Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 7, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME XV 106 ~ MOTHER DIES . FRON FLAMES Heroic Woman 4Res‘cues Babe But Perishes: Upon Retum For Others. DlEé ALONE IN LONELY': FOREST NEAR GRYGLA' Charred Mass Discovered; Babe’s Cries Attract Atten- tion of Neighbor Callerl. . Qoroner Garfield Akerberg h returned from.a desolate section of Btltrami county, about 34 miles east of Grygla, bringing a most gruesome narrative of the death of a mother and_two small children in a burning cabin, which story the Pioneer at- tempted to secure one day last week, as given in this paper, but owing to the isolation of the sceme and mo one near who knew about the trag- edy, the story ceuld not be obtained in detail. s The victims of the tragedy 'were Mrs. Walter Wing and two of her three children, one a:boy:of-six years, . the othera girl of four:years. -Alone they went to their death in that log cabin,- while a babe of 11 months "\ lay beneath a sheltering tree in the cold, while the mother returned to the funeral pyre to die in an heroic attempt to save her sleeping little ones. - Mother Saves Babe. The fire occurred at an early hour in the morning.- It appears that the mother had arisen to replenish the fire. The husband had been away at work for about four weeks and up until yesterday could not be located. The interior of the:.cabin was lined with tar paper.” .When the flames ‘burst: forth, it is evident the mo- ther’s first thought was of the safety of her babe, - This-she caught up and rushing®from the house laid it safely from ‘harm in a nearby sheltering clump of- forest growth, close to towering trees. “Rushing back to the house ‘the mother fell as she entered the doorway and was a charred mass when discovered. The cabin burned to a blackened mass and in the beds were charred remains of the chil- dren who died as they slumbered. Neighbor Discovers Trazedy. It- was late in the day that Mrs. Peters, a neighbor residing some dis- tance away, happened to make a call. She discovered the ruins but thought the family had escaped. A cry at- tracted her. attention and an inves- tigation didclosed the babe alone where he had lain for several hours. Bones Await Husband. An investigation later disclosed bones of the victims, all that re- mained and they were but few. Cor- oner Akerberg was summoned and with difficulty he reached the scene. The bones were collected and in a small box were placed and the three interred beside the house to await the locating of the husband. —MAKE W.8.S. PLEDGES— TURTLE _RIVER WORKING CLUB MEETS AT O'DELL’S The Turtle River Working club met at the O’Dell farm Saturday, May 4, and celebrated its first out- of-door 1918 meeting. The program was an interestfng one, several from Bemidji taking part. County Agent Aamodt and Food Demonstrator Miss Anderson gave some very interesting and education- al advice to the farmers and their wives along the lines of crop rais- ing and bread baking. Miss Vera Backus gave two short readings which delighted her audience and . which were well received. W. L. “.~prooks and E. H. Denu were also called upon for a few remarks. ~ A dance was given in the evening in honor of Walter Guthrie, who leaves for the service this week. Wal- ter is not yet twenty-one years, but desires to pick his branch of service, rather than wait for the draft call. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— COURT RULES CHURCH MERGER TO BE VALID Washington, May 7.—Merger in 1906 of the Cumberland Presbyter- jan church with the Presbyterian church and consolidation of their church property was declared valid by the supreme court. S The opinion affects litigation aris- ing from the merger in Missouri, In- diana, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Arkansas, California, Okla- homa and Iowa. e Many Cumberland church members rafused to recognize the union and contended that the consolidation was invalid, because the general assem- blies and synods had no right to vote such an action and because no power existed in governing bodies of the Cumberland church to transfer own- ership of loga] ehurch buildings and property. s 4 -BETTER TO HAVE L INATTENPTTO SAVE CHILDREN EXTRA! DuluthLoyalty Cause of Wild ‘Reports Here «-Of ,a" the senseless,. brainless, 'in- sane, crazy reports that have ci ship Kansas ‘“was blown up and, all of the Bemidji naval division killed.” and the “40,000 Americans cap- tured” on the west front of Europe, the one today about Duluth is-en- titled to the best. - It wouldn’t have been so bad but when it reached the Times building of New York and the Brooklyn bridge -its ‘‘plate was broken.” At any rate, the big bridge at Du- luth was blown up, the ore docks had been blown up, and bombs had been throwhl around in Duluth. Then the Times building of New York was blown up and the Brooklyn bridge destroyed with dynamite and the Minnesota state capitol was shattered with it the wind must have blown up,_the Mississippi river and a jitney run over the foot of Beltrami av- enue, The Pioneer was obliged- to an- swer one million and questions and” Chief of:Police Ripple answered several thousand and final- ly both the chief and the editor of the Pioneer were ready for the sal- vage drive heap. For the pacification of all the ex- citable personages in Bemidji we will say Duluth staged a Liberty celebra- tion last night and the inhabitants of that live wire city had the time of their lives. They celebrated their splendid Liberty Loan campaign which ‘went away over the top, and they whooped- for the loan, for Du- luth, ‘Minnesota and the United States .and everything the United States stands for. -They burned red fire and fireworks and set off tiny explosive arrangements ' and they “did-it up brown.” And when Du- luth - dees anythi e And that’s what it was all about. Patriotism was rampant in Duluth and doggone if Duluth wasn’t heard clear to- New York—and Bemidji. and letting the people know. ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— BURNQUIST AGAIN BECOMES CANDIDATE St. Paul, May 7.—Governor Burn- quist has filed for renomination on the Republican ticket. and announced that his platform would be on a “win the war” basis.” He added that he intended to make no political speeches, The governor’s formal statement follows: “In filing for a second term as governor, I wish to say, in accord- ance with statements heretofore made by me, that this is no time to divide our people into factions through stirring up of untimely is- sues in contests for public offices. “Though some may feel that our governmental house needs remodel- ing, it is now on fire through the conflragration of war, and the entire structure may be destroyed if we waste our time in dissension and ar- gument about the method of remod- eling instead of uniting to put out this fire through the ' elimination from offices of those who are not of America in this conflict and by the harmonious effort of us all in doing everything we can to win the war. “Personally, therefore, I intend to make no go]iti;;a!ispeeches dutring the primary and shall accept, as far as possible, those’invitations to deliver patriotic #ddresses which I have up to this tite" réceived for I felt that until the war is won the diverting of the attention of our people through local politics from the mat- ter of greatest importance is entirely out of place.” —MAKE W.S.5. PLEDGES— TO INSTRUCT CHOIRS The Nymore, Malvick and Aardahl choirs will meet in the Norwegian Free Lutheran church Thursday eve- ning. Prof. Snesrud of Laporte will be present and instruct them, —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—— CONCERT FOR ORGAN Sunday, a concert was given at Malvick, near Nary, by the Malvick, Aardahl, Laporte and Nymore choirs. Over 200 were present and dinner was served by the ladies’ aid. The‘ will be used to purchase an organj for the church. - l ey TUESDAS 1 culated in Bemidji since the battle-|> 5 % to splinters and before it got through |’ - thirty-three | ~~ Merely Duluth’s way of doing things |’ openly and fearlessly for the-cause |- KAISER'S FRIEND'IS: GIVEN FOUR MONTHS - AND HEAVILY FINED (By United Press) Red Wing, Minn.,, May ’l.——Leg- turer Randall, Nonpartisan leaguer, convicted of disloyal utterances, was today. sentenced to four months. in the county jail, fined $250 and as- sessed court costs of $1,000. A stay of sentence of 60 days was granted pending an appeal for a new trial. Contempt- of court proceedings’ against County Treasurer Scherf were dropped. ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— RELATIVES UNKNOWN An attempt is belng made by Huff- man & O’Leary to locate the relatives| adjoining the Pan Motor ' BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1918, 5 WOMAN’S DEFENSE COtINCIL MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON - ’.Mrs. H. C. Baer, chairman, an- nounces there will be a meeting of the: Woman’s National Council of Defense tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the court room at the court house. It is hoped that all women of Bemidji will turn out in large numbers so that the Bemidji council may_be a success. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT i OR TO PURCHASE HOME i5.Charles .N.. Beyhan ‘of St. Cloud, “head of--the new home building pro-" ject recently launched in the vicin- ity of the Pan Motor works, arrived in the city this morning, and expects to lay his proposition before the peo- ple of Bemidji through the columns of the newspapers. His company has platted 660 lots company of John A, O’Connor, age 64 years,|plant and work is now under way to who died at the hospital Saturday.|modernize the locality for ideal home The man was a stranger in Bemidji. Bod, i 8 The body otv g}gp l]Ievdersun, died at the hospital Monday, was shipped this afternoon to the family home at Clearbrook. “—~MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— HUGE RESERVOIR OF MEN - BACKS THE GOVERNMENT (By United Press) building purposes. The new site will be known as Pan Park Place. Mr. Beylan will establish a local agency who | here before leaving. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— SUMMER “STAR” ROUTE WILLSTART ON MAY 16 Bemidjl’'s new star postal route around Lake Bemidji will start May 16 and will be carried by Byron Rus- sell, who was the lbwest bidder for ‘Washington, May.7.—Officials in |the job. There were several bidders, the provost marshal general’s office|one offering to do the work for $975. say President Wilson’s great army |The route will be in operation dur- expansion plan is backed by a reser-|ing the summer season. voir of men. approximately 11,750,000 It being classed as a ‘‘star” route, On June 5, when boys of 21[means that Mr. Russell will be per- years register, it will add 700,000. | mitted to carry passengers and par- This assures practically 2,500,000 | cels and make deliveries. The trip and insures a need not to invade the|will start at Bemidji and go north- deferred classes yet. —MAKE W.5.S. PLEDGES— TO PROBE AIRCRAFT (By United Press) ‘Washington, May 7.—The house military affairs committee today opened a separate and informal in- quiry into the aircraft production —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— TWO DRIVES PLANNED (By United Press) Amsterdam, May 7. — German newspapers say that the resumption of the west front drive will be aide: ward around the lake and Postmas- ter Ritchie says that all who will re- ceive mail should provide themselves with mail boxes set well out, that the carrier will have no difficulty in leaving mail or parcels. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— MOVIE EXHIBITORS MEET The seventh annual convehtinn of | work. Five officials have been called.| ¢} 5 Motion Picture Exhibitors’ as- sociation opénedfi today in Minneap- olis, Among-those present are Man- ager Whaley of the Elko and Grand, and Mrs. Fred Brinkman of the Rex. Election of officers will be one of the principal features of business. —-MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— d D e ey e combinen | SAMMIES POURING offensive will thus bring ,the long longed for German success. PIKE SPAWN SEASON - WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL T. M. Surbert, who has been in charge of gathering the pike spawn below the dam for state hatcheries, INTO FRANCE. REPORT (By United Press) Paris, May 7.—The Echo de France says American troops are con- tinuing to pour into France. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— KNITTING CLUB TOMORROW Mrs. G. E. Carson’s 0. E. 8. Knit- has completed the work and states| ting club will meet tomorrow after- that it was a most successful season.| noon at 2:30 o’clock at Mrs. A. A. More than 108,000,000 pike fry|yord’s residence. proceeds, which amounted to $64, have been taken and placed in the| prg D, S. Mitchell will be hostesses. The local hatch-| 5 Jarge attendance is desired. various hatcheries. ery will accommodate about 40,000,- 000 eggs, but according to informa- tion, this plant will be doubled be- | fore the next season opens. E. Cobb, state superintendent of the fish department, considers the Mississippi river from the mill dam to Wolf Lake the best pike spawn bed in the country. Six men have been on the job from April 13 to May 4 under the foremanship of Pete Edd Mrs. Lord and —MAKE W.5.5. PLEDGES— NEW GOLF INSTRUCTOR Willie Dunn, widely known as a golf instructor, ha® been engaged by the Bemidji golf club for the com- ing season and has already com- menced his duties. Mr. Dunn comes, with valuable indorsements and should do much to advance golfing in this city, |ENEMY IS RENTLESS OFMcUSE;PICARDY | DRIVE ISEXPECTED 0 CLUB WOMEN COMING T0 BEMIDJI THIS MONTH The thirteenth annual meeting of the Sixth District Federation of Wo- men’s Clubs will be held in Bemidji, May 21 and 22. Patriotism will be the keynote. Mrs. George Allen of Rochester, state president, will talk on the “Spirit of American Club Women"; Edward R. Price, director of the University of Minnesota extension, on - “Individual = Efficiency”; Mrs. Peter Olesen of Cloquet, state vice president, on ‘‘Practical Patriot- ism’”; Mrs. Annie B. Teeple, Seat- tle, will tell what the women of Washington have done, and Mrs. L. D. Brown of Little Falls, “Patriotic Motherhood.” i —MAKE W.8.S. PLEDGES— o 1|CALLFOR 4060 SPECIAL MEN IS ISSUED TODAY (By United Press) Washington, May 7. — Provost Marshal Crowder today issued a call for 4,060 men to fill vacancies in the civil engineers, ordinance and quartermaster’s department, All states except Arizona, Delaware and Vermont are affected. The men will entrain May 20. —MAKE W.S.S, PLEDGES— VISITOR MADE DRUNK: - LOSES ROLL: HUSBAND AND WIFE FINED $100 William Anderson, an employe of the Backus-Brooks logging camps at Redby, came to Bemidji yesterday and brought along $116 with which to view the sights. Today, Willlam Anderson returned to Redby, minus the $116, but with a headache. “Bill"” is a pretty good sort of a chap and when he landed in Bemidji he happened to meet a couple of fel- lows, who, he says, invited him to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sears on Ralilroad street. There, some booze was brought out and the next thing the Puposky visitor knew he awoke half frozen in a mud hole alongside the railroad tracks. That was about 4 o’clock this morning. Officers “Tim’” Quinn and “Jack’ Oliver got on the trail of a couple of suspects but from what happened to Anderson the suspects could not be held without positive proof. Chief Ripple and Officer Essler went to the Sears house later and commenced a search of the premises, during which Mrs. Sears excused her- self, leaving through a rear door. Upon her return, the chief did a lit- tle exploring, also, and discovered two full half pint bottles of booze, which cost the Sears pair just $50 each; which was paid in the Muni- cipal court after their arrest. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— MARSHAL FRENCH IS VICEROY OF “I.REI.AND London, May 7.—The appointment ‘of Field Marshal Viscount French as vicerdy of Ireland comes somewhat as a “surprise. It 'was known that the government was experiencing considerable difficulty in finding a successor to Baron Wimborne and that this was the reason was the reason for the delay in announcing officially the appointment of Edward Shortt as chief secretary, which was known unofficially many days ago. Viscount French is of Irish extrac- tion. He has a seat in Ireland, is colg(nel of Irigh regiments and a popular figure in the country, but that is hardly likely to reconcile the Irish people to his appointment, for they will see in it nothing but a threat to put conscription into effect. Field Marshal Viscount French was commander-in-chief of the Brit- ish expeditionary forces in France and Belgium at the outbreak of the war, in August, 1914, until the end of 1915. In January, 1916, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the home forces. He is a Knight of the Most Tllustrious Order of St. Patrick. 'HOYSE THAN THE KAISER'S TROOPS BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE ATy (By United: Press) With the Americans in Lor. caine, May 7.—The enemy is showing uneasiness along the left bank of the Meuse. This is manifest nightly by the use of brilliant lights and by artil- lery and machine gun fire and aerial activity. There is heavy firing in the neighborhood of Seicheprey. ) American patrols report the enemy line sparsely held along the American sector, indicat- ing the enemy’s withdrawal of all possible men for the Pic- ardy drive. Fresh German Divisions. With the French aflield, May 7.— The French have identified 18 re- formed, or fresh, German divisions on the Amiens front. This presum- ably indicates the Germans' inten- tion to resume the offensive and also indicates that the divisions thus re- placed have sustained losses aggre- gating around 50,000 men. Americans Use Gas. With the American army in Pic- ardy, May 7.—The rear German lines were bathed in gas in retaliation for gassing the American, area. roared all of last night. Lieutenant Morgan of the medical corps heroic- ally stuck to his post, rendering first aid until exhausted. . American patreds are bringing in prisoners every night. They have also developed the deepest hatred for German treachery. One Boche en- tered an American trench gnd called “kamerad.” The Amoricn"s became suspicious and surrounded'him. He wdaa found loaded with hand gren- ades. A Haiz Renorts Raids. Washington, May 7.-— General Haig today reports«aiding activities. “We captured three machine guns and a few prisoners in the neighbor- hood of Neville Vitasse, three miles southeast of Arras. Our casualties were light. An attempted enemy raid near Boytlles, six miles south of Arras, was repulsed.” ~—MAKE W.8,S. PLEDGES— MINNESOTAN KILLED (By United Press) ° Washington, May 7.—Today's cas- ualty list has 41 names, including that of “Corporal Herman Bjorm- Nang. Tofte, Minn., killed in ac- tion."” ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— AMERICAN VESSEL WHIPS SUBMARINE (By United Press) Waghington, May 7.—The navy department announced today that the American stcamer Tidewater dis- posed of an enemy submarine March 17 with three well placed shots. The second shot was a clean hit on the submarine. ~—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— COMMERCIAL CLUB LUNCHEON WILL BE SERVED TOMORROW The regular weekly luncheon of the Commercial club will be held to- morrow noon. William Laliberte of the Fifth Division, Minnesota Naval militia, will be present, he being a member, home on a furlough. The menu will consist of baked beans, dill pickles, apple pie, a la mode, Boston brown bread, coffee. —MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— WON'T YOU HELP? Anyone wishing to donate any- thing for the Red Cross dinner to be given Saturday, will kindly call Mrs. Tom Smart or Mrs. G. M. Torrance. —-MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES— HUGE STORE OF GRAIN BURNED IN ST. LOUIS (By United Press) St. Louis, Mo., May 7.—The Union Stock yards and an elevator contain- ing $300,000 worth of grain for the allies were destroyed by fire this morning. Stock yards officials place the loss at $500,000. The police say the loss is $3,000,000. Authorities are invetsigating, on the grounds of incendiarism, S & | Guns foco: