Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 15, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NUMBER 146. REFUGEES ARE REACHING PORT Burvivors of Volurno Disaster Being -Landed—Families Are Separat- ed While Landing TEN LITTLE TOTS REACH HAVRE Some of Their Parents Are Dead and Others Scattered on Both Sides of the Atlantic. Havre, Oct. 14.—Ten little bables, some of them under one year old, all scantily clad and a few wrapped only in Dblankets, were among the forty- two Volturno survivors brought to port by the La Touraine. Some of their parents were killed in Thursday’s disaster. Others have been located by the farreaching wire- less, but they are scattered on both sides of the Atlantic, aboard the rescuing steamships. Until they can be restored to their parents the Uranum officials will take the best of care of the little waifs of the sea and they will be returned to their parents as quickly as possible aboard the swiftest liner available. The..first lifeboat' that reached La B Touraine carried seven of the little bables, some crying. lustily, others too frightened and cold to make a sound. One little boy, stark naked and wrapped in n blanket, was sound asleep when he passed over La Touratne's . rail. The first. cabin women of French boat crowded the boat decks when the baby survivors were taken aboard. Crying hysterically ~over them they vied with each other for possession of the little ones. pensive first” class staterooms were turned inte nurseries. The bables| tes were washed and fed wrapped In all manner of apparel un- i clothing could be produced for them. Wealthy Women. Sew. Tearing up some of their own skirts and bodices, some of them of the cost- liest material, women passengers made clothes for the little waifs. Some of them, wealthy women, who perhaps th Convicted New Yorker May Reveal Charles shadow of the electric chair in Sing the| Sing prison, is willing to confess if that prove to be the last means of saving his life. ‘been given general credence for sev-| eral days in the office of District At~ Ex-| torney Whitman. and were| tails .that word of Becker’s willing- “ness to tell what he knew, reveal the secrets of gamblers- and ‘other lawbreakers and name the men who ultimately got it had come to the from several sources. brought reports of Becker’s plan. to HUNDREDS KILLED N COLLIERY| Heavy Toll Of Lives In Welsh Disas- ter—Teriffic Explosion Cause of Accident NO _HOPE FOR 418 MINERS Are Entombed In Section Where Castastrophe Occurred—Same Pit Damaged 13 years Ago LIEVTENANT BECKER. Condemned Police Official Sald to Be Willing to Confe: Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 15.—More than 400 Welsh coal miners perished, it i8 believed, from fire and afterdamp in the Universal colliery near here. A terrific explosion -shattered the works shortly after 931 men had de: scended the pit. About 500 men were brought to the surface alive by rescue parties and the managers of the mine then expressed the opinion that there was no further hope. for those remaining. below. The rescued miners, the members of the lifesaving gangs and the’ offi- cials of the mine declared that they could hold out no hope for those of the miners still below. The men brought to the surface were found on the east side of the mine, where the ventilation remained fairly good. On the west side, where the ex plosion occurred, fire: started and the 1escue parties were unable to make any progress. The officials of the mine found ft necesary to call a detachment of po- lice to keep back the women and chil- dren who crowded roiind the en- trances in hopes of obtaining some news of their relatives. 5 Most of the rescued: men were: suf- fering from burng, shock-or the et~ fects of “polsonous gases. .. . Explosian Arouses -inhabitants. ECKER WOULD ESCAPE CHAIR Secrets of System. New York, Oct. 15—Lieutenant Becker, sitting .in = the This information has It was added by those who ypro- ssed a certain knowledge of the de- blackmail taken from Joutline” what is expeoted WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 15, 1913 tITRUANT OFFICER MUCH NEEDED For Fint?fime In Several Years City * 0f Bemidji Is Without *“Official Skipper Chaser” mes ADDED WORK - ON SUPT. *iii«l#dfll«fifllii*#! That Rooters i Every member of: the B * idj1 Athletic club should he C % presenit tomorrow :évening at & * the'Rooters Club meeting. The: % | % meeting. will be lfllfl at * the & * Club rooms. Do youF part. Vic- * tory may hang oliflmr root-' ¥ % ing. And remembep’ % team has never beat % Rapids city eleven. Qfi;t Grand t * Rapids or Bust.” 3 iiiiifillilfl!ifill FORM cougn_fiw PLANS Club Will Meet 'rhg’)mmg— Discuss nembefgusuu officer? work being ' done schools. As many members /the Bemidji Commercial club board of directors a8 possible are raqugi@pd to be pre- sent at a meeting to he held in the club ‘rooms this e‘fennfgl at which plans and arrangemes for the en- tertainment of the Kter conven- tion of the Northern n-nasut De- velopment assoctation will be dlfons- sed. reason why one has is because of -some ment between_ the and Hinckley were: much’ success and anxious to duplicate the initial" meeth in- Bemidji during J It ‘is expected that ithe winter ‘meeting will be more: 'wlidaly attend- ed than any ever held; &nd arrange- ments will be made td glve the vis- itors “the time of thelrlivs ““W. R. MacKenzle, the organization will;be m’esenl ut ‘the- ‘meeting this evening and will to be the action?” method not only head away from his The day shift descended the shafts in the cages at 5 a. m. An hour after- ward a deafening report brought the inhabitants in the vicinity of the mine to the pit head where they found the ventilating and hoisting = ma- chinery at the top of the shafts had district attorney One of the several persons who e district attorney’s office sdid the .| ex-police _lieutertant realized he bas neverisanaden ‘?,:::dbi‘:‘;e'wf;. might save himself from the capital 21"“':‘::“’“ to atoms by an explosion thetr fingers- btitched 1ittle_plips and| PEDAILY imposed for - tim—Rosenthat| o ST8RLCOMSE e warm undergafnisiits for the. tiny sur- vivors ot firé and sea. ‘The burned Volturno had but eleven available boats when the ship caught fire, according to Frederick Badke, a German soldier, who was a passenger on the ill fated liner. He was among the forty-two: Volturno survivors who arrived aboard the La Touraine. “The Volturno ‘had only nine boats that I could see,” Badke said posi- tively. *‘There may have been others, but I did not see them. Those I saw. were old and rotten. They broke like eggshells whet they struck the sides of the rolling steamer. They seemed absolutely useless. "“I saw one boat lowered with a hole in its bottom.. It sank immediately with all on board. All were drowned. Two boats ate sam‘to have gotten away. “I saw four 'smash.ldrowning all oc- cupants. Some one, I think it was the captain, then gut.away the other two boats, seeing they were destroying life rather than s%vlus {12 REFUGEES REACH. LIVERPOOL of lis Families Scattered by Ship's Dis : aster. Liverpool, Oct. 15.—On 'board the Devonian were many remnants of families crazed with grief and terror at the tragedy, through which they had passed. Ernest Herrmann, a German passengor, was the first to notice the fire in the hold of the Volturno. He says thut the flameés even then had made such progress that it was evi- dently impossible'to subdue them. Among the rescued was a baby which the hysterical mother had flung into the sea. Arthur. Hazelwood, a seaman of the llevonian, sprang over- board and rescued the child. Another pathetic figure was that of a tiny girl of four years, whose' iden- tity and nationality éven is unknown. She stood among the: survivors be- wildered, unrecognized and unclaimed. SIGHTED BY PASSING VESSEL Hull of the Volturno Is Still Afioat in Midocean. London, Oct.'15.—The Volturno still was afloat the:afternoon of Sunday in latitude 47.37 north, longitude 33.45 west. There -is- apparently a possi- bility of the hulk yel reaching land.’ “The Campania was in her. vicinity at a quarter pnt two on Oct. 12,” says Captain Rostroh, in’ a wireless dis- patch to the Cunard ‘company. *The derelict was them going southeast, making about-a’ knot an hour. Her hull appeared to be in good condition and likely to. float .indefinitely. -A careful search was made by us for the missing boats, - The Torraine, six hours later, continued to search, but|- did not see any boats.” of " Ten Men Work on Bridge. Ten men are now employed on the new stcel bridge whl h will span_the outlet. J. M. Erjce has the contract for the concrete base :and is . now actively .engaged.-onthis ‘portion of the structure, ; : - miurder 'by ‘révealing thé ins and outs ‘mail system. ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING Mayor William McCuaig And P. J. BEMIDJI NOW ME}‘{BER OF BODY state league of municipalities, Bem- idjl is to be represented at the meet- ing which will be held in Minneapo- |J mayor, and P. J. Russell, torney, will leave this evening for the twin cities. elected to represent this. city at the last meeting of the council held last week. Cuaig was one of the signers of the petition which was circulated when efforts were first being made to form the league of municipalities. cuss and suggest methods .for the betterment of the towns and cities Butter Knife And Sugar Shell (fiven votes in the Schroeder test before the store closes this even- ing, will be given a Rogers butter knife and sugar shell. Both of the ar- ticles are on display at the Pioneer office today. “A”mar who ¢ sorking sixty fe hen prevalent police: blathe] g fores of the biist -Radous parties of miners belonging to "the night’| shift were soon on the scene making preparations to enter the mine in anm endeavor to save their comrades. The fiery reputation of - the mine, however, gave little hope. that any of those below could be rescued alive. An entrance was found by way of an adjacent shaft. On descénding the rescuing parties came across sev- eral groups of men huddled together in portions of the mine where the alr was still good. By noon they had picked up and brought to the surface 500. The same pit was the scene of an explosion thirteen years ago when 120 miners lost their lives.. Only one of those below at that time was rescued alive. Colonel Pearsorn, chief inspector of the mines, in stating that 418 men Russell, City Attorney Leave For Minneapolis This Evening Having become a member of the tomorrow. William McCuaig, city at- feet away had been decapitated by |’ ence is caused him. Several reports ‘that boys under age smoking, ' result of the December. umlng. The meeting will be in session two days, these being December & and5. The board of directorg ‘whitch will meet this evening and form plans for- the entertainment’ ¥ the_haosp €érs comprises the follo; I, George; F. 8. Arnold, ..’Puwmm. Ri- H:-Shumaker, T. A. McCann, ¥ S.:Lycan, T. J. Burke, T. S. Erwin, |even- greater G- M. Torrance, W. A. Gould, W. L.{ '\~ Brooks, A. G. Wedge, E. A. -Barker, ‘W. N. Bowser and B. W. Lakin. 7 meanor for children ELKS TO ‘HOLD: BIG MEETING Bemidji Order to Initiate 20 New:: Memebers Tomorrow Bemidji Jurist. Will Shortly after: 20 candidates -are initiated into the B P.' 0. Elks to- morrow evening-a soclal session and smoker will be held in honor of the new members. At least 13 candi- dates are expected to arrive in: the city. tomorrow morning from Inter- natignal. Falls and seven candidates from this city will be admitted into the order. A. A. Carter,- Charles Judge C. of W. A. Rossman, were still missing, .added: “The fire is in the intaké airway and everything is being done to cope with it. We_are hoping to the last.” ph oot i PRACTICING FIRE DRILLS Schools The mayor and Mr. Russell were Students Of Bemis Re- hearsing Methods Of Fire Escape Students of the Bemidji schoois have this week been given practice in escaping fires and.several of last years records in time taken in clear- ing the various buildings have been broken. The drills Ate given through> out the year, no certain days being glven..The fire gong rings and ' the pupils do not know whether there is a fire. It will be remembered that Mr. Mc- The purpose of the league is to dis- the state. ANOTHER PRIZE TODAY New Sign For Union Depot This week a 48 foot. electric.sign is being placed at the unjon depot. The sign has the words Union Depot in the centre and at one end is the Minnesota and International trade mark while at the other is the Soo Line trade mark. The sign can be seen the entire length of Beltrami avenue. It will be lit for the first To Girl With Most Votes To the girl bringing in the most piano con- Dally and L, G. Cruthers have charge of the social entertainment and are now.making plans to make the evc- ning the most enjoyable of any held in Bemidji. for the entertainment of visitors and thé new Hlks. Young, “The ms HAVE ms'mmm His Responsibilities: the Bench.” Many- Vn.hmble Animals Dying From . Effects of Disease ™ Distemper and - pneumonia have caused the ‘death-of several dogs in 'Bemidji during:the past few weeks.| Many dogs are now .in a critical condition from ‘these diseases. F. S: Lycan last:a valuable Cheseapeake hunter a few days:ago from distem- ver-and the:dog'owned by R. F. Mur- -phy. is now. in .a.critical condition: A mangrel owned by F. L. Burseiy is algo ill-but may recover. e O ) L 3 Visit Buena Vista ’.l‘omomw 24 -~Supt. W.. P. Dyer and other mem- -bers of .the high school faculty will visjt-Buena:Vista tomorrow evening where.a farmers meeting wil be held. G. ‘W. Frost Seventh street and and other products g ‘and plans on time next Friday. THE CUB REPORTER SCOOP The trip.will -be made ‘in autos." class grocqry store. Must nm Up Youths Who Insist On ‘Remaining Out. Of School—Many - ~Cases Of Smoking Noticed - This is a question -which. is often heard asked by those business men of Bemidji who are interested in the “I can see no reason why a truant ‘Dflfger has not been named before this,” said a prominent business man this morning, “I understand that the school board. It is a shame that we have no officer to look after the lit- tle'tellows who would rather stay out of ‘school and run the risk of being caught than to sit five hours a day in a school room during such wea- ther as we have been having of-late Why does not the school board take “An conditions now exist whenever a'lad stays out of school he 1s “chas- of |ed” up’ by'Superintendent Dyer. This! takes the school ties each day but much inconveni- have been made Perhaps it it was better under- 8toou by-parents that it is a misde- of.sge. .to_remsin;: out ‘of sichool -t} resent:large: ltundem:' ‘would be JUDGE STANTON TO TALK sota Alumni At Grand Rapids one”of the spepkers on the list which will take part on the program at Grand Rapids this evenlng when the range alumni give a banquet in honor of eGorge E. Vincent, presi- dent of the state University will be <W. Stanton of this [All arrangements for the:-meeting were completed yesterday by the committee: in charge which insists and E. A. Freeman. cent, as guest of honor, will deliver the principal address on “The Sen- ate Wide Campus.” Other speakers and -their topi¢s are: Comstock, “‘Minnesota’s Natural Re- sources;” ‘B. R. Johnson, “The Gen- ‘eral Association;” Prof. University Man and Stanton, “The Campus as Seen from _|was a slogan adopted on a former FROST TO OPEN GROCERY Remodeling Building Formerly Oc- enpied by B. is now remodeling the store building on the corner of and plans on purchasing a complete line of groceries and supplies and will open the ‘store for business some time few weeks. The building was form- rly occupied by B. O. Todd who op- erated.a grocery. Mr. Frost will make several improvements “Why is Bemidji without a truaat in our public not been named petty disagree- members of the many other du- have been found under 15 years Address Minne- city. A. J. McGuire President Vin- Prof B. H. George J. ;" Judge C. W. 0.°Todd America avenue confectionery, including school] during the next in the build- running a first Yon've Got to Hand It To-The Long-Fingered Amsts of New York By "HOP" .have been caused by the grading of last evening. No agreement was ar- Jury in Pearl Marin Case Decides In Favor of Plaintiff Awarding Her - $150.For Property. Dumgn omns WILL . NOT BE TRIED Three ten men veridets have been returned ln civil actions tried before Judge B. F. Wright, at the term of court which practically came'to an end today, the third being brought in today when the jury in the Pearl} Marin case decided in favor of the plaintiff allowing her $150 for damn- ages done to her property on Missis- sippi-avenue by grading. Through their attorney Marshall] A. Spooner, four property owners of Mississippi avenue several weeks ago filed damage suits against the city because of injuries alleged to the street in front of their residences. Because of the outcome of the Marin case the other cases will not be trisd but: will in all probability be settled out of court. The result of the case was grati- fying to Mayor Willlam . McCuaig, and this afternoon he said. “I am indeed satisfled with ct® outcome of the case.. The fact that the complaint called for $1,000. and the verdict was for only ' $150 is pleasing.” & Judge .. Wright completed _his charge to the jury at six- ao’clock rived at during the ‘night and at noon today it was announced by ths foreman that ten of the jurymen had arrived at a conclusion. He im- mediately received the verdict. P. J. Russel, clty attorney, represented the city. * Several tax cases-and. court mat- ters remain to be heard at this ses- slon. Judge Wright and Court report- er Wyman will leave for their home at Park Rapids tomorrow' morning. Judge Wright will .probably return to-Bemidji Wednesday morning. nA_m HINDERS PRACTICE For Dreamland “Hop”. Owing to the fact that a Dream- land dance will be give in the athle- tic club quarters this evening the members of the club will be unable to gather in the hall and play the games which have béén the feature entertainment for local athletes dur- ing the:past few weeks. A meeting of the entire club and all it’s hoost- ers, whether they are members or not, will be held tomorrow evening. The yells adopted by the rooting club will be practiced under the leadership of Vernon Maloy. Last Sunday no regular yells were given as Maloy was confined in St. Anthony’s hospital where he un-|. er went a slight operation. He is again on the job with more enthus- iasm than ever. g As Grand Rapids has been Be- midji’s strongest opponents in years past the interest taken in next Sun- day’s game appears to be keener than in any other game of the sea- son. “Beat Grand ‘Rapids. or bust” occasion When the team of that.city played here and the same slogan will hold good for the coming game. - Rumor Found Untrue Rumors about the city last even- ing and this morning that James Alderman .of Brainerd, son of Sena-|’ tor Alderman, had died from. in- Juries received in the Bemidji-Brain- erd football ganie were found to be untrue as relatives of the young man said over long distance this morning that he had entirely recovered and suffered no ill effects from the game. S00 RATES LOWERED Beginning November 1, the Soo line will lower its Duluth fare. At the present time the fare is $4.10 but in the future it:will be $3.32. * | Powers, Rock, Ekker. Sullivan, Wold, | irangred 'nuidem of sol'whn-. -|'by which they might make useful ar- & |ing In charge. . BEMIDJI FACULTY _-¢d Out To Hear Speakers At . - Mesting Held Last Evening “COME AGAm » REPEATED- CRY Stewsrt Bings In Consolidation - . While Supt. Dyer Tells 0f Be- e midji's Popular Short Course : ok Last. evening'’s farmers meeting g i held at Solway was one of the most i 2 suceesstul ever participated -in by members of the Bemldjl high school faculty since the plan was first or- iginated ‘which is taking the mem: bers of the faqulty to rural districts where new thought and food ftor = study is giver to those farmers who e are anxious ~te be more - successful and are of the progressive spirit. It is meetings of the kind held - last evening that are bound to ac- complish - fhe desired . results. It seemed that every member .of the au- dience, from the smallest tot to the grand dad of long standing, was en- thused by the talks. Hundred Attend Eae “You cannot’ come again soon | enough to suit us.” Seemed to be the | general, feeling of the hundred resi- e : dents of Solway and vicinity who at- - [ tended ‘the meeting. 3 If the farmers of Solway followed - carefully’ the instructions given them -they.are today. able to’ make a cheese tnke the place of meat, to see 8 .way clear to send thelr chll- 7 dren to the_ short course of The Be-- : midji schools, to realize the sdvanés ages of consolidated ‘school districts, to 'make anything from a _match <308 scratcher to-a wagon tongue, from, =t and-with practically no material at." = ¢ all: They were told the: Mv.ntl,,. Y of alfalfa, and how to grow it. t, ‘county supernnen schools, all went well. Boosts Short Courses: b R Mr. Dyer -told of“the advantages the' -Bemidji schools ~are offering children of farmers, who can durs.. ing the midwinter months enter the short course and in this manner se- cure thie education,.. a portion-at- least, of that which' is ‘belug offered those who ‘dre ‘more fortunate and have the opportunity of attending school the entire nine months. Margaret Newton, music instruc- tor in the Bemidji schools, sang sev- eral songs. Miss Newton is a singer of pleasant manner and unusual abil-’ ity; and her songs were much appre- ciated: - She was accompanled by Miss Johnson. 20 B. M. @Gile, agrlaulturm,’%ld o{ the many advantages- of. alfififa & the general care of the farm. He Wi introduced as: the farmers friend. ¢ Miss Helen Hoover, instructor in™:" domestic, gave an interesting talk on meat substitutes. Bailey Talks : A. D. Bailey, at the head of the 5 manual training department in “the local schools, told of the work being accomplished "in " his department here, and gave ideas to the farmers ticles on' the farm. Miss -Bachus, caused much amuse- 3 ments by her recitation, Mrs. Spag- ' | hetti and the. cow. i Consolidated ‘schools' were discus- sed by Superintendent Stewart. Mr. Stewart is considered an authority in matters pertaining to consolidat- ed school work, and for several years he has been an advocate of them.’ Bemidji Persons There . Bemidji persons 'at the meeflnl 1 were the following; Mr. and Mrs. A. = P. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bailey, . Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Robinson, Mrs. Neil, Mrs. Henrionnet, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gile, Margaret Newton, Helen Hoover, Vera Backus, Mable Wager, 3 W. L: Brooks, E. A. Barker, Nat b ‘Given and W. B. Stewart. ° ST : Following the meeting an excellent luncheon was geérved by the Solway Housekeepers ~ _Club, ' Mesdamel Ellis, Peterson and Miss Wallace: w Farmers of Snlw;y were Chnrle- Lindgren, Nels Bye, Dan Powers, A. Fredrickson, T. Loman, N. Dille Joseph Hollan, George ‘Blilis, - ‘ Snerud, J. Sorenson and.. Albert. Smerud. /B. P. 0, B, Elka, 1o 2