Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 6, 1922, Page 1

within 100" nas the largest circulation ia Northern Mhmeloh. Ehll 3R VOLUME XX. NO. 170 Emil and Augiut Kisser are ‘Overcome by Gas and Die Before Found AUGUST APPARENTLY Evident That They Met l_)ea!h Saturday ‘Forenoon; Will “Hold An Inquest Emil and August Kisser, brothers, residents . of -this city “were found dead in a thirty’ foot well on their farm about three miles west of Wil- ton Sunday afternoon by their broth- er Joseph Kisser, who went to inves- tigate their’ failure - to come home Saturday mght ‘as was expected they would. Emil was found near the bottom of the well ‘with a rope about -his body ‘and August: with one foot caught in the third rung of a ladder znd his arms - about ~Emil’s body. Death ‘was “due, it is believed. . to strong gas, the odor of which . could easily be detectad at the top of the well. The men left their home in Be- midji Saturday ~morning, taking lunch with them, and when they fail- ¢4 to return Saturday night and still “had not returned Sunday forenoon, 4l:e family became alarmed and Joe Kisser, a brother, went o\lt in search of them. He found them as above reported, and-the'fatt ‘that they had not’eaten theirlunch -would indicated that they met their death samemne Snturday forenoou. - The ‘men were d,wgmg a well and the “work Was " being: done insids raised to the ‘SuFface by means of-a windlass. ““Thet Emil wenc'&own i{tido the well firét and whs at Work there’ when''he’ gan o feel ‘{hd effects of the' gas, then sending up ‘an'alarm to"August. It isee supposed ‘that ‘thé alarm prompted Allgun %o ‘lower::- a rope " which ‘wasplaced “about - his brother in an effort’ to:assist him up-the ladder, but that the 'gas 'became-so strong that it" refidered them:both unconscious ++ almiosp - Fjimmediatelyt Their ‘wat¢hes stopped, three ‘minutés apart, ‘provided’ the ~“watches were timed alike. However, the gas failed to ‘extinguish a‘lanterd. August. -is-a -single man, while Emil has a wife and four children that survive him. Both are well known'in this city, although the latter thas been away from, Bemidji for a -. number of- years, returning only Te- cently. Until about a year ago, August was employed as a lens grind- ‘er by Drs, barSon & Larson of this city. About ten feet down the well was a passage way which led into an un- derground room, which according to authentic reports housed ‘a modern still and a small quantity of moon- shine: The well and ‘-underground room were beneath a log cabin, the cabin having windows on all four , Sides. Several attempts were made ko descend into: the welly but each time the gas proved too strong -for the parties attemptihg to recover- the bodies of the dead men. The body of August was then pulled up by use of ice tongs, the work being done under the direction of County Cor- oner H.'N. McKee, who was summon- ed about 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. ~He was assisted by neighbors and (Continued on Page 8.) WILL ISSUE BIG GAME LICENSES HERE TUESDAY Applicants for big game' licenses in Beltrami county + are “‘urged by County Auditor; A. D.Johnson to “come carlg.and avoid the rush.” Although the big game season does not open until November 10 and then. remains-open' for only 10 days, Aud- _ itor Johnson states that over 100 ap- plications have been received and will be mailed out at once, beginning to- morrow. Licenses will be issued by personal application,; beginning tomorrow al- so. Residence license costs $2.25. Non-resident ‘licenses, costing $25, can be secured from the state de- paTtment. 5 It is~espécially urged that those who can procure their licenses at this time do so. This action -will assist the county zuditor’s office and will alleviate cosiderable waiting on the part of those who must necessarily postpone procuring of their licenses until nearer the opening of the seas- on, supposition- - is that | i ' — e e e R e mxmm “CANDIDATES MEET THURSDAY NIGHT All candidates for the City basket- ball team; are to report at'a meet- ing to be held-in the new armory Thursday evening, November 9, at 8 p. m., according to an announce- ment made’ by the committee in charge for the BBmld]l Fire Depart- ment, which is sponsoing the orgam- zation of ‘& city team. Practice begins 'November 10, at 7:30, continuing until 9 p. m. - Show- ers will be available -for all candi- dates. Practice mights will 'be an- nounced at the meeting ‘held Thurs- 'day night. All out”of town candi- dates will attend at their own expense All-players will be paid either a straight salary for each game. Games are being: arranged with Crookston, Thief River Falls, Grand Forks; Fargo, Brainerd, Little Falls, Fergus Falls, Minneapolis and St Paul. The team will probably make a two or three weeks’ tour in Feb- ruary, according to R. B. Lycan, chairman of the committee represent- ing the firemen EAF 47 b + In order to plsee -the finances of the' city on‘a workable basis, 2 $50, 000-bond" issue is being “submitted for the alppmval of the voters ‘of Be- mtd;l at ‘the genefal election tomor— Tow. OI this amount s40 000 i ns in- tended for ' the’ purpose “of ' paying ‘Way' and $10 000 for the ‘érection ofva Detention' Hospital £ | requiredy the Stafie l}ohrd.of hei!th : lévy for mext: year:" Should-the ob “apprové of this issue by |- “no’%, it “will e necessary to & entite “amotnt ‘'of $40,000 lev& 2 b6, |in #he next year's 'levy, rather then| $10;000. each year for the’ following | fouriyears, declares'J. P. Lahr, chair- mah ‘of ‘the'-city finance’ committce. Therefore, voters are urged to vote in favor of the issues in order to place the finances of the city on a ‘workabe basis. Opening the excellent lecture course to be given this fall and win- er under the auspices’ of ‘the Be- midji State Teachers College Maj- travel lecturer, will ‘speak this eve- or E. Alexander ' Powell, noted ning at 8 o’clock in the ‘auditorium of the Methodist chur¢h on ' ‘The Shadow of Asia,” a topic which he has taken by local ' request. & Major Powell recently returned from the Middle East where he tray- eled for many months by car and caravan. Since his return he has known magazines' to write feature articles regarding'his travels in those countries ‘of which little is known in this country. He_ i8' a most able lecturer and his accounts of his per- ilous and - interesting travels are sure to be of special interest to Be- midji at this time. Those who are readmg the series of travel articles now being- written by him for publication in Harper’s Magazine will 'vouch for the state- ment that he is readily conceded to be among the most interesting trav- el lecturers on the platform today. The lecture course, which consists of 'six strong numbers carefully se- lected by -the college authorities, promises 1o be one of the very best courses of its kind ever offered in Bemidji- © The college students are standing the bulk of the expense in bringing such capable talent to Be- although the public in general is invited toassist through the pur- chasing “of season tickets, Dow on salé at $3 for the six numbers. The second number of the course will “ be: the appearance of Miss Bertha Farner, soprano on Novem- ber-23.° ‘James -A. Burns, lecturer, will give the January - 27 number; Peter Clark Macfarlane will appear here February 9, the Zoellner String Quartette February 16 and the Hin- aha,w-Oonc‘ePt Quartet. March 17."- DIEDRICH 'OFFICIATES \'TWO GAMES AT DULUTH Dr-J. W. Diedrich returned early Sunday morning from Duluth where he officiated at 2 football games Sat- urday afternoon. Superior Gentral defeated Duluth Central 40 to 0, and Duluth Cathedral defeated Ashland high school 12 to 0. Takes Hubbard Co. Squad Into Camp by Score of 20 to 7; Preparing ‘for Hibbing Game Here Armistice Day Playing on a field wet with a week/s Tain, the Bemidji 'warriors again demonstrated to Park Rapids that Bemidji has a ‘hard team to beat. It was as 'an exciting game as any of the spectators had ever seen and was in doubt until the final whistle was® blown, with the score 20 to 7 in favor of Bemidji. Acting Captain Sullivan won the toss and chose to réceive the ball and taking'it on his own 26-yard line ran it to the center of the field be- for he was finally stopped. Our boys then ‘began a steady march down the field and were not stopped until they stood on Park Rapids one- yard line. ~It’was on’this last play that Baney was ruled out of the game and Cline was sent in to take his 'place. Park Rapide immediately punted out of danger but the steady march began again and this time Be- midji was Dot'to be denied, Bailey taking the ball over for the first touchdown of the game. Goal was missed: ~ Bemidji’s drawing first blood or-ly made Park, Rapids fight ‘with grim determination that makes a real football game. Things began to go wrong for Bemidji and they could ‘not seem to stand the smashing of Gunn and Grey, ark Rapids backs, and_on an off-tackle play Grey ran 50 yards for ‘a touchdown, andding anotker point a moment later by kicking goal. The half ended, Be- midji.6, Park Rapids 7 and there was wild rejoicing on the west side of tHe field. The second half was hard fought but Bemidji began to exhibit their superiority and marched right up the field for their second touchdown, Hickerson smashing off tackle. Bail- ey added another point on a pretty dropkick. The remainder of the third quarter found Park Rapids on the defensive pracncally the entire time, the ball 'being in the Hubbard (Continued on Page 8.), Bemidji High Defeats : Park Rapids Saturday Playing on Wet Field, Bemidji[ TO PLAN ORGANIZATION FOR SHIPPING LIVESTOCK ‘A meeting for the purpose of or- ganizing a livestock shipping ass- sociation of Bemidji has been called by County Agent D. C- Dvoracek to be held Wednesday afternoon, Nov- ember 8, at the city hall. ~The meet- ing will be called to order at 1: 30 and it is desired that all persons in- terested in .this project-in any way be present. been engaged by a number of well- |’ A s tonight and probably Colder tonight. BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY FVEN!NG, NOV. 6, 1922 Women Figl\nte. Strongly in Balloting in ' Northwest Elections Tommorrow MINNESOTA CANDIDATE CONSIDERED STRONGEST North and South Dakota and Minnesota Have que? , Candidates in Field (By. United Press) St. Pauly Nov. 6—For the first time in history women have become a Teal "factor in Northwest politics. In ‘tomorrow’s elections, women figure strongly in thé balloting and conjectures as to what will happen at the polls are usually qualified by: “It all depends how the women vote.” In Minnesota, a woman, Anna Dickey Olesen, is the Democratic nominee for U. S. senator, Susie W. Stageburg of Red Wing is the non- partisan candidate for secretary of state, and Miss Grace F. Kaercher, Ortonville, is the Republican nominee for clerk of the supreme court. In North Dakota, two women are fighting it out alone for the office of superintendent of public instruction. They are Miss Minnje'J. Neilson, in- cumbent, and Marth Fulton, endors- 3 (Continued on Paze 8.) COMMUNITY AND EIVIC CLUB HAE@ MEETING Interesting ’"% Heard and Fine Program With Social Hour Enjoyed The Woman’s ‘Community and Civic club held its regular meeting at the Civic and Commerce associa- tion rooms Saturday afternoon with a large attendance. Mrs. M. W. Deputy gave a complete report of the progress of the Loan Closet. The closet is in the 'Red Cross room of the public library. She gave a list of things received at the shower held at'the home of Mrs. T. J. Burke. All clothing has been marked with the letters L. C. with indelible ink. Mrs. Thayer Bailey gave a report on the recent membership drive. The club now has 167 paid members. Mrs. R. A. Schumaker gave a short talk on the plans and purpose of the Community Ball to be held Nov- ember 24.° Mrs. Schumaker assured the club that there would be a num- ber of the old time dances as well as the modern. steps. Miss Leila Stanton explained the need of places for winter sports and a motion was passed that a commit- (Continued on Page 8.) Iam RIGHT TO VO'I‘E THO NOT REGISTERED Qualified Voters in County May Vote Tuesday Even If Not Registered The right to vote though not reg- istered is explained 'in the following extracts from the laws and statutes regarding voting. Section 417 of the statutes of 1913 provides for registration of voters in cities of Fourth class, and in towns and villages. Section 421 of the same statute provides as follows: “Any person of- fering to vote in any such' district, whose name is not on the list at the opening of the polls, but who shall sutisfy the election board by proper evidence that he is entitled to reg- ister and vote,.shall be allowed to vote at such election witheut taking an oath, unless required to do so by such board. ! Chapter 226 of the laws of 1915 provides: ‘“That in all cities of the Fourth class in the state of Minne- sota operating under home rule chart- ers, in which said charters there is no expresS provision made for hold- ing a registration day or days for voters 'prior to the annual election, here shall not be hand any registra- tion day or days for voters prior to such election.”’ Section 6 of Chagzer II of the City Charter of Bemidji provides as fol- lows: “All genenal laws of the State of Minnesota, relating to elections and the preliminaries thereto, shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern all elections under this chart- er, and are hereby adopted as a part of this charter, the same as if herein specifically reenacted.” From the foregomng it is plain that any qualified voter in Bemidji, or in the county, who has failed to regist- er, but who has a right to vote in his election precinct, may vote with- out having previously registered by satisfying the election board by pro- per evidence that he is entitled to re'giutcr and vote. DAKOTA SOLDIER BONUS PAYMENTS TO START AGAIN (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D.Nov. 6—Soldier bonus payments will start again this month. It is expected that $50,000 will be paid off shortly, bringing the number to six thousand eight hun- dred. IN BEMIDII FRIDAY A chest and lung clinic will be held at the offices of Drs. Garlock & Garlock Friday, November 10 with Dr. R. B. Laney of Lake Julia San- atorium in charge, assisted by Miss Beth MacGregor, Red Cross public health nurse. This clinic has been arranged under the auspices of the Southern Beltrami County Public Health association and will be ab- solutely free of charge. At a similar clinic held at Kelliher last Wednesday 23 persons wehe ex- amined, the number being much smaller than had ben expected due t othe fact that the weather was far from being favorable. Persons who are losing weight, have a chronic cough or other symp- toms of tuberculosis’' are urged to arrange for an early, diagnosis, since in this way the loss of life is being greatly lessened, the cases being ar- rested in their infancy. This clinic a Bemidji will be open to all persons of any age and the advice given will be confidential. OKLAHOMA CLEARING UP WRECKAGE OF CYCLONE (By United Press) Drumwright, Okla., Nov. 6—Work of chearing up the wreckage and car- as the result of the cyclone between here and Shamrock was under way today. Funeral services for all,six victims will be held today and tomorrow. Wilfred Dobson, 15 will be buried in Cushing today. Mr. and Mrs. Joe i Jennings and their son, Cleo, 15, will be buried here tomorrow, according to plans. These four were in the same house when the storm struck. Wies Walton, rancher, and Col. Fug- al were also killed. Six, persons were injured but will recover. Total damage of the cyclone was estimated near the million-dollar mark. The heaviest damage resulted in the oil field where approximately 150 rigs were wrecked. Over Hundred Miners Entombed Early Today J. W. SMITH AT BRAINERD FOR BASKETBALL MEETING J. W. Smith, principal of the Be- midji high school left this morning for Brainerd where he is attending a meeting of superintendents and principals of this district, at which basketball schedules will be arranged for the various schools. He is rep- resenting the Bemidji high school and will submit the local schedule for the consideration of the district board. o Between 100 and 150 Miners Clll/llll by Roof of Shaft Brought Down by Explosion; Little Hopes Held for Their Rescue Alive; Five Dead (By United Press) Johnston, Pa., Nov. 6—Twen- ty-eight miners were taken alive from death trap in Reilley mine late this afternoon where over 100 are believed to have perish- ed in a gas explosion and cave- in. Several dead bodies have been brought out and others are said to be lying in the shaft. (By-J. Campbell Murphy) Johnstown, Pa.,, Nov. 6—A little band of miners, believed to number between 100 and 150 men, is en- tombed in a shaft of the Reilly coal mine at Spangler with little hope en- tertained of rescuing any of them, according to officials. Shortly before 8 o’clock this morning, an explos- ion brought down the roof of the shaft, deep inside the opening, seal- ing in all of the men who were at work. The fan that supplies the air was destroyed by the force of the oxplomon, and it was tnrec Hours be- | fore air could be gotten into the pipes. The force of the blast and the fact that the air lines were out of commission made the chances for the men very slim. Shortly betore noon, rescue work- ers reached the first dead bodies, five: being found in one of the work- ings off the main shaft. Word was sent back that the others had not been discovered. It was anhounced that the bodies could not be brought to the surface until 4 o'clock this af- ternoon. Within a iew minutes after the egplosion, a force of nearly 500 men were working in relays digging into the mine. First aid crews were stand- ing ready as the barriers were broken idown. The Cambria Steel Company’s | of |first aid crew reached here in autn- mobiles. The Red Cross also cent ithree automobile loads of tramed (nurces. The rescue workers are (Continued on Page 8.), ing for scores of persons homeless | Interesting ContestsTo Be Decided Tuesday At General Election CLINIC WILL BE HELD Election of U. S. Senator, State Senator, and County Division Important POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6 A. M. TO 9 P. M. County Ballot Contains More Interesting Contests Than Does State Ballot Election of a United States sen- aeor from Minnesota a state senator from this district, county division, B_emidji bond elections and two state amendments appear to be the most important issues for Bemidji voters to ballot on at the general election to be held tomorrow, November 7. Bemidji will vote in its usual ward polling places, the polls to be open from 6 a. m. to 9 p- m. The First ward votes at the Henry Miller Groc- ery store, the Second ward at the City hall, the Third ward at Dicdre’s Grocery store, the Fourth ward in the new Kaplan building and the Fifth ward in Dougherty’s store at Nymore. Election judges have been named by the city council and are to be on hand to receive the first voters at 6 a. m. A three-cornered fight for United States senator has in the opinion of some boiled down to a race between Frank B. Kellogg, incumbent, and Dr. Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor candidate. However, Mrs. Anna Dickey Olesen is expected to poll a large vote and may possibly upset the Republican hopes. She is the first woman even endorsed by a maj- or party, having been endorsed by the Democratic committee in annual conv:cntion shortly before the pri- maries. In the state senate race form this distnict, Harry A. Bridgeman of Be- midji opposes F. J. McPartlin of In- ternational Falls. An active cam- paign has been carried on by ecah and only the total vote is expected to tell the story. County division haz caused a fur- ious fight during the past few wecks advocates and opponents sparing no effort to present both sides of the case. It is believed that the last minute campaign by its opponents has won many votes against the project. Two bond issues, one to provide payment of warrants drawn on the permanent improvemet fund for the White Way lighting system and the other to pay for the Detention Hos- pital, will be voted on by Bemidji. The first issue is for $40,000 and the second for $10,000, both for the permanent improvement fund. Two state amendments are also to be voted on, Amendment No. 1 re- lating to a change in rural credits laws and Amendment No. 2 relating to the Tonnage Tax on iron ore. Republicans hold that ‘the entire state ticket will be clected by a safe majority. Heading the Beltrami county bal- lot are the candidates for U. S. rep- resentative from the Sixth district; Harold Knutson of St. Cloud, incum bent Republeian, and John Knutsen and Peter Scberger, Independents. William T. Noonan and J. J. Op- sahl scek election as representative in the legislature from ‘the 62nd district. A. D. Johnson and J. L. George are candidates for county auditor, Johnson being the present auditor. C. 0. Moon, incumbent, and”C. A. Huffman seek election as register of deeds. Andrew Johnson, present county sheriff, is opposed by Julius R. Johnson. S. M. Koefod, judge of probate, is opposed for re. clection by O. M. Skinvik. Gaham M. Torrance, county attorney, is op- (Continued on Page 8.) {COUNTY DIVISION LINE IS CAUSING OPROSITION In connection with thé question of county division, the Pioneer has been asked whether the voter. could vote for county division, buk exr pressing his choice as to where- the dividing line should come. “I am in faver of county division,” one reader “but I don’t want the ine to be north of Red Lake. I favor the line at Red Lake, but not north of this part of the county.” In fairness to all of our readers may it be said that if you vete for clon, the line will be just 1 it, which is 12 miles north Lake, and not at the lakes. no cho'ce in fixing the line. iy fixed and a vote for it ablish the line as above stat. ed, a vote against it will. mean thaf you do not favor it at this time. :