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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
FIVE THOUSAND
ARE HOMELESS
FOREST FIRES WIPE OUT OF Ex.
IsTENcE FOUR MINNESOTA
TOWNS.
DEATH ExACTS A HEAVY TOLL
Tornado of Fire Strikes 5eaudette and
spooner and simultaneously Every
Building Burst Into Flames While
Occupants Fled for Safety.

Warroud, Maintained by a
strong gale the forest fires are sweep
ing the entire country east Of here.
Four towns, Beaudette, Spooner, HIT
and Graceton, Mimi, were wiped of
the map.
The bodies of rs settlers have been
located, and ais it is the death list
will be upward of 300.
Wagon loads of human bodies are
being brought into the railway station
at Beaudette. 1t is reported that many
settlers, crazed with grief at the loss
Of families and property are roaming
the woods, and searching parties are
constantly on the lookout for the in.
tured, the dead and the demented. One
family of nine, one of seven and one
Of five were destroyed.
A tornado Of fire struck Beaudette
and Spooner and three miutes after
first alarm every building was ablaze,
and within an hour they were heaps
Of ashes. The people of these two
towns had just sufficient time to get
out of their homes with what they
had on their backs. They were loaded
onto a passenger train that was
standing at the depot and taken to
Rainy River, Ontario.
The Canadian Northern railway has
stationed trains at every station at
the service of the people and is doing
everything in its power to relieve the
situation.
The people of Beaudette and Spoon
er and the settlers adj through the
north-central part of the state have
lost everything.
Five Thousand are homeless and the
greater part of them absolutely des-
titute
1t Is impossible to get details or
the names of the dead and the in.
jured, and some of the dead will not
be found until spring. 1t is Impossible
to estimate the damage or casualties
at present, but the pioneers of North.
ern Minnesota must have help.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

right of Dietz to charge 100000 toll
for logs floated through his dam prior
to his purchase of it, trespass suits
with his neighbors, petty disputes
over hay and grain sales and validity
Of the title to the land the homestead
is on.
Madison, Wis. - Letters having
skulls and crossbones in red ana
black, threatening the life of Governor
davidson unless he instructs Sherln
Madden of Winter to discontinue the
bost,lities against John A. Dietz' are
he,ng received at the executive once
hourly. While the governor 1eels
there need be no fear that they Will
he carried out he is annoyed and per
hans a trifle nervous over the letters
and Chief of Police Shaughnessy was
called to the executive office and the
letters shown to him. 1t was de-
cided to place a police guard around
the executive mansion until the pres
ont wave subsidies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
His InaIienahIe Riuht.

When Willie goes to school next
week he will have new teacher.
The new teacher will like Willie
when she begins to know him, but the
process may take several terms.
Willie's teacher began to like him
just before the close of the school
year, and she testified to her affection
by offering him a pocketknife.
There, Willie" she said, "you have
tried so hard to be good boy that l
am going to give you this nice four
bladed pocketknife-but you must
promise me never to cut the school
furniture with it,"
Take it back, teacher" said Willie,
Plaindeaier.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
BROWNE PUT ON THE GRILL
LEGISLATOR ACCUSED OF OFFER
ING RRI1E TEsTIFIEs.
Declares Speaker Of House Asked Him
to Get Democratic Members to
Vote for Lorlmer.

Chicago.-Lee O'Neil Browne, mi
nority leader in the Forty-sixth gen.
eral assembly, took the witness stand
before the senatorial investigating
committee Thursday and told a story
with sensational aspects. Among
these was declaration that Edward
Shurtleff, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, was the dictator of the
plan to elect William Lorimer United
States senator.
The minority leader began his tes-
timony with disputing evidence given
by Legislators who accuse him of brl-
berry. He denied sending for Repre-
sentative Charles A. White to come
to his (Browne's) hotel room on May
rs, 1909, the night before Mr.. Lori
mer's election.
Browne testified that about three
weeks before Lorimer's election
Speaker Shurtleff came to him and
asked him whether he could "get the
boys to vote for Lorimer." meaning
Brownies friends.
Browne acknowledged being in st
Louis June 21. He said he met Shep-
hard, Link, Beckemeyer and Luke,
and thought he met Clark. They were
called to meet him through the agen.
cy Of others, he said, to discuss his
political future and his probable can.
didacy for minority leader.
Did you ever pay Link or Becke-
meyer $1,OOO?" asked Attorney Aus
trian.
No"
Browne either denied all the
charges of bribery or evaded by an
swering "I don't remember"
Absolute denial of payment OF
$4,000 or any other sum to State Sen
ator D. W. Holstlaw or any other
legislator in connection with the elec.
ton of Lorimer was made by State
Senator John Broderick.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
WANTS A BIG NAVY
COL. ROOSEVELT MAKES SPEECH
AT APPALACHIAN ExPosI.
TIoN IN TENNESSEE.
SAYS ARMY IS LARGE ENOUGH
Ex-Presldent Declares Most Practical
Policy for United States 10 to
Prepare for War In Time Of
Peace.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Theodore Roose-
welt, in emphasizing the necessity of
the United States maintaining larger
navy in his address at the Appala-
chan exposition ere Friday, used
the expression "Spelk softly but use
the big stick"
The ex-president made his utterance
in telling the immense audience that
the most practical policy is for the
United States to talk peace but pre-
pare for war.
"If war were to come" Colonel
Roosevelt proceeded, "our army would
do well, provided we gave it chance
to prepare for it in time of peace.
Don't forget that that is essential. Re
member that If we do have any war
we will have a real antagonist. 1t Is
not necessary that we have a big
army, but we must certainly have a
great navy.
"In going through Europe what i'm
pressed me greatly was that nothing
commanded more respect from the
European powers than our battleship
voyage around the world into the for
eign waters. The foreign nations do
not care about our Fourth of July ora
tions. They do not care when we get
out and tell what we can do; but
when we sent our battleships around
the world-something no foreign pow
er had ever dared to do-well, that
impressed them.
II am a strong believer in peace,
but l believe the stronger navy is
needed"
Colonel Roosevelt reached Knoxville
after a stop at Bristol, Va, where he
launched into a defense of his new
nationalism and told the crowd that
he was fighting the bosses in New
York He found the crowds that
turned out for him all along the way
through Virginia and Tennessee to be
equally demonstrative as those on the
western trip.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Queer 0uestions.

Queer questions come over the tele-
phone to the newspaper Offices. Here
was one that the man who CHANGED
to answer the phone had put up to
him the other day:
Say" began the unknown seeker
after the truth, "do you-do you re-
member who it was that killed Abel?"
why, Cain, of course" replied the
newspaper man, who put in several
years at Sunday school. who'd tu
suppose?"
WELL" observed the man at the
other end in an annoyed tone, "doggoR
if amt gone and made a fool o. my
self. Course it was Cain, now that
you mention it, but made two to
one bet with fellow that twas
Goliath, and now I'll have to go with
out new overcoat, reckon, this next
winter. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Authoress Will Recover Sig int.

New York-Mary Roberts Rine.
hart, one of the authors of Seven
Days." and when a Man Marries, y
whose threat of total blindness was
recently reported, has sA led for Eu.
rope, with the assurance that her
sight is preserved.
Mrs. Rinehart was stricken with
acute eye trouble at her summer home
at Bemus Point, N. Y, a few weeks
ago on the eve of her intended dev
parture for Europe. The report was
that she was menaced with pe~ma.
nent loss of sight. She came at cnce
to New York, where she has been Mv.
ing quietly ever since under medical
treatment. She said yesterday she
had been assured the trouble was past
and would not recur if she was prl.
dent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
When Woman's Work Is Done,

Somebody said, "Woman's work is
never DONE" Anything that emanci-
pates her from this form of slavery
is hailed with joy. This is the rea-
son for the constantly increasing pop
ularity Of Easy Task Soap" the hard,
white, pure laundry soap, that does
half the work of wash-day by itself.
Add to this the fact that it positively
does not rot or streak the clothes,
that it launders laces, linens, dannels,
silks, bedding, table cloths and all
fabrics perfectly, and you will un-
derstand why it should be in your
house right away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

AS indicated by this statement, the
Standard company began trying out
the policy of lower prices IN the
United States, though without an.
nouncing that it had in view a cam
paign that would cover the world. In
August the price of refined oil IN
tanks was reduced from 6A to 519
cents a gallon, and the price of re-
fined oil in barrels at the refinery was
cut cent. from 9A to s% cents a
gallon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
PEACE OFFER FAILS.
ARMED MEN CAMP AROUND
HOMESTEAD OF OUTLAW
JOHN DIETZ.
WILL FIGHT TO LAST DITCH
Master Of Cameron Dam Refuses TO
Surrender Except to Governor Of
Wisconsin and DefIes overtures Of
Attorney General.

Winter, Wis. - John Dietz has
refused to surrender to anyone but
the governor Of the state Of Wis
consin and has emphaticaIly declared
himself to this edict to J. M. Froellch,
the st. Paul envoy, who went to inter.
cede in his behalf to avoid bloodshed.
To the attorney general of Wiscon.
sin and the secretary of the governor,
who accompanied him on his trip to
the Dietz cabin to obtain his surrender
and the transfer of the case to another
county, John Dietz made the same
statements.
well, this is the end," said Sheriff
Madden when he learned the result of
Governor Davidson's effort to bring
peace to Cameron Dam.
There is nothing for US to do but
to get Dietz and we'll do it."
The little log cabin in which the
Dietz family lives is built on a little
knoll, which commands a view of the
forest on all sides. There is low
ground on all sides of the knoll except
one. About fifty yards from the house
is the stable and Just beyond the
stable is a cornfield and several piles
of lumber.
In the conference which failed the
officials offered to Quash all the in
d1ctments against other members ol
the Dietz family, and all except one
of the indictments against Dietz him
self. Dietz demanded that all the
civil suits against himself be decided
In his favor. The states ENJOYS were
unable to convince Dietz that these
demands were beyond their power to
grant, but they still insist he is sane
and responsible.
With the closing of the conference
plans were made to force the fighting.
Many of the 100 deputies who have
surrounded the homestead crawled
within revolver shot of the Dietz
cabin and concealed themselves be-
hind stumps, stones and in the grass
Previous to the conference the Off
cials had understood from Dietz that
If all the warrants against himself
and his family except the one for the
recent Horel shooting were quashed
he would come out After a conference
with the county officials it was de,
cided to offer to quash all the indict,
ments against the other members of
the family This was done, but Dietz
refused. A tentative offer then was
made to quash all the indictments
against himself except the Horel one.
The officials learned that they had
misunderstood Dietz's terms; that
they included the settlement of all
the civil suits in which he is involved
in his favor.
The civil suits include a judgment
against Mrs. Dietz for $4,000 in the
United States court, much litigation
with the lumber companies over the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
OPENED THE VEINS
OF Pastor and Professor and the Blood
Was Transfused to Save Sister,
Victim of PeJIaura

was tdIISIuoSG W OdNC OIStCIy
Victim of PeIlagra.
Atlanta.-After suffering with pella-
gra for two years Mrs. M. e. Bush, of
Milledgeville, Ca, may be restored
to health as The result of her two
brothers giving up their blood in aid
of the TRANSMISSION theory, which the
attending physician had decided was
the last hope of saving her life.
Robert L. Virgins, professor of Eng
lish at Wooford college, Spartanburg,
s. c., went on the operating table at
the local hospital, where Mrs. Bush is
patient, and gave up one pint of
blood in the effort to save her life.
Another brother, Rev. Sterling P. Wig
gins, pastor of the First Methodist
church, of Milledgeville, made SIM
liar sacrifice for Mrs. Bush.
After the operations the attending
physician announced that Mrs. Bush's
condition was very encouraging. 1t
was also announced that recent expert
ments with blood infusion ir Mobile,
Ala, has resulted in at least a half
dozen cures in pellegra cases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

In actual warfare the dropping OF
a dynamite bomb down the tunnels of
a battleship from an aeroplane would
doubtless cause serious internal com,
plications on the part of the battle
ship. But also the planting of one
to three-inch shot in the motor or
steering apparatus of the aeroplane
would doubtless disorganize the air.
ship belligerent. 1t is all a question
of which gets its projectile properly
located first.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
MoB'S FURY is SATISFIED
Whites In Alabama Thirst for Blood
and sIay Negro-5ody Found
In CarrIaoe.

Montgomery, Ala.-sitting upright
in his hack, but dead from a bullet
wound in his heart, John Dell, a negro
hackman Of this city, was discovered
at FIVE o'clock Friday morning. His
death at the hands Of mob, which
surrounded the county jail and police
headquarters, is the only tangible
sign of the fury of the white men
who paraded the streets in thirst for
hlO0H
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Navy Blast Kills Two.

Washington.-Two men are dead
and one seriously injured as the re-
suit of an explosion in the high ex-
plosive building of the Washington
navy yard Tuesday.
Captain Beatty, the commandant Of
the navy yard, has ordered board Of
investigation to determine the cause
of the accident
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Experience Teaches.

"Sure, and OF t'ink it pays to be
honest, afther all" said Pat. "Oi
troied thot phoneyweight business in
my grocery sthore lasht year, and OF
losht money by ut"
"How so? Did you get found out?-
asked his friend
''No, sorr," returned Pat. "Oi made
the mistake of film me weights wild
lead, so thot livery mon thot come to
me for wan pound of sugar got twinty-
three ounces to the pound."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
500 ARE HOMELESS IN FLOOD
Damage to Property in Southern Indi-
ana and Kentucky by the High
Water Is $1,500,0OO.

Louisville, Ky.-Hundreds of per-
sons are homeless in the lower Ohio
river valley and damage estimated
at $1,500,00O has been caused in In
diana and Kentucky By the floods
of the last few days.
A dispatch from Bonneville, Ind.
states that 500 people are homeless
and that the deluge has destroyed
more than million dollars worth
of property in southern Indiana. Dam
age to bridges and roads in six coRn-
ties in Kentucky has been placed at a
half million dollars.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
MADE NUMEROUS SPEECHES.

Corinth, Miss.-Col. Roosevelt, while
en- route from Atlanta to Hot Springs,
Ark, made more speeches, though they
were short ones, than on any other
day Of his present trip or any day of
his recent western trip. He travelled
through endless fields of cotton, dot
ted with clusters of white blossoms.
The train made so stops during the
day, and there were such crowds on
hand at every stop that the colonel had
at least to go out to the rear plat
form and speak a few sentences at
almost eyery station.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

The awaiting joy ride has been in.
augurated. This should be nipped in
the bud. With aviation going on in a
scientific and respectable manner it
will upset aerial travel at the start
to have reckless aviators darting
along through space, ready to collide
with any other old aeroplane which
may happen along, or to drop on un-
suspecting pedestrians without warn
tn|
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

Washington. Definite standards Of
safety appliances to be attached to
railway cars and locomotives finally
have been agreed upon after nearly a
third of century Of effort. 1t is esti-
mated that the proposed changes in
equipment will cost the railroads
about $50,000,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

A Boston girl is to attempt fight
on an aero kite. 1t is evident that now
the conquest of the air seems in sight
all sorts Of reckless feats will be
tried of no benefit to either science
or individuals. That is the real
drawback to careful and fruitful ex
Oerimentation Of any new force.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
FARMERS MEET IN LINCOLN
AGRIcULTURIsTs GATHER TO
DISCUSS BIG PROBLEMS.
Thirtleth Annual Session of Agrlcul-
turlsts' National Congress At
tracts Crowds.

Lincoln, Neb. - National problems
of great import werN discussed at
the thirtieth annual session of the
Farmers National congress which was
called to order Thursday in the Audi
torium. Every state in the union rep
resented by delegates appointed by
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
LaII Delivery at Cairo.

Cairo, Ill.-Five prisoners escaped
from the Alexander county jail Friday
by saving the bars in two across one
of the windows. One was charged with
attempted murder; the other four with
burglary.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

One of the aeroplane experts has
succeeded in taking five passengers
up over the treetops. The most i'm.
portant feature Of the performance
was that he managed to let them
down easy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
STEAM VALVE

Blows Out on Liner, injuring Six Fire.
men-Vessel Held Hours In
Quarantine.
New York.-With roar that was
heard on both sides of the bay a steam
valve on the Fabre liner st. Anna,
lying off quarantine, blew out, scalding
six firemen, two of them fatally. A
cloud of steam followed the first rush
of boiling water, and when other men,
bers of the engin room crew rushed
TO the rescue they found the six men
lying on the floor, screaming with pain.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
BOYS RUSH RIVALS

For Home Girls Affections to River
Bank, and One Is Drowned.
Laurel, Del-Asserting that the
boys from here monopolize too much
time of the girls on the other side OF
the Nanticoke river, leaving home
talent "out in the cold," boys on the
opposite shore repulsed an invasion
of a party of lads from Laurel when
they crossed to attend an apple-cut.
ting party. A fight followed, in the
course of which Oscar Jones, 18 years
old, was forced to jump into the river
and was drowned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

Il am positive this actress buys her
puffs"
Which ones-newspaper or hair
dresser's?'
A careless philosopher says a man
never knows who his friends are un-
til he hasn't any
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

A young woman in New York tried
to kill herself because editors would
not publish her poetry. If that were
cause for suicide, half the present
population Of the country would long
ago have ceased making a show in
the census returns.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Governor Orders Quiz.

st. Paul, Minn.-Sheriff James Nc
Davitt of Dakota county must appear
before a commissioner appointed by
the governor and explain why he
did not. stop the steer-killing con-
test at Premo park on Septem-
ber 1S.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
noau Of Girl Shaver Found.

Hartley, lathe body of George
Godfrey, who shot and killed Miss
Rika Amelsberg, near here, because
she had resented his attentions, was
found Thursday in a cornfield near
the scene of the murder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

THE grasshopper serves no useful
purpose" declares a scientist Indeed!
Did the scientist ever go out after
smaIl-mouth bass in August when the
bass wouldn't bite on green frogs?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
s15o,ooo Fire at Mason City, la.

Mason City, Ia-One hundred and
ffty thousand dollars is the estimated
loss from fire in the destruction o. the
Mason City Transfer and Storage COM
pany building and contents Friday.
The International Harvester company
is the greatest loser.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
EIra Wines Out VILLAGE,

Winnipeg, Man. - Superintendent
Cameron of the Canadian Northern
road announced that the village Of
Graceton, Mimi, consisting of depot.
freight shed, two stores and 20 houses.
was wiped out by fire Wednesday.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

A parachute performer in red tights
frightened the Rockefeller estate by
descending on It from the air and
was carefully carried outside the gate.
Perhaps they thought it was the tt.
tian-haired siren, whose recent dis.
covery has so perturbed the oil trust
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

Oskaloosa, Ia.-Miss Hattie Siders,
twenty-one years old, committed sui
eide Friday while in the company of
Homer Woofter, policeman of Abba.
The company registered at hotel as
Harry Fisher and wife.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
senator Pane to Re Returned.

Montpelier, Vt.-The twenty-Crst
biennial session of the Vermont gen.
eral assembly, at which United
States senator will be chosen. was
opened Wednesday. United States
Senator Page will be reelected:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Cotton Lockout IL Ended.

Manchester, England.-The trouble
between the Federation Of Master
Cotton Spinners and its employees,
which resulted in the lockout of $780,
600 operatives, was settled Thursday
and the mills will be reopened next
week.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13

The astronomers who are trying to
work up another comet scare are
hereby politely but firmly advised
that the public is disillusioned now
about anything coming back.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
East Main rraIn Mreckad.

Sharon, Mass.--All traffic on the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad was held up at this point
Thursday by a wreck due to a col
,lision between fast mail train and
a freight. An engineer and brake
man suffered fatal injuries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
RuttarIns SELLER EIned 5000

Cairo, Ill.-Clarence L. Flourney
was fined $4,000 in the federal court
here Wednesday on plea of guilty
to the charge of violating the revenue
laws in the sale of butterine.