but I was scared enough to shoot the first man that molested me in any way. i “There were over 10,000 men fight- ing day and night. The roar of the cannon, machine guns and rifies has left me almost deaf. The shells and; shrapnel caused the greatest fear as the gunners were most reckless with them.” “They burst in hundreds of unouses far out of the line of fire. “The Americans here behaved bravely although they were just as helpless as the women. I believe war would not be so bad but to be in thej position of a non-combatant where you can’t fire on any one and still be} fired at is certainly nerve racking because of one’s absolute helpless- ness. I’ve made up my mind if the U. S. A. ever has a war that I'll vol- unteer. I'd like to get a rifle and make some one else as uncomfortable as I was during the fight here, “Briggs and [ crossed the firing line twice in the dead of night to get provisions. We raided a private house four or five blocks from the first house in which we stopped. We had several narrow escapes but got! what we went after. When the fighting started Pringle and I tried to get to the Pearson building, which was well prepared for such a revo- lution, but to get there we had to| cross two different firing lines and! we were forced to give it up.” i Mr. Naugle promised his mother| that he would soon send papers and | pictures of the trouble. PLAY GRAND RAPIDS FRIDAY A basket ball game has been| scheduled between the Bemidji High team and the Grand Rapids High for next Friday night. The game will be played on the local floor and root- ers expect to see one of the best games played in Bemidji this year by | the High school team. Grand Rap-| ids defeated the local team at Grand Rapids two weeks ago but the boys believe that they can trim them on the home floor. Grand Rapids has always been Bemidji's biggest athle- tic opponent and to win from that team is the local team’s highest am- bition. On one occasion the slogan “Beat Grand Rapids or Bust” was prove that tfle keenest rivalry exists between the two teams. | spending the summer. {Given, FROZEN TO DEATH ON OPEN PRAIRIE Rapid City, 8. D.,, March 17.— Huddled in the rear end of a wagon box and enshrouded in a mantle of snow that drifted highér and higher about“them with each succeeding gust of wind. A. T. Perry, his wife and three little children were found frozen to death by a searching party late Saturday. They had lost their way on the open prairie in the blind- ing snow. The rigid bodies of the father and imother formed a shelter for the pro- tection of the little ones. The par- ents had utilized every blanket and all available clothing, ~which was bundled around their children, even sacrificing some of their own gar- ments in- 4 vain attempt to keep them alive. Mr. and Mrs. Perry were going from their home, nine miles west of Rapid City, to the Holcomb ranch, east of here, where they intended Night over- took them and they lost their way. Perry freed the horses, but he him- self fell prostrate and died. The horses wandered into the cor- ral of Milton Frease, early Saturday, blind-folded with, gunny sacks. By following their tracks backward the bodies of the Perry’s were found. One son, who was found wandering about the prairie dazed from his effort to find his parents, lies in a local hos- pital in a precarious “condition and another brother and two men who searched for the Perry’s are miss- ng. LOCAL BOYS WIN Bemidji bowlers defeated the Grand Rapids team on their home al- leys yesterday. The total score for the three games was 2,358 for Be- midji and 2,298 for Grand Rapids. The Bemidji team of Nat and Jim Henry Cominsky; Erickson and Barney Popp, won the first game by 33 pins and lost the| second by 73. Nat Given was re- placed by M. S. Gillette and Bemidji won the third game by 100 pins. CHIMNEY FIRE At 2:30 this afternoon, the fire department was called to the home of Albert J. Naylor, chief electrician of the Warfield Electric company, where a fire had broken out in the chimney. It started from a stove and got into the walls. The firemen had to chop the walls to pieces and use two lines of hose. POTATOES MAY GO UP D. E. Willard, development agent of the Northern Pacific road, pre- dicts that potatoes, now selling on the local market for thirty-five and forty cents a bushel, will demand $1.25 a bushel and even higher with- in the next four weeks, as the result of what he terms “powdery dry rot.” This rot will not be discovered, he says, until the merchants open their |storage cellars to supply the spring demand. Reports havé been received of the rot from Colorado, Idaho and Nevada where storage bins are opened earl- ier than in Minnesota. Mr. Willard has received a letter from Prof. E. H. Grubb, a potato expert, stating that |a considerable portion of the potatoes have been affected by the rot. GOOD WINDOW DISPLAY. The La Fontisee sisters are mak- ing the most of their display win- dows. For several days they have shown a large easter egg broken adopted and other minor incidentals|open to display an Baster hat inside. |same order. Barney Z AN BN AN AR NN (Couyrishis MAY HAVE A SPECIAL| Commercial Club Committee Trying to Arrange Transportation to | Cass Lake !orin’hursday. WILL HEAR THI§ AFTERNOON T. A. McCann, who has charge of the Cass Lake Commercial club trip, reported this morning that an effort is being made to gef a .special train| to take the Bemidji club over Thurs-| day night and back the same eve- ning. Commercial clubs of cities on | the Mississippi are to meet with the Cass Lake club Thursday to discuss matters pertaining to the develop- ment of the Mississippi. Mr. McCann took up the matter with Superintendent Knebel of the Great Northern and Mr. Knebel said that a train could be furnished !or‘ about $75. Mr. McCann suggested | that the Melrose-Bemidji train be turned but as that is not in Mr, Kne- Ibel’s division, the matter was re-| ferred to General Agent Nobel. It is said that the Melrose division men could not run the train to Cass Lake and back in their time limit. If a train service can be arranged so that the Bemidji men can get to |Cass Lake and come back the same |evening, it is considered probable that thirty or forty members will take ‘the trip. ANOTHER CASS LAKE FIRE Cass Lake, March 17.—Fire Sat- urday afternoon partially destroyed the residence owned and occupied by Henry Janz in the south part of town, the roof being entirely burned {off, but nearly all the furniture was| saved. The fire was discovered by a fore Mrs. Janz, who was in the house at the time, knew her home was in flames. The firemen laid 1,400 feet of hose through the deep snow and among stumps to reach the house from the nearest hydrant. Loss about $300 on house and $75 on furniture; fully .covered by insurance. THE POLICE MAY GET YOU “Be careful, boys, or the police will take you in.” issued to the boys who own dogs and continue to ride on the side walks. When Hoyt was chief of police he (issued this warning-and the present Ichiet - will continue to enforce _tlie This warning is| g KEKKKIK KKK KKK KKK KK * ST.. PATRICK'S DAY x KKK R KKK KKK KKK KK The other days may come and go And speed the passing year. | No other day will come I know That Erin’s sons will hold more dear. No matter where her sons abide While Time shall speed away, They’ll ever point with joy and pride To St. Patrick’s natal day. 'Tis well that Memory tunes her lute Awakes those silent things; That erst had been but voiceless— mute And vanished days back: brings, That we may fondly live them o’er Or give to them a tear. Yet no memory of Erin’s shore Her sons will hold more dear. —D. C. Jenkins. K. OF C’s BANQUET TONIGHT Invite Public to Attend Social Ses- sion at the City Hall. A St. Patrick’s banquet will be given at the city hall tonight under the auspices of the Knights of Co- lumbus for the benefit of the - St. Philip’s church. Plates may be had for one dollar and a program of sing- ing and toasts will be given after the banquet. The Remfrey orchestra has been engaged to furnish the mus- ic and the general public is extend- ed an invitation to attend both the banquet and social session. Dinner will be served at 7:30. POLICE OFFICER IS LET OUT W. G. Preble Asked to Resign After Making ‘An Arrest. After making an arrest Saturday neighbor a short distance away be-|Night of what he considered a drunk, |man of the reapportionment Officer W. G. Preble was asked to surrender his star and give up his position as a police officer. Mr. Preble made as arrest about ten o’clock Saturday evening and took his prisoner to the station. Andy I'McNabh made it his business to learn {why the man was arrested and dur- ing the course of conversation with officer Preble in the city hall in the presence of the chief, words led to threats and threats to blows, and the outcome to no more serious injury lthan the discharge of the officer. John Zacharias was appointed to succeed Preble as patrolman and be- gan his duties Sunday night. Mr. The boys will have to|Zacharias has lived in Bemidji for IS CONSIDERED SAFE Legislators Believe House Will Agree to Senate Amendments Through Fear of Losing Another Vote. JOHNSON MADE BIG FIGHT By United Pre: St. Paul, March 17.—Reappor- portionment is considered safe since it 'has passed the -senate. It-is be-~ lieved that the house members of the conference committee .will agree to the bill as amended as they are afraid that it will not pass"if re- turned to the senate with the amend- ments refused. The conference com- mittee will meet this week. ! The spunk displayed by Sen. V. L. Johnson during the fight on the re- apportionment measure was a sur- prise to ail. The senator is of a retir- ing disposition, seldom getting into an argument, and inclined to remain in the background. He did not mince words with the senators from South- ern Minnesota, however, when said to them: . “For sixteen years the First and Third districts have been over-rep- resented in the legislature. We know we cannot compel you to give up this over-representation. he We must come and kneel before you in humble sup- | plication and beg for what is justly due us.” Much of the credit for passing the reapportionment bill in the senate is 1due to Senator Johmson. As chair- com- |mittee he saw that every senmator with a grievance or suggestion had a hearing. It was at his suggestion that the First and Third districts were given an additional _senator each, over the house bill allottment. {After this concession he had reason to believe that the members from these districts were satisfied. It is no wonder that he was a bit riled | when he found they were rot. The Cashman bill has been slum- bering for a week or two. It will be revived Wednesday when it is a spec- ial order in the house. The friends of the bill, however, have not been asleep. H. H. Dunn, Albert Lea, will lead the fight for the measure and |A GOOD THING TO ROLL LUMBERJACKS Above Sentiment Credited to “A”-E. McDonald, of Bemidji, Who Ap- peared Before Committee. WAS DISCUSSING NELSON BILL Is Said to Have Further Stated Pub- licly That the “Best Method is at a Roulette Wheel.” “S. 7.. DONAHUE” NOT KNOWN Inquiry at Brewery Agencies, Hotels Banks and Directory Does Not Reveal Such a Person. After crediting “A” E. McDonald, of Bemidji, with telling the senate temperance committee that the O’'Neill roadhouse bill will drive out a few licensed places which are con- ducted in an orderly manner and that it will not touch the real road- houses because they are not licensed, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, under a heading “Good Thing to ‘Roll’ Lum- berjacks” printed the following ar- ticle Friday. - “Regarding the Nelson bill, Mr. McDonald said it would cut the sa- loons in Bemidji from about thirty to about-eleven. This would take a great deal of revenue from the city and leave many vacant buildings without reducing the amount of drinking, he said. Their business is largely that of separating the lum- berjack from his ‘roll,’ he said. Many of them work all winter with no oth- er purpose than to get enough money for a good spree, he said, and the ‘roll’ the better for them. “‘In fact I believe the best meth- od for a lumberjack to seperate him- self from his “roll” is at a roulette wheel,” he added, explaining he meant this was less harmful than if the man drank it up. He added that there are no roulette wheels in Be- midji now. He also said he thought open gambling better than secret gambling because when it is open men play only with their own money. Men who have other people’s money intrusted to them would not dare play in the open, he said.” In telling of the appearance of Mr. McDonald before the temperance committee, the Press further said: “A. E. McDonald, of Bemidji, de- clared that the term ‘roadhonse’ bill for the O’Neill measure is a misno- mer. It will drive out a few licensed places which are conducted in an orderly manner, he said, but will not touch ‘the real roadhouses because they are not licensed. The city of Bemidji had one disorderly house {which was driven out during a re- form wave about a year ago, he said, and it is now located outside the city limits and doing more harm than ever before. When it was inside the city, he said, none of the people of Bemidji ever went there, but’ now |many pople go there. The O’'Neill bill will not touch the place be- cause it has no saloon license, he said.” The Minneapolis Journal, in speaking of the hearing, said in part as follows: “S. J. Donahue of Bemidji said that his town had thirty saloons and that the bill, if enacted, would throw the liquor problem into such a con- dition that it would be impossible for the small cities to adjust affairs. He said that the legislature was dealing with a condition and that the only way to handle the traffic was to give each city the right to fix the number of saloons. Senator Charles S. Mar- Today all of the hats in the window : take to the road “with their little {the past year and was married to|the odds seem to be in fa\'orif itsiden asked for an amendment to ex- are green in honor of St. Patrick. |team and sleigh. THE CUB REPORTER T WANT You' Yo STup( THIs BooKC ON BRIDGE WHIST JO THAT WHEN T SEND ~ou 0uT Yo REPORT A BRInGE PARTY - Nou WL wNow WHAT You ARE. WRITING azouT Aty ONE. GAME TMATS Yoo HigH BRow FoR M ! Scoop Is A Very Apt Pupil, Ves Indeed S0y Can'T UriDERSTAND T 2 whY o Posr. Mrs. Rose Condon last -week. | passing. By : uHOPu clude cities of the fourth class oper- ating under a home rule charter. He said if this was done practically all the towns in the timber country and along the Dakota border line would be able to control the situation.” The Bemidji directory does not list “S. J. Donahue” nor does such a person appear to be known to the brewery agencies,-the hotels nor banks here. ' At the Markham it was stated this morning that a “Dona- hue” who sells soap comes here oc- casionally but it could not be learn- ed at press time if this man appeared before the committee. The general opinion here seems to be that some person falsified his name before the committee or falsified his address. E. E. McDonald this morning stat- © - ML 51D - BALTE S ed that he appeared before the sen- (Continued on 1ast page). quicker they are separated from their ate committee Thureday in connec- _