The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-08-03

              VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 3, 1916.
NO. 7.
FIRES TAKE
HEAVY TOLL
Forests Blazing in
Northern Ontario.
fWO HUNDRED PERISH
names Trap Peaple Id Number
of Settlements.
Englehart, Ont., July 31.—Forest
fires raging in Northern Ontario are
believed to have resulted in the loss
of from 150 to 200 lives.
Other scores of persons have been
Injured and it is feared many of them
will die.
Several small towns have been
wiped out by the flames that have
been raging for forty-eight hours. Reports thus far received show that
fifty-seven perished at Nushka, a
French-Canadian settlement, and thirty-four at Matheson.
Cochrane has eighteen dead and
thirty-four injured; Iroqpois Falls has
fifteen dead and many injured and
Ramore  fifteen  dead.
The number killed at Porcupine
Junction is not known, but the entire town was destroyed except the
railroad station.
The death list will be materially increased, it is feared, by victims in
outlying districts. There are apparently well authenticated reports that
many prospectors have been trapped
at Tashota and Kowash.
Father and Ten Children Die.
One fa/mer and his ten children are
known to have been burned, while
the man's wife was vainly seeking aid
to check the onrush of the flames.
Nushka, a hamlet consisting of a
score of frame buildings and stores,
suffered worst. It had been threatened for several days, but the residents lingered in the hope they might
save their homes.
They waited too long, however, and
walls of Are cut off escape.
A nearby lake in which they found
refuge saved many residents of Cochrane on the line of the Temiskaming
and Northern Ontario railway. Only
two streets in the town were saved.
Thirty-four bodies are lying on the
platform of the railroad station at
Matheson. The station and two
houses are the only two buildings
standing. Ramore, a small settlement, was wiped out.
The flames were checked at Tim-
mons after seventeen houses had
been burned. Only the station was
destroyed at South Porcupine.
All that remains of Iroquois Falls
are the ruins of the great paper mill
and one store.
ALLIED ARMIES ARE
ACTING IN CONCERT
London, July 31.—British ,and
French forces fighting against the
Germans in the Somme region of
France have again launched violent
attacks and have made good progress, while .the Russians in Volhynia
in the region of the Stokhod river
have forced the Germans to give further ground before their advance.
To the north of the Somme the
trenches between Hill 139 and the
river near Hardecourt have been captured by the French on a depth from
300 to 800 meters and in addition the
French have pressed forward to the
outskirts of the village of Maurepas
east of Harcourt and also captured positions north of Hem, which lies to
the south of Maurepas, and held them
against violent German counter attacks.
Driving ahead, with the French on
their right flank from Delville wood to
the Somme, the British made- an advance on the entire line and also made
further progress against the Germans
east of Waterlot farm, Trones wood
Mid Maltzorn farm.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
Two New Jersey Bankers Target In
Fraud Charge.
Newark, N. J., July 28.—Warrants
for the arrest of Edward H. Hatch,
vice president of the Mutual Trust
company of Orange, N. J., closed Monday by the state banking commission,
and for Thomas S. Byrnes, secretary
and treasurer of the institution, were
issued here. They are charged with
conspiracy to defraud the bank out
of $306,000.
CUTS CROSS ON HIS CHEST
Dr. A. W. Waite Uses Glass in Prison
Cell at Sing Sing.
Sing Sing Prison, N. Y., July 27.—
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, awaiting
electrocution here for the murder of
his father-in-law, John E. Peck of
Grand Rapids, Mich., was found in his
cell in the "death house" bleeding
from a wound in his chest made in the
Shape of a cross by a piece of glass.
Bridgeman-Russell
Creamery Destroyed
St. Cloud, Minn., July 31 —
Fire, caused by a defective
chimney burned the Bridgeman-
Russell creamery at Gilman to the
ground. The tire was discovered
by Theodore Ploinbon, who reported the fire to the employes
of the company but all attempts
to save the building failed. The
creamery force had been working from earlv in the morning,
were progressing rapidly with
the day's work; had an 800-
pound churning of butter ready
to be put into tubs and also a
vat full of cream, besides nearly three and one-half tons of
butter were stored in the cooler,
when the alarm of fire was
sounded. The attention was
first given to the safety of the
butter and this Avassuccessfully
accomplished, after which the
churn containing 800 pounds of
butter was removed from the
burning building. Everything
that was movable was removed
before the flames drove the
workers away. The icehouse
was also destroyed but some of
the ice was saved.
South Agram News.
Those who visited at the
Peter Thommes home Sunday
afternoon were the Misses Eva
and Kate Brummer, Mary Poster Prances Sporleinand Walter
and Bernard Sporlein.
Miss Mary Poster of Pierz is
on a few days' visit at the J. J.
Brummer home.
Mrs. Math. Schurrer called
on her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Otremba.
Miss Eva Brummer is employed by Mrs. Adrian Grell.
Mr. and Mrs. J- J. Brummer
and sons called at the Adrian
Grell home Sunday.
Mrs. Steve Lutz and daughter
of Little Palls is here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Stumpf.
Genola News.
Read the Journal ads.
Emma Joseph of Swanville,
is the guest of her cousin Mrs.
John Harsch.
Otto Brick motored to Park
Rapids Sunday on a fishing trip.
He returned Monday.
Sophie Schmidt returned home
from Norwood, Minn., where
she has been employed for some
time.
Peter Blake of Buekman was
in town on business Monday.
John Schmolke of Buekman
was here Tuesday on his way
home from Canada. He exhibited some grain which was grown
on his farm at that place. The
crops up there seem to be first
class.
Mrs. Peter Nagel of Pierz returned on the eastbound train
Tuesday, after a visit with her
daughter Mrs. Oscar Northstrom
in Dakota.
Mr. aud Mrs. 8. P. Brick,
son Otto and daughter Florence motored down from
Park Rapids Monday, accompanied by the Misses Mamie
and RitaKrause,who will visit
here. Mrs. Brick and daughter have been guests at the
Krause home in Park Rapids
for 10 days and Mr. Brick
and son went up Saturday.
They traveled over the Jefferson highway and are loud
in their praise of the con.
dition of the roads.—Transcript.
Royalton Man is
Killed By Train
William R. Connor was so
badly injured when struck by a
train Wednesday night that he
died soon after being taken to
the hospital at Little Palls. He
was seen just before No. 3
passed and it is supposed that
this is the train that killed him,
although it was not discovered
that an accident had taken
place until No. 6 pulled in at
2:30. The fact that when found,
liis pockets were turned out
leads many to believe that he
met with foul play.
Math. Hesch and wife are
visiting relatives in St. Paul.
Mr. Ragen is still on the
sick list at the Edw. Ernst
home.
A young daughter arrived
at the A. P. Stoll home last
Friday.
Lillian Schauble returned
last week from Anamoose, N.
Dakota.
Mrs. Steinkugler of Granite entered the hospital at
Little Falls Sunday.
Postmaster S. P. Brick of
Little Falls autoed to Pierz
Tuesday afternoon.
Walter Folsom of Little
Falls was a business caller in
our villag-e Tuesday.
Mrs. Tony Wolke returned
Monday from Buffalo, where
she visited the Jake Pflepsen
family.
Judge's steamfitters are installing a hot water heating
plant into the Wermerskirchen residence.
Nick Staub is setting up
machinery in the northern
part of the state for the International Harvester Co.
Mrs. Krantz who recently
underwent an operation on
her eye, is now visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Peter Virnig.
Butch Wallace went to
Brainerd yesterday morning
to attend his fathers funeral.
His father died with cancer
Tuesday evening.
Contractor Krupp has increased his force of bricklayer's on the German State
Bank building. The building will be ready for the plasterers next week.
When the Frank Faust
family visited at Cross Plains,
a Faust reunion was celebrated at the Jos. F. Faust home.
The Cross Plains band, composed of Fausts, furnished
the music.
Live Wire Kills
Richmond Child
A six-year-old daughter pf L.
I, Grimel, a farmer near Richmond, was electrocuted Tuesday
morning at about 8:30 o'clock
when she touched one of the
ends of a high tension wire belonging to the distributing system of the Union Power company of St. Cloud. The wire
had been broken i during the
heavy storm of the night before.
Mr. Grimel discovered the
break and after cautioning his
children not to approach the
wires he left to notify the
power company that the wire
was down. The child, however
became curious and picked up
one of the wires. She was
killed instantly by the high
voltage—16,500. The coroner
was called but cause of death
was so evident that no inquest
was deemed necessary.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
rVheat,No. 1, ... $1.26
Wheat, No. 2 __,__'__    1.22
Wheat, No. 3._-_      1.16
Flax,        1.85
Barley L_ 57
Rye       89
Oats      35
Ear Corn      75
Hay       7.00
Butter, Creamery ..       37
Dairy       27
Eggs       18
Plour.Royal      3.40
"    WhiteRose      3.30
Low grade flour _ 1.60
Bran 1.25
Shorts ----- 1.30
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.45
Ground E'eed     1.45
Beans      4.00
Onions        60
Shorthand, Typewriting and
Bookkeeping. Special offer during August. Big saving, write
St. Cloud Business College.
Vath & Ahles.
Mrs. John P. Welter and
son Harold and Mrs. Welters
sister, and Sister M. Meretia
of Milwaukee, Wis., arrived
here last Monday for a weeks
visit with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Koll.
Mrs. John P. Welter and
son, who have been visiting
at the Peter Koll home, left
Monday for their home at
Morgan, Minn. They were
accompanied back -.lome by
Mrs. Welters sister Lillian
Koll, who will stay at Morgan for a short while.
Adam Becker and Joseph
Portner of Granite were in
town Tuesday. They report
the oats and wheat crop in
their neighborhood almost a
total failure, but barley, they
claim, will go from 35 to 50
bushels per acre. John Or.
Tretter, on the old John Mil-
ner farm, is said to have some
50 bushels per acre barley.
John sowed some barley early—as soon as the condition
of the fields permitted, which
is much heavier than that
sowed later.
When Casper Kruschek
was in town the other day,
he was asked how he was getting along and how he was
carrying his 84 years. "Pretty well," said the old gentleman, "excepting that I am a
trifle lame just now. While
poisoning potato bugs the
other day, one got away and
flew towards Genola. I gave
chase and had about overtaken the bug when we came
to a fence. I easily cleared
the fence, but sprained my
foot when I struck ground."
To Make Delicious Date Bread-
Mix one cupful of warm wheat niush,
one-fourtli cupful of brown sugar, one-
half teaspoonful of salt and oue table-
spoonful of butter, then add oue-i'ourth
yeast cake, broken In pieces and dissolved in one-fourth cupful of lukewarm
water, and two and one-fourth cupfuls
of bread flour, once sifted. Toss on a
slightly floured board and knead. Return to the mixing bowl, cover and let
rise overnight. In the morning cut
down and add two-thirds cupful of
dates stoned and cut in pieces and
two-thirds cupful of chopped English
walnut meats. Shape into a loaf, put
in buttered bread pan, cover and again
let rise. Bake in a moderate oven fifty
minutes.—Woman's Home Companion.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
In Jungleland.
Chimpanzee Fortune Teller—You will
have a long and happy life.
Miss Elepnant—How do you know?
Chimpanzee Fortune Teller —I can
tell it by your trunk line.—Florida
Times Union.
The Farmers shipped a car
of stock Monday.
Wild cherries are reported to be  plentiful this year.
Frank Johnson of Platte
Lake spent Sunday in Pierz.
J. W. Koop of Brainerd
visited relatives here Sunday.
Christ Langer is now employed at the Kiewell warehouse.
J. Markison of Hillman
was a business caller here
Monday.
The plasterers are now
busy on the Mrs. Preiner
residence.
Joe Benton of Little Falls
was a business caller in
Pierz Monday.
Sunday visitors: Nick
Langer of Brainerd and Jos.
Jaeger of Staples.
Plans are now being prepared, it is said for erecting
a new ylay house at Foley.
John Hoheisel, Math Lo-
kowitch and several others
autoed to St. Cloud   Sunday.
J. Armstrong of Royalton
passed through here Sunday
morning on the way to Sullivan.
Frank .Faust and Family
returned Saturday from
their trip to Wisconsin and
South Dakota.
Ray Cowell of Elgin, Iii.,
was a visitor at Free James'
last Sunday, He is going to
Dakota this week.
A horsebuyer has been
here the past week buying
horses for the warring nations of Europe.
J. Plettel and O. Ludwig
psased through Pierz Mon-
dap on their way to Buck-
man where Mr. Ludwig is
employed as harness   maker.
Are you worth $5 a day and
only getting $2 a day? Thousands are like this. The Little
Palls Business College can get
you out of the ten-dollar-a-week
class.    Write for catalog.
If you have completed your
public school education, then attend the Little Palis Business
College for a thorough course
iii shorthand, typewriting,bookkeeping, banking and salesmen-
ship.
. John Boser, four miles
north of the village |has the
biggest barn in this part
of the country, it measures
36 by 86 and has a hay capacity of 120 tons. Instead
of  a hay fork he uses slings,
The Rich Prairie Milling
Company has bought an auto
truck from Harris (xourd of
Little Falls, which will be
used for hauling wheat and
flour from the mill to the
station.
WANT TO SELL—Three finely
improved farms all adjoining,
about 18 miles northwest of
Pierz. Will sell for cost of improvements. All handsome living places on fine road. Pine
clay soil in high state of cult'i
vation. If you want a fine farm
home, come and see them, and
you will want one of them.
Write Dawes Farm Land Co.,
Brainerd, Minn. 2-8t
Man Killed By
Train at Albany
George Grover, jeweler at Albany, was killed almost instantly and a man named Ber-
ger, a photographer, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured last Wednesday when a
Great Northern train crashed
into an automobile at a railroad
crossing in the village limits
of Albany.
Grover and Berger were returning from a drive in the
country when they were struck
by the train. The automobile
was' thrown into the ditch.
Grover received injuries from
which he died a few minutes
after he was carried into the
station and Berger is said to
have received  serious  injuries.
Grover is a married man and
is survived by his widow.
Spectators at the scene of the
wreck appear to be unable to
tell exactly what did happen.
B. Eschpeter of St. Cloud,
arrived here last Monday on
a visit. He has been teaching school in North Dakota.
F. L. Bass of Rome, G-a.,
spent a few days in Pierz
last week. If he came so far
north to cool off, he certainly
made a big mistake.
Jos. Brummer Sr. of Lastrup says that he intends
to go to Germany, to visit
his old home, but he doesn't
want to go until the war is
over.
Mrs. Pauline Victor of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, visited
her mother, Mrs. Jos. Medek,
and other relatives the past
two weeks. She returned
last Friday.
Quite a bunch of our Pierz
sports went to Lastrup Sunday afternoon to witness the
ball game between Sullivan
and Lastrup. The score
was 13 to 12 in faAor of Lastrup.
Elmer Charles Lien, ten
months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lien, living
west of St. Cloud, was
drowned Tuesday afternoon
in the tub part of an ice
cream freezer.
Heny Gau went to Minne
apolis' Tuesday morning to
make arrangements for the
1917 Ford car. He will bring
about ten cars back with
him with which he will fill
outstanding orders.
During these hot days, the
Morrison County Lumber
Co. is hauling lumber during
the night. Teams usually
leave here about 6 in the
morning and leave Little
Brails for the return trip
about 8 in tne evening.
On account of the
price of paper having
almost doubled during
the last six montht the
Journal will drop all
delinquient subscribers Septenber 1st,
Last Saturday another
crowd went out picking blueberries near Christmas lake.
Among those who went were
two Sisters of Little Falls
hospital and two sisters of
the convent in Pierz, accompanied by Mrs. M. Wermerskirchen.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to,
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS!
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told i
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Dr. C. B. Wagner, aged eighty-four,!
is dead at St. Paul.
Edward J. Cleary has been appoint-!
ed postmaster at South St. Paul.
Mrs. Jane Malone, a resident of;
Minnesota for sixty years, is dead at;
Lake Elmo.
Maurice de Courcy, a young St. paul!
attorney, was drowned In Dhite Bearj
lake while bathing.
Elliott C. Allen, lineal descendant of
Ethan Allen of Revolutionary fame, is
dead at Minneapolis.
Pish flies and June bugs were so
thick at Winona the other night that
they actually stopped trains.
William Wratten, an employe of the
Milwaukee road for more than fifty
years, is dead at Minneapolis.
Arthur D. Mason of Minneapolis,
aged twenty-one, was drowned in
Lake Minnetonka when his canoe upset.
Joseph Bronk caught a catfish tn
the Mississippi river near Homer that
was seven feet long and weighed seventy pounds.
Lee Helmer of St. Paul, twenty-five
years of age, was seized with cramps
while bathing in Lake Johanna and
was drowned.
Fred E. Wheaton of Minneapolis has
been elected chairman of the Democratic state central committee to succeed A. L. Sortor.
Captain William W. Cassidy, the
last of the veteran Chippewa river
pilots, is dead at Wabasha. He was
eighty-four years of age.
Anthony Zindol, thirty-three years
old, residing at Mora, stepped into a
deep hole in the Mississippi river at
Minneapolis and was drowned.
The inheritance tax on the estate
of the late Mrs. Thomas Lowry of
Minneapolis is $37,196.34. The net
value of the estate was $1,556,603.96.
Andrew Rietrini, aged thirty-four,
was killed by lightning at Virginia.
His wife and three children, who werei
with him at the time, escaped unin-j
jured.
Miss Josephine Michalski, twenty 1
years old, whose parents reside near;
Moose Lake, was shot and killed by!
Jack Young, who had been paying her!
attentions.
John Millen, president of the Duluth;
and Northern Minnesota railway and;
vice president of the Alger-Smith Lum-I
ber company, is dead at Duluth ofj
heart trouble.
Grace Grimel, aged six, was electro- i
cuted at Richmond when she became;
entangled in a barbed wire fence onj
which a high power wire had fallen!
during a severe storm.
Thomas Hyland, aged seventy-three,!
who came to Minnesota in 1853 and;
drove stage coach between St. Paul|
and Crow Wing for several years, isj
dead at Everett, v*,ish.
Elmer Lien, tt .,-months-old son of|
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lien of St.j
Cloud, was drowned when he fell into;
a gallon ice cream freezer which was'
partly filled with water.
Alexander Doig, one of the builders
of the first railway line across the
southern part of Minnesota and into
South Dakota, is dead at Winona at
the age of seventy-three.
James and William Kellis, brothers,
twelve an ten years old, respectively,
are held by St. Cloud police on the
charge of robbery. The boys were held
on a similar charge a year ago.
Formal demand for 5 denes more an
hour, or from 35 to 40 cents, has been
made by longshoremen upon the
Northern Pacific railroad, which controls the bulk of the Duluth docks.
George W. Wagner, member of
many lodges, for thirty-eight years a
business man of East Minneapolis and
a past exalted ruler of the Elks, is
dead. He was fifty-eight years of age.
Dr. Charles Johnson, six times
mayor of Austin, died suddenly in a
Chicago hotel. Friends who were with
Wm when he died said death was due
to the heat. He was fifty-six years of
age.
Dr. D. L. Kiehle, former state superintendent of public instruction and
prominent in educational circles, has
retired to private life after forty-seven
years of continuous public service as
an educator.
Rev. Dr. John W. Hoffman, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church
of Duluth. has accepted the presidency of Ohio Wesleyun university at
Delaware, O. Dr. Hoffman will leave
Duluth Sept. 1.
Right Rev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar
general of the St. Paul diocese, lies
critically ill at St. Joseph's hospital,
St. Paul, following an operation for
intestinal trouble with which he was
suddenly attacked.
Robert W. Hargadine, .state fire marshal, has reported to County Attorney
O'Brien of Ramsey county that a St.
Paul man offered him and one of his
deputies a bribe to induce them to
abandon investigation of a suspicious
flre in St. Paul endangering fifty lives
aha resulting in $25,000 property loss.
Journal ads bring' results.
Dance in Fau st's Hall Monday, August 14th. Music by Cafarelfs 5=piece orchestra of Minneapolis