Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 30, 1906, Page 1

= VOLUME 4. NUMBER 9. STRIKE AT OIL TRUST Action Begun in Ohio to Revoke Charter of Standard 0Oil. SECRET TRADE AGREEMENT | Foss of the house committee on naval ' TEMPORARY BUILDINGS ALLEGED IN COURT. Seventeen Affiliated Companies Included in ‘the Sait. Toledo, 0., April 20.—Alleging that the Standard Oil company and seven- teen affilinted campanies have a secret trade agreement by which they control production and (ransportation of oil and gus Prosecutor L. W. Wachen- heimer of Lucas county has filed suit in the clreuit court asking revocation of their charters and dissolution of the illegal agreement. lu addition to the | Standard the ftollowing corporatiéns ure named as defendunts: The Lake Shore und Michizan Southern, Toledo and Ohio Central and Hocking Valley Railroad companies; Standard Oil com- pauy of Ohlo, Indiaiia, New York and New Jersey; Buckege Pipe Line com- pany, Solar Refining company, Ohio 0Oil, company, Northwestern Ohio Nat. ural Gas company, Union Tank com- pany of Pennsylvania, Indiana Plpe Line company of Indiaua, the National Transit company of New Jersey, Penn- sylvania Oll company of Pennsylvania aud the South Peun Oil company of Pennsylvania. In the petition it is alleged that the production of oil was reduced for the purpose of increasing the price to con- sumers. It Is set up that this reduc- tioh amounts to 50 per cent, while the price of gas to the consumer public Las been increased 100 per cent. Fixed Rates Agreed On. Reference to the alleged trade pact is sensational. The charge is made that-the companles named as defend- ants have bonnd themselves not to sell or transport oil or gas below a certain standard rate. Quenies ure directed, in the petition, to the rallvoad companies’ presidents, | asking “them whether rebates are glven, directly or indirectly, to the uiI[ companies and whether the oil con- cerns have not been given plpe line | rights on the railroads. it .developed during the afterncon that- Prosecutor Wachenheimer flled thie suiis against the Standard Oil and other companles on behalf of Attor pey General Kllis. This is especially | slgnificant, together with the an- nouncement from the prosecutor that the .case will be prosecuted with all possible dispateh. The fact that the state is behind the Toledo prosecuting attorney in the action gives it strength which otherwise it would not possess, Judge Shaufelberger of the law firm ot Doyle & l.ewis, which represents a majority of the companies named as | defendants, has announced that the case will be fought to the bitter end by the corporations named as defend- ants. Fifty-four Bodies Recovered. Santa Rosa, Cal, Aprll 30—Two more bodles have been taken from the sulus of the buildings destroyed by the ‘earthquike. Neither can be posi- tively ldentified. This makes a total of fitiy-four bodles taken from the rulns. MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY Government Lacks 5,000 Good Recruits for the Service. Washington, April 30.—Chairman aftairs has flled his report on the naval appropriation bill. The amount carried by the bill is $99,734,215. In commenting on the wisdom of author- izing one battleship, “the largest and | Mapny Business Men Open Offices strongest that is known to be afloat,” Chairman Foss says: “The great taval powers of ‘the world are bulld 9,‘Lllesllips of larger tonnage. angla: Yphas receitly launched the Dxe.m.. [«S“ & ship of nearly 19,000 tons. Jap.,og/t‘mlldmg one of even larger tonnagl ¥ . Ger-] many has recently increased . = nage of some of her ships héretc authorized to 18,000 tons.” In discussing the personnel of Ahe struction of temporary buildings. Fur- navy Chairman Foss says: “Vacancies to the -number of 5.)\)0 men now exist because of the pros- perity ot the times, making civil em- iployment more profitable than life in \the navy. The navy now has a per sonnel of 34,500. When the ships now authorized are completed-a personuel] of 59,874 men will be required. The committee figures (hat navy will be short 24,274 men. appropriation for recruiting is i creased by -$31,000 in view of the difffi] culty of obtaining men.” 3 CHARGED WITH MURDER. Harvard Professor ‘Wanted by the Authorities. Cambridge, Mass., April 20.—A war- rant has been issued for the arrest ofj gty gince the strict patrol was- estab- Erich Muenter, an instructor in Ger- man at Harvard university, on ajing of shots anywhere and few arrests charge of murdering his wife about| were made and these only for minor two weeks ago. It is alleged Mrs. Muenter's death was'caused by arsenic. The body was taken to Chi- cago April 16. Imnediately after the funeral Muenter left Chicago and his | confusion -and™ present whereabouts are unknown. Chicago, April 30.—The two detec- |? tives detailed on the Muenter h 4 ve reported that evidence case been secured which would seem to indicate [#00n as possible. that Muenter had left Chicago. It was stated af police headquarters that he | Sklers’ agseciation during_the day- v had probably stirted for Los Angeles. | discuss résuming business on this side’| ™ - Since the investigation of the case chr- cumstances have come to light which tend to show that Muenter was not at all times in full possession of his men- tal faculties. It was learned by the police that for a long time Muenter bas been engaged in an effort to create a universal language by a union of the German and Scoteh. Failing to arouse public enthusiasm in his efforts he is said to have become morose. ACCEPTS THE SUGGESTION. Governar of California Formally Re- quests Troops. Washington, April 3u.—Governor Pardee of California has accepted the president’s suggestion us to the use of federaldyoops for use in that state and has filed a formal application for their emplo\'méj which has been granted. It is statéd at the war department that this removes any doubt as to the legal- ity -of the use-of :the. troops, but will not in any way change the -existing status. Ear(hquaxe Shocks in 8axony, Berlin, April 30.—Several villages in | Saxony experienced earthquake shocks during the day. No damage was done, but the inhabitants were greatly alarmed. ES 1ng engaged in clearing away debris in 1910 the| with warm sunshine, after one of the The| ot disagreeable nights since the *| especially on the ground, kept warm. that | girenses. A ORDER FROM |VESUVIUS IS WILD CHAQS| AGAIN ACTIVE Work of Clearing and Re- building *Frisco Well Organized. 'l‘hiqws R_lu’i. Sand and Ashes on Surrounding Naples, April 30.—Another disasier has occurred in the' Vesuvius region. Throughout thé night torrents of rain tell, accompaniéd by a heavy gale of wind, causing large ayalanches of mud, sand, ashes and cinders to fall over Somma and Santa Apastasia, destroy- ing bridges, blocking the roads, fiood- ing - many hdbitatfens, interrupting communieation by lcl?xraph and carry- ing away’ portious ‘of the railway. Troops #nd military wagons were hur- riedly: dispdtched ta‘the assistance of the sufferers. The. inhabitants QI the stricken places mentioned weve awakened by a roaring, rushing solind, which-was absolutély new to thglp, and on run- ning out of their hnm,es ‘they found their plopé‘ty threai ned by a new horror, the falk of avalanches of sand, '\shéi, "ste. Their {6iror was extreme. The woinén add childrep fled, scream- ing with frlfib}, 4nfiq the ppen country, but In spite ‘ot ‘the avalanches, flood and gales no loss of Te has been re- ported. It 13 heliévéd that while the storms rage Vesuvjus is lable to be a continual -ménace to life and property and that the people in the region of the volcano may Rave visitations of a niore “serious nalme than ' the ava- lanches. ARE BEING ERECTED. — and Prepare to Resume. San Francisco, April 30.—There Was much activity during the day through- out:the burnéd section, many men be- 2V preparation for the immediate con- ther warning was sent out 'to all who bave offiges in the burned bulldings advising them not tQ attempt to open vaults or safes of any kind for the present. - Several persons opened small safes taken from the ruins and the contents immediately caught fire. The day broke clear and pleasant, great fire, A cold wind blew from the morth until a late hour and it was with difficulty that the people camping out, AT THE COUNT'S REQUEST. Additional blankets and other cover- iugs were distributed to the various A camps and lho suffering was min- Pnstponed, imjzed. “Paris; April 30.—The' first tribunal The night was the quietest in the | of the Seine was to have heard the arguments duringithe day and deter- lished. There was practically no- fir: mine the questiomiof a reconciliation between Countess:Bonl de Castellane l((mmarly Anna Gould of New York) ‘and her husband, but the hearing’ was bostponed owing to the desire of the count, who is a candidate for re-elec tlon 'to the chamber of deputies; not 1o’ proceed with:the case pending the conclusion of m&bleuoml campaign No date for” the Bearing was fixed, but it ‘will ‘be’subgeiigignt to- May 6, the Street Cars in Opcrauan. Btreet cars ate in operation and the congestion in the un- burned district was less noticeable. Mapy: of the business firms' have dued thelr offices in residences and jefan straightening out their affairs with the‘view of resuming business as The real estate board met. the Whole- — ' ructe B s O cials ;,E stdnd Firm. Naples, April 30.—King Edward and Sir Charles Hardinge, parHamentary under secretary of the British foreign office; who is in attendanée upon the king, have received many- dispatches from Premier .Campbell-Bannerman and Foreign Secretary Grey in regard to the trouble with Turkey over the Tadah boundary dispute and, accord- ing to report here, the king has issued instructions that the firmest attitude must be shown by the British officials, He'is also said to have-consulted with Lord Rosebery on the subject. of the buy. The offer of citizens of Oakland of & large tract of land on that side of‘the bay to the wholesalers had stirred the real estate men to the tmportance of immediate action to re- ‘tain these firms in San Franclsco. From present Indications it seems that there will be'no difficulty iu arriv- ing at some sort:of understanding be- tween these twe huportant bodies. There were fewer reéports during the day of falling walls, most of the dan- gerous ruins having already been razed. Army officers in charge of the refu- gees’ camp at Golden Gate park report that conditions there are excellent and that the refugees are so situated that they not only experience no suffering but ne discomtor FOR DEATH OR INJURY. German Autoists Liable for Damages Under Proposed Law. Berlin, April 20.—The government IN HEAVY BONDS. has introduced in the reichstag a project for a law obliging automo- bilists to pay life annuities- to those dependent ou persons killed by their "motor cars or*to persons permanently injured by such accidents, amounts to be assessed by the courts and the own- ers:of-the machines and not the chaut- feurs to be responsible. The measure was. xetelred to a committee: HELD chlcago Couple Accused of Torturing Their Children. Chicago, April 30.—Charged with torturing their two children, four and six years old, with hot iron pokers, Michael Janoszek and his wife have been held to the criminal court in bonds of $10,000 each, The children, with their bodlies burned, were taken fnto court, avhere several nelzhborl testified to the brutality of ‘the Oorman Cabinet Officer Dead. BesHr, April 80.—General von Bud- de, the: Prussian “minister of .public " SIK SALE! TUESDAY MORNIN we will place on sale 500 yards of 36 inch Taffetta silk, the $1.25 a yard quality, pieces run from 4 to 20 yards, just right for waists suits and silk petticoats, sale price, per yard, - MAY 1 O’LEARY & BOWSER T works;wha had. been suffering from:: TS @ancer for some time past, died dur- ing the day. . He was born in-1851 and was appointed minister of public works ln June, 1802. ==aa g » 2 'CHINESE AWELL TREATED. Réport Recelved Froix Consul General at San Francisco. Washington,-April 30.—Adylces re. ceived.at the Chinese.legation in thii clty from the Chinese consul general in ‘San Francisco: indicate that every consideration is being shown the Chi- nese refugees and the troops are giv: | ing. them adequate protection. - “The reports fram our officials are very “gratitying,”. Sir. Chentung Liang Cherig, -the Chinese: minister, said, “and we are.very grateful for the-at- |- tention whieh- our people are receiv- | ing.” .AULTS REMAIN INTACT. 8an Francisco’'s Forty-four Banks .Lo: _cated in Burned:District.... ... San Francisco, April:30.—All of.San. were ‘located 'within: the area:of the burned distfict. . The imspection has Tevealed the-fact that the vaulis.in every instance remaip. ntact, but.-with- probably two-or thrqe exeeptions the ! fine bank buildings were utterly de-. stroyed. ‘According tq the statements filed’ by those banks with .the bank commisston Jan: 1 Jast the:value of the ; | buildings aggregated $6.085,082. | The meney on pand in:the thirty- . two commercial banks at.the time was .16 651,454, while ithe wayings banks | have. coin on hap ta the amofint of $8,988.804. Add tgthis the 65, 89¢ 'BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1906. ‘World Championship Now Rus- Castellane Divorce Case at Paris Again | o the defensive, s classed. e e et g Tt e A S G MI;JNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. TURK IS EASY FOR RUSSIAN Wrestler Hackenshmidt Has No Trouble in Handling Madrali. “TERRIBLE TURK" FAILS To GAIN SINGLE FALL. sian Lion’s Without Question. London, April 80.—Hacken schmids, the Russian wrestler,t; demonstrated mnigh'. that he is |2 by far the best i his claks, when he wrestled Madrali, the latest “Terrible Turk,” for the cham- pionship of the world at catch- ac-catch-can wrestling, and de- feated him with the utmost ease, There was an enormous_ at- tendance and the Russiin was the favorite. He secured the first fall in one minute and three- fourths of a second, and the second and match in exactly four minutes. From the . outset ,Madrali was but plaily out- WOUNDS TWO PURSUERS. Escaped Murderer Shoots Sheriff and Militia_Officer. ‘Wooedburn, Ore., "April 30.—Frank Smith, the alleged slayer of Poliee Officer Hanlon of Oregon City and: an escaped prisoner from the city jail at Portland, at 1 a. m. shot and fatally wounded Sheriff J. S. Shaver ot Clacka- mas county and seriously injured.Cap- tain 0. D. Henderson of Company D, Oregon national guard. The posse which has been pursuing ith.fo1 three dwurrmmded bhim. in._the_ outskirts vf..Woodbu o a clump of bushes about dusk. Shertly after 1 o'clock Smith made a sudden dash:from, the bushes and gained the railroad, where he ran almest hesd- long into a part of the posse consis ing.-of Captain Hénderson, Sheriff Shaver, Sherift Culver of Marion “d two or three others. Henderson cominanded Smml throw up_ his hands and Smith: sponded by epening fire with a revol: ver at a distance of-six feet. Hender son fell at the nrst xhot and Shaver a moment. later. Before the others. realized: what had.| happened Smith darted into a nursery close to the track. The remainder ot the posse hurriedly surrounded this place, but it was found that Smith had eluded them, NEW TRIAL Is . REFUSED. South Chicago Gang of Forgers Sen. tenced. Chicago, April 30.—Motion for a new trial of Jefferson Davis Benton and his wife, convicted of forgery, was overruled by Judge Kavanagh and each given an indeterminate sen- tence in the penitentiary. Louis Long: pre and his wife, who pleaded guilty to forgery in the same case, were sim- flarly punished. Charles White, also arrested in the caseland who turped state’s evidence, wasgiven one year in the county jail, while Charles Grant, son of Mrs. Longpre,:was sentenced to the reformatory for his alleged par- ticipation in the forgery. Benton and his companions wgre convicted of the forgery and utterauce of checks drawn on the Illinois Steel company, amount. ing to over $18,000;°and which were cashed in South Chicago. — Ball Players Indicted. Indianapolis, April 30.—The players and managers composing the Indian- apolis and the Minneapolis American association baseball teams were in: dicted during the day at a speclal ses sion of the grand jury for playing a game here last Sunday. The authori- ties will push the cases on the ground (hnz‘ the ‘“contribution” plan of play- | ing Sunday ball may be prohibited. " BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Russian.loan has proved even more successful in France than antici- _pated. Much dlnppomtmem is felt at To- kio at the United States declining the assistance offered from-Japan. Three children were burned to death n the destruction by fire of the Pres- byterian: mission school at Lawson, ‘W. Va. ~ Reports are in circulation at St. Pe: tersburg_that Emperor Nicholas will appoint Premier Witte to be president ! of the council of the empire. One of the transient lodgers at the Economy hotel in Minneapolis, who .| Was registered as “J, W. Hill, Escana- ba, Mich.,” committed suiclde in his .room by taking carbolic acid. Charles S. Francis of Troy, N. Y., <who succeeds Bellamy Storer as Unit- ‘ed. States ambagsador to Austria-Hun: BATY, WAS & Dassenger on the steamel Deul;n:hhn from New York for Ham- COAL BARONS ARE NOT WISE Former Strikes Have Taught Them Nothing, Says Mitchell. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 30.—Presi- dent Mitchell has received the reply of the coal operators to the proposals made by the scale committee of the miners: Later President Mitchell gave out a statement, saying in part: “I have received, read and formally acknowledged President Baer’s answer to the last demands made upon the operators by the miners. It appears | perfectly evident that the operators bave not changed their attitude in any particular during the past six years ud that the strikes of 1900 and 1902 re; 80 lesson to them. Every con- n has been wrung from them, by. atéfkes and the pressure of public sen- timent. */Plig° railroad coal combination not ouly - fixes arbitrarily the price at which“coal is sold to consumers, but seeks to fix arbitrarily the price at which labor shall be bought. The question is asked by the operators, where is the advance to come from? It is charged up to the consumer of domestic coal. It occurred to me that: theé small advance proposed by the miners might have been taken off the exorbitant freight rates charged by them, ; “Personally I am much disappointed and 1 am sure all mine employes ex- pected more consideration than they have received.” UNDER CONTRACT LABOR LAW. One Thousand Immigrants Deported From Naw York, New York, April-30.—One thousand immigrants were deported during the day as contract laborers, this deporta- tion heing one of the largest ever made under the contract labor laws. They were detected during the record hreaking spring inrush of immigrants which has been pouring tlirough Elis island immigration station for the past fortnight. The men came mostly from Greece, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Ser- via and were attracted to this coun- try, the immigration authorfiles charge, by offers of wages averaging OPERATORS 'STAND FIRM. Refuse to Agree to New Proposition s of Miners. New- York, April 20.—The. anthra- cité mine operators have- replied to the latest proposition of the mine workers,” The owners: refuse to mod- ify their position and call upon the ‘miners to renew for a period of three years the award of the anthracite strike commission or else to accept the operators’ proposition that the strike-commission arbitrate the: ques- tion ‘as.to what changes; if any, shall be-made in the scale of wages fixed by the commission in its original award. The miners have already declined this offer. MAY REPORT AGAINST SMOOT. Senate Committee- Will Vote on” the Case Next Tuesday: Washington, April 36.—The senate committee on privileges-and elections has agreed to meet on Tuesday nest to formally- consider the Smoot case. Opponents-of the Utah senator say that when the vote is taken it will be” about 8 to 5 BEulnsl hIm Indlc!ed on Various Charges. Chieago, April 30.—The grand jury has returned thirty-one indictments against .John A. Cooke, former clerk of the circuit court. The charges em- Nirace forgery, conspiracy, embezzle. ment of public moneys and withheld- ing;of public records. NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY. Threats u' Fagkers to Quit Euamcso in Texas. Fort Worth, Tex.; April 20.—Threats’ made by the big packers’ attorneys to the effect that the packing plants lo- cated here will be }_rced to move from the stat¢ on account of =uits brought against them for alleged violation of the Texas anti-trust laws are not re- garded seriously here. The Armour and Swift companies have several million dollars invested in Fort Worth and'both plants are do- Ing a large and lucrative business. There is no disposition in Texks to persecute them. The chief movement is against the Live Stock Fxchange, which recently advanced comudssion rates, thereby incurring the enmity of the live stock producers of the state. The total pen- alties asked for by the attorney gen- eral from the firms of Armour and Swift, the Stock Yards company and the Live Stock Exchange aggregate $17,103,050. NEGRO WOMEN FIGHT DUEL. Om Is Killed but ‘the Other Escapes Injury. New York, April 80.—Two young negro women. Marie: Louise, aged twenty-four, and Rella Bailey, aged twenty, fought with each other, the former using a knife and the latter a ' revolver. Marie Louise was shot and * killed. ' Bella Balley gave herself to ' the police, saying that she did the shooting in self-defenze. She was not injured. One had aceused the other (nlflis mm LAKE STRIKE NOW FEARED Long-shoremen Threaten to Tie Up Traffic on Great Lakes. 20,000 MEN WILL BE AFFECTED BY ACTION. Owners llnrryfng to Get Vessels Out Before Midnight Tonight. Cleveland, April 30.—Vessel owners -here today are making every possible effort to get boats in port loaded with the view of sending them out before mid- night tonight, when the members of the long-shoremen’s union will, it is now fully expected, go on a strike, Fully 20,000 men will be affect- ed on the lakes by the strike movement. The long-shoremen’s union includes, in addition to dock workers, yessel mates, fires men, oilers and water tenders. POLICE RAIDS CONTINUE. Slaim to Have Secured Evidences of Plot in France. Paris, April 30.—The police searches and seizures continue to agitate labor and monarchist circles, The Confed- eration of Labor has issued a violent brotest against the action of the au- thorities, which was to have appeared In a special edition of the Confedera- tion’s organ, the Voix du Peuple, but the prefect ordered the postmen to detain all copies of the inflammatory paper. The postmen thereupon voted to protest being obliged to act as de- tectives. The judicial authorities withhold all details of the seizures made, but it is claimed that one.ef the documents found at the-hoime ot an-tmperialist 13- a proclamation addressed to the army and designed. to_be- issued. after: the success of the plot and that the police- also captured lists of tuture function- aries and ministers: under the impe- riallst regime: The governmental organs - assert that a plot between.the-mining. agi- tators in the Northwest and the polit- ical agitators in Paris wis fully organ- ized. The opposition journals deny the existence of a plot and treat the affair as an “electoral opera boutfe.” An attempt was made during the- night to blow .up a railway bridge at Argenteuil, near Paris. The author- ties - attributed the- outrage to an- archists. The damaged bridge is on the route followed by the troops com- ing to Paris: The strike centers are calm. There have been no further demonstrations or disorders owing to the powerful concentration of troops at all the dis- turbed quarters, CAUSED QUITE A STIR. Dinner Given Archbishop Ireland by Ambassador White. Rome, April 20.—As was expected the dinner given by Ambassador White to Archbishop Ireland, at which four | cardinals were guests, has caused con- slderable stir. The Giornala @’ Italia interviewed Archbishop Ireland, who said: “Mr. White, who has honored me with his friendship, invited me on Wednesday to a private dinner.” Being asked if Americanism is not the, modern tendency of Catholicism in America Archbishop Ireland said: “That 1s a mistake. American Catholicism is neither modern nor ancient. It is loyalty to the pope.” Cardinal Satolli alsc was inter- viewed by the Giornala @’ Italia and . 'White asked us to dinner for the purpose of honoring Archbishop Ireland. In America all, heginning with President Roosevelt, love Arch- bishop Ireland.” Cardinal Vannutelli sald: “The dinner was given by Mr. White as a private personito his friend and he invited us both as friends of Arch- bishop Treland and himself. We ac~ cepted, knowing that politics did not enter into the matter in any way.” INJURED. TWO KILLED, MANY Free for All Fight Occurs in Railroad Camp. Milwankee, April 30.—A Journal special from Rice Lake, Wis., says: Winston Bros & Dear’s camp, four miles from Edgewater, on the route of the Lake Superior and Southeast- ern railroad, was the scene of a free for all fight during the day in which $vo laborers were killed outright and Atteen wounded, several fatally. Fight- ing is in progress. Lnicago union Stock Yards. k05'15, yearlings, ‘5!005.80 llnbl. | $4.05@6.15; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 5.10; stockers and feeders, $2.90@ :4.85. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.40 @6.70; good heavy, $8.60@6.67%; rough heavy, $6.30@6.45; light, $6.30@ 6.621% ;. pigs, $5.90@6.45. . Sheep, $3.25 TEN CENTS PER WEEK Chicago, April 28.—Cattle—Beeves, -