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’ The Newspaper that
- is not afraid
TENTH YEAR. NO. 196.
COMET’S APPROACH
DOESN’T FEIZE
FOREIGN FOLK
c o
Half of Detroit'! New Citizens
Haven't Heard of Halley’s Tramp
and Those Who Have Are
Not Fretting.
However, Delray Hungarians Will
Keep Children Home From School,
Wednesday, “Just Because.”
The scientists may worry, if they
insist upon it, over Halley’s comet.
They may squabble over the question
of whether the comet's tall is 16.000,*
000 miles long, or whether it is 26.000,-
000 miles long; they may resort to
fisticuffs, if they choose, to decide
whether the comet's tall is made of
cyanogen, peroxide or imagination,
and whether it is going to do tho
whisk-broom act to this old earth —
but Detroit’s various foreign colonies
fret not one single whit.
True, many Delray Hungarians will
Keep their children home from school,
Wednesday. “Just because,” is their
only explanation. They scoff at the
LISa that the world will be destroyed.
They laugh at the idea of any serious
damage to this terrestrial sphere, but,
at any rate, they will keep the chil
dren home from school. That Ib, some
of them will. “There may be a lot
of smoke or something like that, and
Just to make sure we’ll keep the chil
dren home,” they explain.
Haven't Heard of Comet.
But more than 60 per cent of the for
eign population of Detroit, doesn't
know anything about the comet or its
approach. If they did know*, they;
wouldn't care. Those that were toid i
of the whizzing package of mystery,:
speeding toward us at a frightful clip,
didn’t care, and weren’t interested.
One might expect to find panicky,
demonstrations among some of the
ioreigners. It is a distinct shock to
find that the average American is a
good deal more worried about the
comet than are our new citizens.
Advices that the comet is due to
make Its nearest approach to tho
earth Wednesday, don't feaze them In
the least. First, one has to explain
what he means by the comet, and what
there is to It. Then, in nine cases out ‘
of ten, he gets the reply, with an air
of ennui—“ Well, 1 saw that comet in
the old country, in 1882. Big. it was,;
like a Are ball. Some people were
scared. But it went by. Why be
scared?” .
Roumanians. Servians. Bulgarians,
Italians, Negroes, Poles. Croatian*,
Belgians. Hungarians and ail of (ho
others all have the same views, ap
parently. if *hey have any views at J
ail.
“Ma” and “Pa" Unafraid.
Detroit’s colony houses harbor most
of the more Ignorant foreigners, and!
to them, the word of "Ms" and ‘‘Pa,
meaning the landlord and his wife. I*,
law. . And most of the “Mas'' ami
“Pas” saw a comet In the old country,
more than a score of years ago. They
went through the panicky feeling, they
found themselves alive and well when,
the celestial visitor had passed, ami
so they don't see any grounds for.
worry. And when "Ma” and ”Pa are
uattafled, the boarders are satisfied.
Mrs. Fannie Jambrovitz. queen of a
golony house that shelters 30 Servians,
at No. 426 Frederick st., fairly radiat
ed that philosophy. Furthermore,
Mrs Jambrovitx believes In newspn
j ers. She reads the German-Hungar
lan Herald published in Cincinnati.
Seeing no warning In the Herald, Mrs.
Jambrovitx was disposed to pooh pooh
the comet.
“Why don’t the paper say it. If it j
Is coming?” she asked. When con-:
vinced that it was coming, whether
the Herald announced its approach or
not, Mrs. Jambrovitz was not per
turbed. She laughed as she told of
seeing a comet in Mltrovltz, Hungary,
back in the eighties.
“The people said then that tho
world would go," laughed Mrs. Jam
brovitz. “Bome people prayed for
days. Everybody went out to see It.
It was a big ball of fire. Everybody
was seared. But it went past, and
I’m still nlhe.” -
Servians Not Alarmed.
Over in Pete Petljonski’s saloon.
Rlopelle and Kirby, Servians and
Slavs sat about a table, loaded down
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with beer bottles. They absolutely
refused to worry about the comet. “If
we’re gone, we’re son#/' said one
roisteroua chap. “But the world can
never come to an end while there Is
so much good beer. No, that la no
good business, to have the world como
to an end. We’ll be drinking beer,
Thursday morning.”
The Romanians, a deeply religious
people, who spend much of their time
on their knees, haven't even heard of
the comet, for the moat part. And
when they are suddenly confronted by
the spectacle, if they happen to be
awake when it arrives, there will prob
ably he no qualms. Those who did
know about It, expressed the intentiou
of getting up to see it, but they had
no fear of it.
An old Negro, trundling home a
wagon load of wood, showed two glist
ening rows of ivory when asked why
he stored up his wood when the comet
as coming Wednesday. •
“Ah’m going on storing up wood,
and the comet can keep coming,” said
the dusky optimist.
Over in the heart of Little Africa,
mere mention of the comet brought
on a camp meeting of religious dis
cussion.
One had a clincher argument to ex
plain why his people were not afraid.
Here's a Clincher.
"Don’t the bible say that the Lord
going to come on a cloud before tho
end of the world?" he asked “Has
anybody seen the Lord on a cloud?
Well, then the world ain’t a cornin’ td
'no end now." Which grave decision
was received with nods of assent from
those present.
In vain did one argumentative Ne
gro rty to impress on his hearers that
{this time the comet was coming closer
; than ever before.
"Every time it gets closer,” said the
comet agitator. “Maybe, 25 years from
now. it’ll hit the yearth. But this
time, we’ll probably get Just some of
the gas as It goes past.”
"If it goes past the earth, close,
it’s goln’ to go in the water, ain’t it?”
asked the decisive person who quoted
scripture. And he wouldn’t believe
anything else. He figures out that
Halley’s comet is going to come to a
miserable end by drow’nlng. if it really
does head toward the earth, and miss
es it.
In the Polish district, three wed
dings were being celebrated, within
a block’s radius of Russell-st., and
Forest-ave. The throngs in attend
ance were carefree, and absolutely
without any premonition of evil, or
any fear of thq celestial tramp. The
Poles view the comet’s approach calm
ly, and are not even curious about the
composition of the comet’s tail.
Many Hungarians in the Delray col
ony have received letters from the old
country, telling of the appearance of
the comet there, and asking whether
it has been seen here, too.
All of the old country letters state
that the comet Is an omen of a world
war. That is fully expected by the
old country correspondent*, who warn
their peope in this country, to pre
pare for the big fight.
35 CONVICTS PERISH
IN FIRE IN ALABAMA
Prisoner Sets Fire to fitockade In Ef
fort to Regain Hie Freedom—One
Man le Shot.
CENTERVILLE, Ala., May 17.
Thirty-six Negro convicts lost their
lives early yesterday when the stock
ade of the Red Feather Coal Cos., at
Luclle mines. Bibb cdunty, Alabama,
about 15 miles north of Centerville,
was destroyed by a fire set by one of
the prisoners in an effort to gain his
freedom.
Thirty-five of the convicts were
burned to death and another was
latally shot by guards while trying to
escape. Among those burned is the
Negro who started the blaze.
The fire spread rapidly throughout
the structure, which, on account of
the extreme dryness of the material,
was quickly consumed. It was with
much difficulty that the unharmed
convicts In the stockade were prevent
ed from eluding the guards.
All the convicts at Luclle mines
are state prisoners, leased to the Red
Feather Coal Cos., for working the
mines.
H. W. Perry is president of the
company and J. H. Taylor superinten
dent. The financial loss will reach
several thousands of dollars.
It is reported that all the convicts
at the Lucie camp were Negroes. So
far as known, none of the workmen
escaped.
CHOKES SELF TO DEATH.
Despondent Lalngeburg Man Twlata
Rope With Cane.
OWOSSO, Mich., May 17.—(Spe
cial.)—Epson Parker, of Laingsburg,
aged 74, who had a wife and four
giown children, committed suicide Sun
day night. He twisted a bed sheet
into a rope, and wrapping it about
his neck, then twisted it with a cane
until he had choked to death. Ill
health Is the cause.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
LANSING, Mich., May if—The fol
lowing companies have filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state: Contract Copper Cos., Boston,
Mass., and Houghton, $5,000,000; Ital
ian-American Mercantile Cos., Norway.
$3,000; Puritan Machine Cos., Detroit,
$30,000; Sterling Furniture & Carpet
Cos., Detroit, $30,000; the Carey Motor
Car Cos., Detroit, $6,100; Melvln-
Wenkle Piano Cos., South Haven, In
creased from $30,000 to $40,000; Hu
ron Paper A Paplteril Cos., Ypsilanti,
$2,000.
VOUNQ FORGER SENTENCED.
FLINT. Mlch. % May 17.—Because he
forged his mother's name to a certifi
cate of deposit and secured $26 from’
the Union Trust A Savings bank.
Owen Evans, 17 years old, was yester
day. sentenced to serve from six
months to 14 years in the lonia re
formatory. He pleaded guilty In cir
cuit court.
Kills a Big Golden Eagle.
ANDERSON. Ind., May 17 —A gold
en eagle, measuring aeven feet from
tip to tip, was shot and killed on the
farm of Dr. Misher, near Mechanics
burg. The bird was turned over to a
taxidermist, and will ultimately be
presented to the state.
j«b Printing 4—# right. Times
Printing IB Jnha R.-nt. Call Main
1498, or City ISSS.
BATTLESHIP FLORIDA, HEAVIEST WARSHIP
* IN THE WORLD. IS LAUNCHED AT BROOKLYN
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The launching of the new Florida,
the heaviest battleship in the world,
and the most powerful Instrument of
warfare that ever gilded Into the
asters of any ocean, calls to the at
tention of the naval authorities of for
eign countries the wonderful progress
of the American navy.
TWO SALOONLESS TOWNS
HAVE SOLD THEIR JAILS
One Is Converted Into a Dwelling by
the Buyer, and the Other Is Used
aa a Chicken House.
BROOTON, Minn., May 17— Every
business man at Buffalo, Paynesville,
Sedan, Glenwood, Starbuck, Ltfwry,
Alexandria and other towns where the
fight for or against license is now on
has received from the business men
cf Belgrade and Brooten a joint clr*
cular which says in part:
“We deem It our duty to inform
you that after four years at Brooten
and five years at Belgrade without
saloons the results, both from a finan
cial and moral. sfcawßntotii ara JUlflk
that the question of McettSe will* tiof
even be voted cn in either village this
spring, and we are absolutely certain
that the saloon question has forever
passed into history so far as our taro
clean villages in western Stearns
county are concerned.
"For about fwieen years each ot our
towns had four to five saloons, which
took approximately $75,000 to $90,000
annually away from legitimate trade
channels. With the elimination of the
f-aloon our trade has steadily In
creased, bad accounts contracted In
the saloon regime have nearly all been
liquidated, and poverty is unknown In
either village.
“The Brooten jail was sold two years
ago and converted Into a dwelling; the
Belgrade Jail was sold for a chicken
house.
us respectfully urge that for
the good of your home, your fellow
beings, your own temporal and eternal
welfare, and that of our state and the
American nation you help to clean out
the traffic at your earliest oppor
tunity.”
BANKER IS SENTENCED.
Cleveland Man la Given Five Years
for Contributory Perjury.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 17.
Ulysses O. Walker, president of the
defunct South Cleveland Banking Cos.,
was yesterday denied anew trial and
sentenced to five years in the peniten
tiaryfl When asked if he had any
thing to say as to why sentence should
not be passed, the prisoner replied:
“Nothing, except that I feel in my
own heart that I am innocent.”
Walker was convicted of contribu
tory perjury in making false state
ments to a state bank examiner. Ex
cessive loans to the Werner Publish
ing Cos., of Akron, were involved In
the trial.
A stay of thirty day* was granted
for an appeal.
$15,000 FIRE IN SAGINAW
Cooper Shop on West Side Burns,
Making 100 Men Idle.
SAGINAW, Mich., May 17.—The
cooper shop and heading mills of
James Malcolm on the west side were
destroyed by lire, which started in
the furnace room at 6 o’clock last
night.
Owing to a heavy wind, the Insuffi
cient supply of water and the pres
ence of a large quantity of heading
material, the fire gained considerable
headway despite the efforts of th-?
firemen. The loss is estimated at $15.-
000. fully insured.
The building was a frame structure.
80x160 feet, two stories high, and
turned like tinder. One hundred men
are out of work temporarily. From
the cooper shop the fire spread to the
salt block, but was extinguished with
but little damage to this building.
Michael Leopold, a firemen of Cos.
IS, waa caught in the smoke by a
back draught inside the building Aad
nearly auffocated. He crawled to a
window and. breaking the glass, reach
ed a place of safety. His hand and
wrist were badly cut.
Joke J. Srrtrr-m lost kU ■ml«
Ike D. IT. H. la the circuit caarl,
Monday afternoon. Judge Murp.iv
holding that he was negligent, and
directing a verdict for tne company.
Bertram tva* struck by a car while
riding his bicycle In front of Ihs
, Michigan car hams. ——- ■> - ■
Commercial Credit Ce. Ratings.
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1910.
With the launching of the Florida
there remains but the similar cere
mony for her sister ship, the Utah, to
complete the “big four” of the Ameri
can navy. The other two are the
Delaware and the North Dakota, both
of which are already in commission.
Besides the usual small guns, the
WILD RIDE BY GIRL FOR
HELP AS HOME BURNS
Covers Miles on Horseback Awaken
ing People—They Arrive in Time
to Save Buildings.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. May 17.—Miss Ca
milla Forman, formerly of East St.
Louis, daughter of Z. P. Forman, and
a niece of Hamilton A. Forman, former
president of the St. Louie city council,
saved her father’s dairy near Nash
ville, 111., by a Paul Revere horseback
ride In • which she summoned neigh
bors to help in flhtlng the flames.
From the dairy farm to the town of
Beaucoup, several miles dlastant, the
young woman rode, calling the nelgh
and his fire fighting force. They re
sponded, and by their help a bucket
brigade was formed, and buildings
were saved which would otherwise
have taken fire.
By the work of the bucket handlers
in keeping the buildings wet down,'
the fire was confined to one building.'
Miss Format, who was a favorite in
East St. la>ui* society before the fam
ily removed to the country, •in an ac
complished horsewoman. Since she
has been living at the farm, she has
entertained a number of St. Louis and
East St. Louis friends at house par
ties.
SOLON CLEARS SELF.
Tells Grand Jury No Bribe Offer Wat
, Made to Him.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 17.—Rep
resentative Michael Link of Mitchell,
one of the central figures in the Illi
nois legislative bribery scandal, ap
peared in the Sagamon county circuit
court yesterday and ceared himself of
contempt of court by answering a
question asked by the grand jury.
Judge Shirley repeated the specific
question as follows;
“Did any person, or persons, in
Sangamon county, Illinois, offer or
promise you any money, or other val
uable consideration for your vole in
♦he forty-sixth general’ assembly of
this state for United States senator?”
Link was forthwith ushered before
the grand Jury and to the question he
answered: “No.”
State’s Attorney Burke then ex
pressed himself satisfied for the pres
ent. *
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE BABY.
Battle Creak Woman Is Fatally Burn
ed While Reecuing Child.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May 17.
Risking her life to save that of her
baby, Mrs. Bruce Hill of Greenfield
park, sustained burns that will likely
prove fatal. Mrs. Hll started to
throw some waste paper into a wood
stove when her apron caught fire. She
jerked it off quickly and gave it a
throw. The blazing garment fell upon
her 2-year-old daughter, setting fire
to the child’s clothes. The mother
started to beat out the blaze and her
own clothing caught fire a second
time. Seeing the child out of danger,
Mrs. Hill, now ail aflame, ran out
an d and Jumped into a tub of rain
water. But she was too late, being
so terribly burned that the doctors at
Nichols hospital, where she was tak
en, say chances for her recovery are
slight.
A 3-year-old son saw the tragedy
and ran to the neighbors for help.
The baby was not burned to any ex
tent.
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Rarer Rrellatry+r Set-lured Rentier
night before a meeting of the l>e
troit Florists’ club, held In the Cow lc
building, that If anyone could dem
onstrate to him that he had a device
that would eliminate the sinowe
nuisance, he would see to It that nil
ordinance waa panned that would
force every factory In the city to
une auch appliance. The meeting waa
held for the purpoae of watching *
demonatratlon by James Kut«cl
Price, M. D., and W. J. Hubei, of
Chicago, representing the Doylair
smokeless system. Those who saw
the working of the smoke consumer
were hearty In their praise of the
device.
Job Prtatfag done right. Ttww
Prlntlaa Ce.. IS Joha R.-st. Call Main
1495, or City SSSI.
Florida will carry 10 of the big 12-lnch
cannons. Each cun will weigh 50
tons, shooting a projectile weighing
860 pounds through a 20-Inch steel
armor plate 8,000 yard* distant; a 16-
lnch plate at 5,000 yards; an 11-lnch
plate at 9,000 yards. But, missing a
target, the projectile would go eight
miles before exhausted.
STICK POKED IN GIRL'S EYE
AS SHE PEEPS THRO’ FENCE
Little Annie Hertzenberg Likely to
Lose Sight as Result of
Her Curiosity.
NEW YORK, May 17.—Seven-year
old Annie Hertzenberg, of No. 107
South Fourth-st., Williamsburg, will
probably lose the sight of her left eye
by having the sharp point of a stick
of wood shoved into it by an unidenti
fied girl in a yard adjoining her home.
Annie was playing by herself in her
yard when she heard a noise in the
next'yard. She peeped through a
hole In the fence, and aa ahe did so
(the point of a stick of wood in the
.us the other girl was jabbed
Tnto her ten eye.
Annie screamed and her mother,
w’ho rushed to her aid, found several
splinters in the child’s eye. Mrs. Heri
zenberg, upon learning what had hap
pened, looked for her daughter’s as
sailant, but the mischievous girl was
nowhere to be seen.
The injured girl was carried to the
Eastern District hospital, where the
house physician was occupied for an
hour in removing the splinters from
her eye. He fears the sight is de
stroyed.
KILLS WIFE AND 3ELF.
Race Track Man Commits Rash Act
at Mother-In-Law’s Home.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Frank
Fenton, a race track follower, well
known to New York book-makers,
killed his wife at her mother's home
here yesterday afternoon and then
committed suicide by firing a bullet
into his own head.
Mrs. Fenton was the divorced wife
of "Dick” Taylor, a well-known secret
service man, who, for many years,
served as one of President Roosevelt’s
personal guards on his trips about the
country. Taylor was one of the secret
service men who was with President
Roosevelt when a trolley car hit the
Roosevelt coach at Lenox. Mass., kill
ing “Bill” Craig, one of the presi
dent's guards.
The shooting occurred at 1230 New
York-ave., the home of Mrs. Mary
Riley. Mrs. Riley runs a boarding
house and her daughter bad been liv
ing with her. Fenton had been living
apart from his wife, but turned up
at the boarding house at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon. He found his wife sit
ting with another woman in a beer
garden across the street from the
boarding house. There were some
sharp words between them and Feu
ton followed her across the street to
her mother’s home. As Mrs. Fenton
stepped Inside the hall he pulled a
revolver and shot her. Mrs. Riley, her
mother, rushed downstairs and found
husband and wife lying on the floor^
[ MARINE
VRS9BI. PASSAGES.
Detroit.
DETROIT. May 17. —Up: Chicago.
1210 p. m. Monday; Haskell. 12:60; If.
R. Buell, Eleanor, A. Stewart. 6:15.
Down: Kotcher. 12:60 p. m.. Mon
day; Conemaugh, 12:55; Maticli Chunk.
1:45: Choctaw. Kopp, 1:50; Panther,
Woodford. 2 15; Veronica. 2:20; Pope.
S:05; Shaw. 3:45; Pollock. 4:40; W. A.
Rogers. 5:30; R. L Fryer, 6:16; Mor
rtll, 7:45; Omaha. 7:50.
The Aoo.
BAULT HTE. MARIE. Mich., May 17.
—Up: Salt iJtke City. 1:30 and m.. Mon
day; LSFalle. Cote. 2rSS; Henry Rog
ers. 3; Watt. Manila. Nevada. Hemloca.
4-10; Centurion, 5:3o; B. Lyman Smith.
\\ ,111 am Wills. 6:30; Malletoa. Frit*.
Argo. 7; Colonel, Cary, ».
Down: James Davidson. Manitoba. 2
p m. Monday; 9o«apa. S; Meacliam. 4.
Elba 5; Jones. 6:30; Heffelflnger, . ; Ai -
thur 11 a«• good. 6. Harvard. Hanna. 3.
A single turn pf the handle of a
new letter stam|4ng machine cuts u
stamp from a strip, moistens and af
fixes It, registers tne transaction and
ejects the stamped letter.
A double frying pan. hinged in the
center, has been patented by an lowa
man so that two artlctes can be
cooked at once and to save space by
fording it when not in use.
GIRL LONG KNOWN AS A BOY
REBUMES HER OWN GAEB
Makes Har Home on a Claim, Hoping
to Forever Blot Out Her Former
Pereonallty.
WATERLOO. la.. May 17.—Living
on a ranch in North Dakota with a
former Waterloo young lady ia Mlea
Pearl Watters who would blot out for
ever the personality which she as
sumed for several years—that of a
boy—and would have her frienda and
all the world forget.
Miss Watters was known for four
years to Waterloo people as Earl Wil
son. an orphan boy into whose family
had come many tragedies. The mother
and children became separated in the
San Francisco earthquake. The
mother died of a broken heart in an
eastern state. She had grieved life
sway thinking that her children had
been killed. Her husband had previ
ously met death by falling from the
Flatiron building in New York.
Left an orphan, the girl then donned
male attire, believing she could make
her way in the world better a« a boy.
When she came to this city, four years
ago. she was dressed as a boy and
found work and friends at the Y. M. C.
A. She often did work about the
kitchen, and the women folk often
wondered how "he” came to be so
handy washing dishes and doing other
household tasks.
Later she was a news agent on the
Rock Island railroad. She became ill.
and it was while in a hospital In Cedar
Rapids that her masquerading adven
ture became known.
Pearl had then become so used to
male attire that she found It incon
venient to wear clothing appropriate
to her sex. Her skirts almost tripped
her as she took the long strides she
had learned to take while wearing
trousers. Her hair was not of the
proper length to do up in the fashion
that other girls essayed.
BEES WIN BASEBAIL GAME.
Sting Both Nines Off the Field and
Disperse the Spectators.
LOS ANGELES. May 17 —An lnva
sion of bees routed the members of
the Los Angeles and Vernon baseball
teams from Chutes Park field and
emptied the grand stand of its crowd.
Los Angeles was practicing in the
field and the Vernon team was throw
ing the ball around near the grand
stand, when the bees flew over. A
player angered them by hurling a wild
b allamong them. In a moment spec
tators and players were in wild flight
and scores were leaving the benches
to get out of the way of the stingers.
Several of the players entered the
games with welts on their faces after
the bees had retired.
GOES UNDER KNIFE.
King Alfonso Is Operatsd on For
Affection of Throat.
BORDEAUX. May 17.—An opera
tion, characterised by the surgeon as
slight, was performed on King Al
fonso’s throat at the Depot hotel here
last evening. Prof. Moure wielded
the knife, and at lta conclusion de
clared that it had been successful in
every way and that the king would
feel no 111 effects.
Shortly afterward the king returned
to the royal train and resumed his
journey toward London. From Bor
deaux to Cherbourg the railway tracks
were lined with a special guard of
troops, while a special train preceded
the royal train by a few hundred
yards.
Job Printing; dons right. Tlmos
Printing Cos., IS John R.-st. Call Main
1498, or City SSIS.
WOMEN WESTONS BEGIN
LONG HIKE TO PACIFIC
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MRS. JENKINS AND MRS. SEERY AT START OF THEIR LONG KIKE.
To prove that women are as Rood walkers as men. Mrs. F. J^^nr,
and Mr*. C. 8. Jenkins. graduates, are walking from Muaaogee,
Okla. to San Francisco. _ ~ .... kM a.
Every step of the way has to be walked, and the Ume
set at four months, though both of the fair walkers expect to negotiate the
distance In less time. They will earn their expenses selling poetcerua sou
*“'T. p h rw«loJ*M»ln.t any po«IM* u»pl.M«<tM>co,in<.r '^ h ££ £
be*»t. they carry revolvers strapped plainly In sight, t hey MR wmm ".*
pens with flrearms.
FUST EDITION
-ONE C E Nl
PBH FOR RUN IS
FOREST ARES RAGE
Women and Children Panic-Stricken
at Sheet of Flames Fear Mflnq
Wide Approaches.
bemidji. Minn., May IS-Women
and children are praying ia the
churches of Bemidji. for rain, to save
them their husbands and father* and
their homes from Impending oata*
trophe. . .. r*
Although fought desperately by
hundreds of citisens, soldier* aad for
est rangers since early Sunday mom
lug, a forest Are. four miles wide, has
been slowly nearing Bemidji, from
the south.
At midnight a thousand volunteer
fire fighters gathered for a last dee
per ale stand.
Fire-brands, the slae of flaming
sticks, drop in hardly visible myriads,
passing through the dense and al- *
most suffocating smoke. The lumber
and surrounding forests hare been
wet down, but small fires have been
discovered barely in time to save the
yards.
At least S.OGO. volunteers from a*
far east as Duluth were available at
an early hour this morning. •
MERRILL, Wis.. May 16.—The
most disastrous forest Are in the his
tory oK northern Lincoln county, ia
raging in the vicinity of Duluth, Jef
fries Junction. Parrish and Harrison.
Large tracts of valuable timber land
are being destroyed.
At Parrish the entire mill crew of
a lumber camp succeeded in saving
the town. Now efforts are being made
to save the village of Elm City.
REV. E. P. PIERGE’DEAD.
Veteran Methodist Minister Is Victim
of Bright’s Disease.
A well known retired Methodist pas
tor, the Rev. Edwin Porter Pierce,
died Sunday in the residence of his
daughter. Mrs. Luther K Marshall, No.
143 Vlrglnia-ave., oT acute Bright's
disease. He,was 73 years old and for
30 years was a member of the Detroit
Methodist conference. The surviving
children are Mrs. Marshall, Miss Evan
geline and Mias Edith Pierce and Dr.
Howard W. Pierce, all of Detroit; Eu
gene C. Pierce, of Ottumwa, la.. and
Edwin W. Pierce, of Boston. Funeral
services will be held in Mrs. Mar
shall’s residence Tuesday afternoon at
2-.30 o’clock, and the body will bo
taken to Lewiston, N. Y., for inter
»snt _
Nagel To Visit Alaska.
WASHINGTON. May 17.*-The aecro
tary of commerce and labor, Nigel,
talked over with President Tin a pro
posed trip which Nagel is to make
to the northwest and Alaska. He will
leave toward the end of June, spend
sometime looking over Immigration
conditions at Seattle, Portland, and
other northwestern points, and then
go to Alaska to look into the govern
ment relations with the salmon fisher
ies along the Alaskan coast.
Baalaeae-llke Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Ttaea Printing Ca* 16
John R.-st. Main 1498. or City 8386. ’
MRIIEVORR TAXICAB. MAIN Ng.