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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
EFFECTIVE AID FURNISHED
FOREST FIRE VICTIMS.

The good people of Proctor are
just as successful in fighting for
est fires and succoring fire suffer
ers as are the, brawny employees
Of the D., M. & N. in shooting iron
ore down the hill to the docks.
Proctor proper escaped mate
rial damage by fire. 1t was fought
vigorously and stopped in the nick
of time. When the water supply
was exhausted and a few feet
further WOULD have put the flames
into highly inaammable material,
the old fire fiend gave up. Had
the flames not been conquered at
that point, probably all Of Proc
tor, including the railroad yards,
shops and other improvements
would have burned, effeetually
stopping the ore movement for
the remainder of the season.
Although half a dozen lives
were lost nearby, not a soul was
lost in Proctor proper. The D., NJ
& N. lost couple of locomotives,
steam shovels and a huge guam
tity of bridge timbers, telegraph
poles and ties. The company loss
may aggregate close to half a
million dollars.
Railway employees and business
men of the village have put in a
busy week. Nothing has been left
undone for relief of the needy that
could be done. Medical service,
food and shelter have been given
without stint. Fully LOO people
have received succor at the high
school building.
Proctor, also, has been a dis
tributing point for hay and grain
for surviving live stock in the
tributary region. Many tons Of
hay and grain have been distrib-
uted, thereby enabling many
farmer fire victims to keep their
herds alive.
Proctor people can do things as
well as talk politics and provide a
congressman for the Eighth dis
trict.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
COL. FRITZ Won RESCHE
THREATENED TO RESIGN
Duluth Miitiaman Declared That Germany Was
justified in Sinking Lusitania- Denied
Existence of International Law.

and Col. Resche was ordered to
the Southwest with Minnesota s
troops. Although he loved Ger.
many greatly and was thoroughly
Prof. German down in his heart, he
loved American money more,
therefore he delayed in his resig.
nation from the army.
Later, by some fuke of the
wheel Of fortune. Col. Resche be-
came Brigadier General Resche
and the couple Of thousand addi-
tional dollars in salary may-have
delayed that threatened resigna-
ton from the army and that de.
termination "not to fight for such
a cause"
But Uncle Sam is a wise old
bird and he decided that he could
not use a former German soldier
from the Kaiser's army as a brida-
der general, therefore he was
given his discharge.
It is stated that the war de.
partment held that any questions
affecting Resche 8 Americanism or
loyalty were up to the civil au'
thorities, not the military branch
Of the government.
Dumped out Of the great Ameri.
can army, Resche took a look at
sunny California and then re.
turned to Duluth where, with a
grunt of satisfaction, he took his
bread and butter job, by grace Of
the district Judges, in the dear old
marble lined courthouse.
Duluth has the distinction OF
possessing the only Made in
Germany probation officer in the
United States. Juvenile offenders
are supposed to get special benefit
from a rich. Germanic brogue and,
when it comes to brogue, Resche
is rich, indeed.
It is stated that Resche slips in
and out of the people courthouse
very quietly these sad, smoky, SUI
fering days. Many red-blooded
Americans rather hope that he
will decide to join his former mas
ter, Kaiser Bill, at the Isle of St.
Helena, when the Allies send that
royal parsonage there.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
TROLLEY patron
SPEAKS PLAINLY
Crowded Cars and Mp-Stop
Stunt Make Him Late to
:. His Daily Toll.

T Some nervy humorist recently
had a communication in local
daily in which he praised the Du-
luth trolley line service and be-
Titled that of Minneapolis. He
advanced the idea that the patrons
in Duluth were being treated even
better than they deserved, there
fore should not criticize the serv-
ice or object to any desire for
higher fares by the: local COM
pany. -.
Commenting on the communi-
cation by the patron of the Min
neapolis trolley lines, James II.
Hollern, 80 ty-eighth Ave. w.,
recently said:
II don't think. this party rides
in a street car here very much,
at least not during rush hours in
the morning or the evening. I am
an employe Of the Minnesota Steel
company and have been for over
a year and never missed a day. I
take the car in the morning at
Sixty-third avenue west and, with
q whole lot Of others, stand there
in the morning from five minutes
to a half hour to get a car to get
to work. If it weren't for some.
one wanting to get off we some
times wouldn't get car then
I, for one, have to just crowd my
self in the gates and have ridden
the ears time and again when the
step Twas standing on or the bot
tom Of the car. would rub the
ground in different places as it
sped along. I think if the car
would strike something solid it
would endanger a whole lot of
lives. :.
CAS- to the skip-stop system, I
will give you my experience OH
that. Before we got that used to-
leave my house in the morning at
6:15 to $50 and now I leave at
s and shortly after and my time
card for last week will show that
I came late nearly every morning,
where I.neYer wal: late befofe only
q very few times during the whole
year.
AS to fares, I have noticed
when got to the end Of the line
at Morgan Park the register would
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
THE >THOMPsON-vOLsKI
ROAD.

A few weeks ago, citizen who
works in Proctor but lives near
here, wanted to know why COM
missioner Becks did not repair the
Thompson-P olski road, a highway
he declared, that was built 30
years ago.
Commissioner Becks says that
he knows of no such road but that,
perhaps, his critic means the
Thompson-V olski road. If so, he
says that he already has spent
81, $3.50 on it this year and put it in
very good condition. George
Highmark was foreman of the
work and farmers were employed
on it, back in July and August.
If the Janzig road was meant,
says commissioner Becks, that is
impossible because of a burned
out bridge over Mission creek. No
work has been done there this
year and only one man has COM
planned about it. Mr.. Becks pro-
poses to rebuild the bridge just
as soon as possible. He has the
matter firmly in mind and does
not propose to delay action any
longer than he can help it.
Commissioner Becks says that
he would be pleased to- have his
Proctor critics talk to him person
ally, face to face, thereby getting
a proper and mutual understand
ing of the matter.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
AMOR0US OLD EDUCATOR
CHARGED WITH HUCCERY
Another Sordid Chapter i'm Story of Prof. Grubbs'
Proctor Career-Hilltop Village Makes
Fine Fire Relief Record.

any invitation should have been
extended.
Director Shabby pointed out the
fact that a large number of Du.
luth pupils from Bayview Heights
attend the Proctor high school and
that heavy tuition is paid for them
by the Duluth board. For that
reasonA the Duluth board Of edu-
cation might be expected to have
a direct interest in the character
of the superintendent and his in
vestigation.
Director Schaibly then told how
he gave the commencement ad-
dress at Proctor last June. After
being paid a modest fee by Supt.
Grubbs, DR.. Schaibly started to
leave for home when he was con-
fronted by a large number Of
mothers and pupils at the door.
They then and there made charges
against Supt. Grubbs. DIR. Schaib-
ly, unwittingly and even unwill-
ingly, was dragged into the posi-
ton of a chairman, arbitrator,
judge or some such character. For
over two hours he listened to the
sordid story. At the time he said:
eff only half Of what has been
told here is true, this man is unfit
to have charge Of these schools.
With few exceptions, Proctor
people now feel that the quicker
Prof. Grubbs gets back to his Ne
braska ranch the better it will be
for all concerned.
Many Proctornians wonder
why Mrs. Grubbs and two daugh-
tiers never have joined him here
during the two years he worked
in the schools.
Last week Prof. Grubbs left the
sheltering walls of the Proctor Y.
NJ. G. A. and became the guest of
a private family in the village.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19

=! The piratical Huns had just
sunk the Lusitania, contrary to
the law of nations, thereby muir
dering men,. women and children
on the high seas in a merchant
man, neither armed nor carrying
munitions Of war.
A reputable Duluth citizen
stopped Herr Colonel Fritz Won
Resche on Superior street.
81 see that the Germans have
sunk the. Lusitania, y remarked
the 100 per cent American.
eyes, and it's all right. It's
war!'' exclaimed the former Son
Of Saxony.
cts contrary to international
law" said the real American.
"There is no such thing as in
ternational Law" said Resche.
81 know there is not: so far as
Germany is concerned" replied
the genuine American.
Herr Colonel Fritz Won Resche
continued to argue in favor of his
dear old Vaterland. He persis-
tently maintained that Germany
had the right to do as she pleased.
"This horrible act may lead to
war between the United States
and Germany" remarked the real
American. ''What will you do in
that event?' ...
"Ill resign my commission, :"
was the prompt reply. "I'd not
fight for such a cause. This coun-
try could do nothing, anyway.
There would be an uprising of the
German citizens!'' boldly ex-
claimed the Kaiser's former SUBJ
ject. .. .~..
"The government would take
care of both the revolutionists and
men like you," retorted the real
American. call Of you would be
put in bullpen."
The combined colonel of militia
and probation officer answered
that remark with one of those
supercilious, splitting noises, from
deep down in his German throat.
War finally did come between
the United States and Germany
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19

1t will be impossible to get many
good fellows into the republican
campaign headquarters this fall.
Col. Eva, the busted boy soldier,
has been made chairman. The
boys remember the chilblains they
got when they called on him in
his capacity Of $4,000 per-year
secretary Of the dear old CONNER
cial club.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
LOOKING FOR IRON.

Two Pullman cars, occupied by
officials Of the. Pittsburgh Iron
Co. and the Pickands- Mather Co.
recently spent a couple Of days at
Tower. It is suspected that they
were there to inspect a prospective
iron property on the Vermilion
range.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
DEER RIVER SHIPS WHEAT.

On Thursday, October lO, the
farmers tributary to Deer River
made their first shipment of
wheat. They pooled their crops
and filled a car for Duluth. S.
J. Moran, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank acted as fiscal agent
and had charge of the shipment.
The wheat graded high and was
of good quality in every way.
The yield tributary to Deer River
ran from 25 to 80 bushels an acre.
Threshers say that with new
roads, thereby making farms ac-
cessible, at least ten times this
years acreage will be sown next
year. et. -
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19

Recent dispatches indicate that
Vocational Guidance Noyes is
showing the Effete East how: to
effectively do wa'h wo Ink.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
SAWDUST
AND -
.SHAVINCS
The devastated hinterland must
be brought back to prosperity. ."

-- -. ---. 49, 1890. r- D.. g,
The devastated hinterland must
be brought back to prosperity. ."
Can it be that Schultz, Grubbs
and Grossman are three Of a kind
The acceptance or rejection of a
fact often depends on ones point
Of view.
Duluth still has the distinction
Of possessing a probation officer
made in Germany"
"God Bless the Poor Food
Hogs" is not prayer taught to
many children in Duluth.
The Father and Son movement
in the marble-lined courthouse is
proving to be powerful medicine.
The forest fires increased the
milk of human kindness in Duluth
but nearly dried up the milk of
the COW.
Quite a number Of people dis
like the Rip-saw because it COM
pels them to hear unwelcome facts
and truth.
Congressman Miller is mere
scared at the Proctor Carss than
he was. He's scared stiff, to tell
the plain truth.
It soon will be cold enough for
the city to open a public munic-
ipal market for fish, fresh from
the storage house.
This fire has given dear old
chief McKercher a new means for
diversion. Frank Magic is en-.
titled to congratulations.
A number Of people with in.
quisitive temperaments are ask.
ing why Prof. Grossman quit the
high school so suddenly? .
It's a perfect shame that the
Rip-saw insists on living. Plebi.
ans never did have an inclination
to please Goldfish patricians.
IF Onkel Bernard can takes his
eyes off Iron River long enough
to glance around, he can see some
dirty, lawless dumps in Duluth.
While rescuing the perishing
and ministering unto the needy;
dear old citizens, do not forget to
vote right at the coming election
X
The voters of Lake county have
opened their eyes and determined
to scrub out the auditorial cham:
Der in their own dear old court
house.
Make your selection for the leg.
islative race. There are many run
ners, such as they are. Pick as
wisely and as well as conditions
permit.
May President Wilson not have
referred to the. Michigan Street
Food Hogs, as we'll as the Kaiser,
when he declared that the Auto.
Gratis must go?
President Wilson says that auto
Gratis must 60. That includes
Kaiser Wilhelm, Kong Odin and
any remaining Autocrats on the
Duluth, school board.
Director Proved seems to be
something Of a human interroga:
ton point. He was born in Penn
sylvania but acts like man from
Missouri-shOw me, Al.
The Rip-saw has heavy circu-
lation in the burned sections OF
the hinterland, therefore was
hard hit when lives, homes and
property were wiped out.
If Clarence B. Mueller, Duluth s
nonresident congressman, does
not watch out, the Proctor Carss
will run right over him, in addi-
ton to soaring him stiff.
The burning of the Northland
Country club was a treacherous
stab at the patrician game Of COW
pasture pool. The old Fire Fiend
should be ashamed of himself.
There is a feeling that Proctor
Red Cross ladies should secure Col.
Gilderman, that great rafting ex.
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M C. A work or serving as chap lains or camp pastors So patriotic have the mountain sections been that a number of the counties sent in their full quotas before the draft law went into effect and the mountain schools
 of the denomination show a shortage of five hundred young men At the same time the number of girl stu dents has increased 'n the boys dor mitories in several schools there are many vacant rooms. but the dormi- tories for the girls are all over crowded"
 The convention was asked to au- lhorize an enlargement in the evan gelistic department Fifteen years ago the board received $125000 for current expenses and evangelism. For the past year the receipts were 1885, ooo Fifteen years ago 7,500 baptisns were reported and this year 3t 900 The board estimated that at this rate
 the Southern Baptists will be raising
 within the next fifteeen years 2,G3O, q 900 and there will be 125,000 baptisms
 The report, setting forth the needs
 of tho twenty six mountain schools
 of the denomination, said that the army contains 5000 soldiers from lTo mountain sections of the South who
 can neither read nor write. If the churches will contribute half mil lion dollars to carry on this work thl people among whom 1t is located vii
 raise not less than two million dol lars year to help in it's prosecution, 7
 said the report
 The board reported the purchase for 100000 of the Sophia Newsom College property in New Orleans fo the use of the training school au- thorized last year by the convention Recommendation was made that new steps be taken toward establishing q negro seminary until the split among !, the negro Baptists has been settled IL was also recommended that step
 be taken at once to open tubercn
 losis sanitarium in Albuquerque, N M, an advantageous proposition hav- ing been made by that city.
 During the year the report showed G,0O0,0 600 pages of tracts have beer distributed by the publicity depart ment. one new mission book has been
 published, display ads have been used
 in newspapers with good results and
 stereopticon exhibitions have been successful
 The enlistment department reached 240 churches, developed g. pastoral fields, induced ten churches to in- crease their days of worship. added -l05 to the salaries of country pastors and added s30,00O to the mis
 sion offerings of the churches visited Sunday School Board.
 Cash receipts of $5376 695. an in
 crease of $21 STA over the preceding year were revealed in the twentyI
 seventh annual report of the Sundat
 school board
 The resources of the board oy4 and above all liabilities were reportF as about se00,0 GOO From it's earning
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more than Sl20000 was expended in benevolent work, including an ap- propriation of $10,000 to the Home
 Mission Board for the purchase of the school property in New Orleans for
 the new Bible training school $l0.000
 to the Foreign Mission Board and $1,50O to the Southwestern Theolog
 ical Seminary for it's department of religious education.
 The report indicated that new lines of work have been opened up and old lines enlarged Especial interest was taken in the camp work where Testa- ments, a special quarterly, tracts and other supplies have been furnished not only to Baptist workers, but to
 Y NJ. C. A., men and chaplains This work cost about SIS, S,000, The boards
 field work absorbed $33, GOO and S9,425 was spent in cooperation with the State Mission Boards and in the Sun day school work. Twenty thousand was contributed 10 Armenian and
 Syrian relief
 ifNl itE Aut 9thi VI hthNhi AiHfIl lbl
 the organized class work was inaug-
 urated, and also an architectural de-
 partmput The editorial office was
 entirely reorganized with Dr E. C. Dargan. Dr H. O. Moore, MT L P.
 Leavell and Dr G S Dobbins. as
 editors in charge Tracts published uring the year for free distribution ium bered SS0.0Oo. making total is que Of 2,64O000 of two special series prepared about a year ago.
 In the teacher training work 17,273 wards were given for books studied nd examinations passed, 6,116 of hese being for the normal course ook The report said 2.722 senior ldult classes have been registered in he organized class department with a membership of 70,552
 Many new lines of endeavor were proposed for the ensuing year, one be- Ing campaign for rural Sunda, chool extension The board also will ake over the statistical work which or many years has been done by Dr. ansing Burrows. and is preparing q history of the Baptists of the South.
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of Arkansas nominated for first vice president by L. T Mays, of Arkansas; {; Judge George Cass Moss of Louis iana nominated by G. III Crutcher; John D. Nell of Georgia, nominated by A C. Cree; Dr Livingstone John son, of North Carolina, nominated by Mir Cameron.
 The present secretaries Oliver Fuller Gregory of Maryland, and flight C. Moore, of North Carolina, and the present treasurer and audi tor. Mir George w. Norton Louis vile, Ky, and William Patrick liar vey. Harrodsburg, Ky, respectively
 were reelected The election of all was unanimous
 The question of the location of a million dollar sanitarium for tuber- Iulosi- is one of the things to which
 much attention is given here. The state of New Mexico is certain to get tbo sauitarium but there are several cities after it, and Las Vegas, with it's splendid surroundings. seems to
 have the practical call though AL
 berque, and los Cruces and even Fl 1 raso. are seriously considered
 so prolonged was debate on the | woman suffrage question that consid | crable business from the day session was transferred to the nigh meet i ing. Other changes were made in
 the constitution, but as they were to'
 fhe most part of purely technical nature they met with no opposition No change except that having to dc
 with the suffrage question changed
 the sense of the present constitution The committee on constitutional
 changes recommended to the conven-
 ton that the bylaw which prohibit; iapplause by the delegates be re pealed. The recommendation pre-
 clpitated lively debate, but amit
 much applause, the delegates finally
 voted to retain the prohibition agains
 applause.
 The statistical committees report | which was presented. showed thai there now are 24SS3 Southern Bap- Hist churches in the United States with aggregate congregations of A. 'Slf.000 and 1S,134 Sunday schools
 with a total of 1,035S11 pupils. Bap-
 tisms for the year totalled 14S,699 . Church property was valued at S64, , 772 SG0 The grand total of monel expended by the churches in all thei
 departments was given as $15,346, ,153 , Other board and committee reports 3 which originally had been planned fo
 todays session, went over until to
 morrow. and the remainder of tn 2 night session was given over to de Q votional services with Dr. w. J S Geistweit, of St Louis delivering th 2. convention sermon. Dr, Geistwei f dwelt at length upon war from th Q prospective of Christianity He de e clared that the kaiser and the ideal y for which he stands, the life whic t he typifies and the doctrines that hi
 preachers and philosophers teac - were offensive to God and ths
 Christianity had arrayed itself in IF mighty host to beat back the influ
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BAPTISTS STAND
 FOR SUFFRAGE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

churches established abroad by the denomination
 The effect of the war on foreign missions was touched upon partcu- larly in the recital of losses. It was tcld how a handsome church at Par denone. Italy, had been taken ovyr by Austrians during their last ad- vance, and that tho building itself had been badly damaged by explo- sions
 The night session of the convention was given over 10 devotional eXer- clses. the convention sermon being preached by w. H. Geistwait of St Louis. Mo
 The opening business sessions at the tabernacle were called Co order yesterday morning by the president before a crowd that filled this spa cious building to capacity. The spirit among these denomination workers is keen, there beinG reports in view as proof that the advance made ny the Baptists within this jurisdiction last year was greater than ever before.
 The Study Class and Conference on the Country Church held an import ant session yesterday morning, and again outlined a big program of work for today along the line of the i'm provement of the rural churches.
 The Womans Missionary meeting @as busy with the formalities at tendant on their busy sessions whict begin today and mark the most i'm portant auxiliary work of the con vention
 Tho work of the local committees in the completion of their arrange ments have met with the apparen universal approval of the visitors. anC they find members of local commit tees at every turn anxious to he Q service to the delegates
 Union with churches of other de Nominations in furthering the worI of Christianity within army canton mentS in the United States ant abroad, was denounced by Dr Gam hrell in the presidents address t the convention He insisted that tn Baptists have no tenet or doctrin which they either desire or are will ing to subvert The president char aeterized all such talk as "unio slop."
 A resolution, carrying out the idle expressed by Dr Gambrell, will b introduced before the convention The delegates expressed keen dissat isfaction with rule which now make 1t necessary for the Baptists to carr on their work in conjunction wit other denominations. or through tn Young Mems Christian association
 The convention through its pres