Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1906, Page 4

% FEDERAL SUPREMAGY PRESIDENT WILL DISCUSS SUB- JECT IN SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. METCALF’S REPORT FURNISHES KEY JAPANESE QUESTION BASIS OF DOCUMENT GIVING EXPRES- SION OF VIEWS. Chicago, Dec. 15.—A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Washington says: A special message on the Japanese question and the California school problem, supplementary to the treat- ment of these same subjects by Pres- ident Roosevelt in his regular mes- sage last week, will be sent to con- gress from the White House next Tues- day. It is stated authoritatively that this speclal message will be more vig- orous in tome than the former com- munication and will not be calculated to cool the Indignation of Californians, previously aroused. The special message, moreover, aside from its local application, will be one of the most notable and impor- tant communications in the entire list of those sent to congress by the pres- ent executive. It will bring to a direct issue the centralization scheme of gov- ernment which is likely to form the limax of endeavor on the part of the ‘Rooseveit administration. The administration is about to take advanceqd ground regarding the doc- trine of federal supremacy over state 'mwerelgnty. The Japanese question Thised In connection with the public school system of California has sup- plied the opportunity to give forcible expression to the mighty scheme of centraljization that is to be perfected it possible. Accompanies Metcalf’s Report, It is not possible at this writing to forecast in detail what the president will say in his second message on the Japanese question. Accompanying his message, which it is understood will be a full explanation of the adminis- tration’s projected policy as to the supremacy of federal over state power, will be the report of the special inves- tigation of the San Francisco school question made by Secretary of Com- merce and Labor Metcalf. Regardless of the nature of this report the presi- dent will adhere vigorously to the posi- tion taken by him in his regular mes- sage, which was written before he left Washington to visit the canal zone and before he had anything at all from Secretary Metcalf. But as to the Metcalf report it has been learned that its author found much to condemn in the matter of the treatment of Japanese outside of the school question. His report, in fact, will furnish a new sensation. It will show, it is understood, labor union tyranny over Japanese which affects the rights held to be theirs by treaty in even more pronounced manner than anything connected with the school fimbroglio. Matters of this nature embraced in |Secretary Metealf's report will furnish lthe key for many arguments to be ad- vanced by the president in his mes- sage. DEATH TO SIMPLIFIED SPELLING. President Consents to Withdraw Or- der to Public Printer. ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—The house of Irepresentatives has declared in favor of the old style of spelling and Pres- iident Roosevelt has consented to with- 'draw his order for the use of the simplified spelling in all government ‘documents. This action was taken as the result of an interview Representative Landis ‘had with the president in which the president said that if the house should &0 on record agalnst the new spelling he would abandon his effort in that direction. The house was prompt in meeting this condition and the reso- lutfon was adopted by a unanimous vote. = The system of reform spelling was put into effect by the president during the recess of congress, Aug. 27 last, and all public documents supplied to the executive departments have been printed in the simplified way. TOO YOUNG TO WED. Youth Seriously Wounds Girl Kills Himself. Ivanhoe, Minn., Dec. 15.—Clarence Heasty, living about six miles north- Wwest of Ivanhoe, shot his sweetheart, Miss Jensen, in the neck, inflicting a dangerous and probably mortal wound. He then turned the revolver on him- self, dying instantly. Early this week Heasty applied for 2 license to marry the girl, but the license was refused on account of his age, as he was less than twenty-one years old. The girl is a daughter of H. P. Jen pen, a pioneer farmer of this county, and Heasty is a son of R. M. Heasty, @ former resident of this county but now in Iowa. The shooting took place at the home of a nelghbor, Chris Stef. teard, Blizzard at Head of Lakes. Superior, Wis., Dec. 15.—The Head of the Lakes country is getting its rst genuine blizzard. A high wind, which bas ranged around fifty miles hour for eighteen hours, is now driving a wet snow and, trains and local street car traffic are all delayed. and | i STATE LIFE INSURANCE. Wisconsin Legislative Committee Rl-l ports Adversely to Plan. Madison, Wis., Dec. 15.—The ma- Jority report of the committee appoint- é&d by the last state senate to investl- gate the feasibility of establishing a state life Insurance department in Wis- consin has completed:its investigation, upon which it has been engaged for two years, and has filed its report with Governor Davidson. The committee is not in favor of having the state go into the life insurance business be- cause it does not find it feasible at this time. The report is signed by Sena- tors Juliuzs E. Roehr and James A. Frear, while Senator.Jacob Rummel, Socialist, whose party is trying to fos- ter a number of state and municipal ownership projects in the legislature, dissents. The committee has investigated the system of a mumber of foreign coun- tries that supply life insurance through the government but found nothing to warrant the state going into the business at present. MOTION MEETS WITH DENIAL. Judge Refuses to Dismiss.Indictments Against Schmitz and Ruef. San Francisco, Dec. 15.—Oral mo- tions of the attorneys for Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef to strike from the file the five indictments found against them by the grand jury on the ground that Grand Juror Wal- lace E. Wise had been a trial juror within the year, was' practically de- nied by Judge Dunne. He refused to allow the testimony res;ecting the al- legation to be introd.iced. Attorney Ach, attorney for Mr. Ruef, offered to make proot that Juror Wise had served on the regular panel in Judge Lawler’s court from Jan. 1 to July 9. Special Prosecutor Heney .objected and the court sustained the objection, acknowledging that he was practical ly denying the oral motion. Roosevelt Gets “Big Stick.” Washington, Dec. 15.—President Roosevelt has been presented with a large gourd intended as a representa: tion of the “big stick” so gemerally figuring in newspaper and other car- toons. The presentation was made by Representative Smyser of Ohio and was a remembrance of Democratic friends ia his district. Epidemic of Typh Fever. Pittsburg, Dec. 15.—It is estimated that at least 400 persons are ill with typhoid fever in Pittsburg alone. In Allegheny and the boroughs of Alle- gheny county this number is about doubled. The health reports of Pitts- burg have shown a steady increase for several weeks in the number of such cases. Double Tragedy at Butte. Butte, Mont., Dec. 15.—In the wo- man’s room here May Kelly was found dead and John Vanness, a stationary engineer, late of Superior, Wis., was dying of a wound in his temple. Both had been shot. Vanness would not talk. He cannot live. Bank Robbers Secure $5,600. Drexel, Mo. Dec. 15.—Robbers wrecked the safe of the Interstate bank here early in the day and es- caped with its contents, said to be close to $5,600 in currency. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. William Roseburg, one of Pitts: burg’s most prominent financial men, is dead. One hundred and twenty-six lives were lost in navigating the Great Lakes during the season just closing. Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review indicate that even with the great rush of holiday trade general business is well maintained and manufacturing activity is at a high point. James A. Kratz, who has been pri vate secretary of Attorney General Moody, has been appointed a special asgsistant attorney general. He will have headquarters in Washington. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 14.—Wheat—Dec., 77%¢c; May, 80%@80%c; July, 80% @8lc. * On track—No. 1 hard, 8lc; No. 1 Northern, 80c; No. 2 Northern, T7% @178c; No. 3 spring, 743% @75%c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 14.—Cattle—Good - to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common .to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals,; $4.00@ 5.50. Hogs—$6.75@5.90. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@17.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. : Duluth, Dec. 14—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 80%¢c; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%ec; Dec., T8%c; May, 80% @80%c¢; July, 813zc. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.20%; Dec., $1.20%; Jan., $1.21; May, $1.24. Chicago Grain-and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 14.—Wheat—De¢., 78%c; May, 78%c. Corn—Dec., 41% @41%c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec., 34%c; May, 36@36%c. Pork—Jan, $15.80; May, $16.10. Butter—Cream- eries, 22@31c; dairies, 20@27c. ' Eggs —20@23c.. Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens and springs, 9c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. 14.—Cattle—Beeves, | $4.10@7.25; cows and 'heifers, $1.66@ 5.16; stockers and feeders, $2.40@ 4.50; -Texans, $3.75@4.60; Westerns, $3.40@5.75; calves, $6.00@8.560. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $5.90@6.20; ISHAW AT CURRENCY HEARING. Says Bankers' Plan Is Inadequate to 7 Meet Requirements. Washington, Dec. 15.—Secretary Shaw appeared betore the house com- mittee on banking and currency in advocacy of a high taxed credit cur- rency, suggesting 6 per cent as a de- sirable rate. He emphasized the need for great elasticity in currency, but expressed the opinion that the plan framed by the American Bankers' as- sociation will not bring about sufficient elasticity to be very useful. Granting that the bankers’ plan results in the Issuance of $200,000,000 additional in national bank notes Mr. Shaw said that In his opinion not more than $20,000,000 worth of these will be re- deemed. Mr. Shaw thought the bankers’ plan was wholly inadequate to meet the requirements of the commercial world and said it was encumbered with too much machinery for the limited good results he feels it is capable of accom- plishing. He said he did not want to be regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers, because he felt that any step toward relieving the demand for greater elas- ticity at certain seasons of the year was desirable, but he argued that the committee strive to_frame a more ef- fective measure. It was urged by the secretary that an effort should be made to make all our currency more elastic rather than to impart elasticity to a certain amount of emergency currency. Un- der the banker’s plan, he said, only the credit currency which goes into national banks would be on its way to redemption. There would be no rea- son why private banks should seek the redemption of national bank notes and consequently they would make no ef- fort to do so. s NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED HOUSE COMMITTEE AGAIN CON. SIDERS SHIP SUBSIDY BILL WITHOUT RESULT. ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—No decision as to the éommittee’s attitude on ship subsidy was reached at the caucus of the Republican members of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries held during the day. After discussing the amended Gallinger bill the Republicans took no action, but decided to call a meeting of the com- mittee for Jan. 7, when a vote of the entire committee will be taken on the measure. The amendments to the bill, draft- ed by Representative Grosvenor, elim- inate cargo subsidy entirely and limit the government’s aid to mail carry- ing ships to South America and the Orient. Even with these changes the members of the committee from the Middle West do not favor the meas- ure. . Later in the day it was stated that President Roosevelt will send to con- gress a special message advocating the passage of a ship subsidy measure at the present session. It was said that the president had declared that the recommendation- in his annual message was misunderstood. In that message he said that if it were found inexpedient to pass the senate bill a measure should be passed to provide for a few lines to South American ports. He did not mean to minimize the importance of other features of the bill, it is said, and now purposes to correct any false impression that may have been gained by the house. PATRICK SEEKS FREEDOM. Relatives, However, Will Ask Com- mutation of Sentence. New York, Dec. 15.—With the with- drawal of the application for a writ of error in the United States supreme court the legal fight to save Albert T. Patrick came to an end after the hard- est fought battle in the criminal rec- ords of the country. It now remains to apply to Governor Higgins for a commutation of sen- tence to life imprisonment. In spite of the determination of Patrick him- self to accept nothing save a pardon, announced only a few days ago by himself from his cell in Sing Sing prison, such an ' application, designed merely to save his life, it is stated, will be made within a few days, Mrs. Patrick and Patrick’s sister, Mrs. Milliken of St. Louis, will be the petitioners as the nearest relatives of the condemned man. Governor Hig- gins has not publicly indicated that he would even now save-Patrick from the electric chair, butysuch is the expecta- tion of Patrick’s wife and of his attor- neys. THROWN FROM HIS HORSE. Seriously Accident. Toklo, Dec. 16.—General Nogi, the Japanese commander who captured Port Arthur, was thrown from his horse while returning home from the palace. He fell on his head and be- came - unconscious. His condition arouses apprehension. General Nogi Injured in Wage Differences Adjusted. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 15.—The Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western rail- road, through General Superintendent Clarke, announced that the demands of the grievance committee of the conductors and” trainmen have been satisfactorily adjusted. These em- ployes are given liberal wage ad- good heavy, $6.10@6.20; rough heavy,’| vances, graded atcording to the range $5.76@5.95; light, $6.85@6.15; $5.35@6.10. Sheep, $3.76@5.70; lambs, $4.75@7.86. | 1 pigs, | of work required, and a.ten-hour day. This ends all the wage controversies on the Lackawanna system. Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidj (NGREASE IN SALARIES HOUSE GIVES THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET i $12,000 PER YEAR. PO ADVANCE FOR ' CONSRESSMEN MOTION TO RAISE PAY TO $7,500 FAILS TO PASS BY A VOTE OF 135 TO 161 # ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—Representa- \ive Littauer of New York offered the following amendment to the legisla- tive, executive and judicial appropria- tion Dbill under consideration in the house: “On and after March 4, 1907, the compensation of the speaker of the house of representatives and vice pres- ident of the United States shall be at the rate of $12,000 each.” Mr. Littauer spoke in favor of the amendment. By a vote of 214 to 51 the amendment was adopted, the op- position failing to secure votes enough to have the yeas and nays called. Representative Littauer alsos intro- duced an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill increasing the sal- aries of the members of the pres- ident’s cabinet to $12,000 each, effec- tive on and after March 4, 1907. On division the amendment was adopted, 204 to 60, the opponents of the measure failing again to secure votes enough to have the yeas and nays called. Representative Littauer also of- fered an amendment increasing the salaries of senators, representatives in congress and delegates from terri- torles to $7,500 per annum, “which’ compensation shall be in lieu of all other pay and allowance except actual individual traveling expenses from their homes to the seat of government and retwrn by the most direct route of usual travel once for each session of the house to which such senator, mem- ber or delegate belongs, to be certified to under his hand to the disbursing officer and filed as a voucher.” The real test and temper of the house was taken on this amendment, when a yea and nay vote was called. On a rising vote -the amendment was defeated by a vote of 136 to 161. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. House Committee Considers Represen- tative Townsend’s Bill. ‘Washington, Dec..15.—Representa- tive Townsend’s bill for the compul- sory investigatjon of troubles between employers and employes which affect the transportation of government mails or the necessary movement of interstate and foreign commerce was under consideration during the day by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, which has begun its hearings on the measure. Charles P. Neil, United States com- missioner of labor, appeared before the committee and heartily supported the Townsend bill, saying he believed it would bring many labor disputes to a satisfactory end. In explanation of his bill Mr. Towns- end said that the arbitration of the authracite coal strike in 1902 by a commission‘showed the desirability of such a method of bringing labor trou- ‘| amended by the senate committee. bles to an end. “Some labor leaders,” he said, “may desire to settle their differences with- out interference and many employers may have the same desire, but,” he added, “this selfish view does not take the welfare of the public into consid- eration.” Mr. Townsend’s bill provides that there shall be interference only where the president s convinced that inter- ference is necessary, Investigations are to be made by a commission of seven men, two of whom shall be familiar with labor’s claims and two with the claims of employers, while three are to be wholly disinterested. GENERAL SERVICE PENSIONS. Senator McCumber Will Push Meas- ure in Senate. ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—Senator Me- Cumber, chairman of the committee on pensions, is planning to press for early consideration by the senate the house general service pension bill as The amendments provide that any sol- dier of the Civil war, who has served for ninety days, has been honorably | discharged and who &hall have reached the age of sixty-two years, shall receive a pension of $12 a month, to be increaséd to $16 a month when he shall have reached the age of sev- enty years and to $20 a month after he has reached the age of seventy-five .years. It is estimated that an addi- tional appropriation of $10,714,400 an- nually would be required to pay the increased rate provided by the bill to the soldiers now on the pension roll. BANDITS ROB 'PAWNSHOP. Fill, Suitcase With -Diamonds and. Jewelry. = Omaha, Dec. 15.—Three men entered the pawnshop of Joseph Sonnenberg, bound and gagged the proprietor, Mike Morrissey, his clerk, and a customer named Frank Swan and, filling a suit- case with diamonds and jewelry, es- caped. Samuel Gross, a fireman, tried to stop them and an exchange of shots followed. Later one of the robbers | was captured and part of the plunder recoyered. The pawnbroker reports his loss at about $8,000. 3 B R and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Co ‘ownship Plats in book form, Fine g LIFESAVERS RESCUE CREW. Austrian S8teamer Ashore Off the New Jersey Coast. New York, Dec. 15.—While bound ; fiom Trieste, Austria, by the way of Bermuda, to New York, the Austrian treight steamer Clara went ashore; near the Mantoloking lifesaving sta- tion at the head of Barnegat bay, on the Jersey coast. The action of the sea quickly threw the Clara broadside to the beach, where she lay easily in the sand. The Mantoloking lifesavers went to the rescue of the crew of the stranded craft. ‘A line was shot over the ship and a breeches buoy hauled off all on board the Clara. The cap- tain of the Clara came ashore in the buoy and sent word to New York for assistance dnd in response a wrecking tug was digpatched from this city to pull the steamer off the beach. The Clara has a cargo consisting: principally of dried fruits, hides, iron ore and. 250 tons of brimstone. The value of the vessel and her cargo is between £500,000 and $600,000. MUST ANSWER CHARGES. Summons Served on Officials of Big Corporatlons. Salt Lake City, Déc. 15.—Joseph F. ! Smith, president of the Mormon church and director of the Union Pacific rail-' way; W. H. Bancroft, vice president and general managef of the Oregon Short Line Railway company, and James M. Moore, general agent of the Union Pacific Coal company, have been served with summons requiring them ‘to appear in the federal court and answer to charges 'of unlawful discrimination set forth in the grand jury indictments returned a week ago. The three men summoned are the highest officials in Utah of the three indicted corporations. DOUBTED BY THE PEOPLE CAREFULLY PREPARED BULLE- TIN OF KING OSCAR’'S CON- DITION ISSUED. Stockholm, Dec. 15.—King Oscar’s condition shows considerable improve- ment. Towards noon the following guarded official bulletin' was issued: “King Oscar passed a quiet night.! He slept six hours, only coughed a' little and his temperature in the morn- | ing was 100,9. His pulse is still irreg- ' ular, but ti.ere is no increase of phlegm in the lungs. . The patient’s general conditlon s fairly satistactory.” i The official bulletin had the effect of reassuring the people, but the hope-! fulness it contained was somewhat ' shaken when it leaked out in thel course of the afternoon that camphori and digitalis had been freely used in | the treatment of the patient. The! impression is gaining ground that the king’s condition is much more serious than represented by the bulletin. 1 Crown Prince Gustaf arrived.here during the day from Berlin and as- sumed the regency, which he will hold during his father’s illness. You may depend upoi it that he is a. good man whose intimate friends are all good.—Lavater. 1§ i Most Complete Stock West of Duluth I Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas slhkeu,]907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Welfs, Etc. Rubber Stam, ; Pay Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, Y Books; Paper Clips. and Fasteners, Rubbor Bands, Letior Files, ity colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskels, » 1 Plttsburg Chamber of Commerce Asks Courts to Act, SUPPRESS DIVORCE DETAILS. Pittsburg, Dec. 15.—After much dis- cussion, in which some members were | horror stricken by the freedom of the debate, the Pittsburg chamber of com- merce passed a resolution calling on judges of county courts to suppress all facts and details of immoral cases and demanding that newspapers of Pittsburg cease printing divorce court news. This action is the direct result of the Hartje divorce case. “Every line of testimony given at the recent divorce court trial relating to statutory offenses was passed upon by the mixed classes at the high school,” declar®d G. W. Hacklin. S. W. Black, millionaire real estate broker, opposed the resolution. “Some of you,” he said, “will be wanting next to suppress the Bible. It contains more indecent stories than the news- papers, but it is not so generally read among members of this body.” EIGHT-HOUR LAW LEGAL. Montana Supreme Court Upholds the Statute. Helena, Mont., Dec. preme court has held the eight-hour statute of the state to be constitutional, the decision being rendered in a case appealed from the district court of Park county. The opinion was ren- dered by Associate Justice Holloway, who says that while the wording of the law might be clearer still its pur- pose is perfectly evident and that the law is constitutional in every respect, its ohject being to conserve the health 15.—The * su- Suffragists to Go to Jail. London, Dec. 15.—Five of the female suffragists arrested for attempting to hold a meeting within the precincts of parliament, resulting in an exciting scuffie with the police, were arraigned in a police court during the morning and were sentenced to pay fines of $5 each or in default to go to jail for a fortnight. Following the precedent in the cases of the earlier prosecutions the women elected to go to prison. Bad Luck. “Do you' believe in the bad luck of thirteen?” ¢ “Do I? I was refused by twelve girls, and the thirteenth took me.”— Stray Stories. Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Rubber Type Outits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & tnd happiness of the workingmen. l DRASTIC LEGISLATION FRENCH CABINET DECIDES ON NEW MEANS TO ENFORCE CHURCH LAWS. MMEDIATE CONFISCATION PROPOSED STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY GOVERN- MENT OF A MOST SWEEPING CHARACTER. Paris, Dec. 15.—The cabinet met during the day with President Fal- leres In the chair in order to decide upon the new legislation to be pre- sented to parliament. The steps to be taken are of a very sweeping charac- ter. It 18 proposed to amend the law of 1905 providing for the separation of church and state, but on which a year’s grace was allowed before the per- manent alienation of the church prop- erty, and to suppress the privilege of forming new cultural or diocesan‘as- sociations during that period, and all church property, including the sem- inaries, will be immediately handed over to the state, to the departments and to the communes under conditions insuring that the churches themselves will be retained for religious uses. The continuance of public worship will be provided for under a’combination of the laws of 1§Sl and 1901. With regard to the' pensions and allow- ances of the clergy distinctions will be made by which those who are en- titled to the former will lose their rights if they are deprived of their French citizenship, while those who are entitled to the latter will lose Aheir allowances if they do not con- form with the law. The conditions under which the clergy will forfeit their French citizenship will be drawn up in a special measure to be pre- pared Tater. Look beneath the surface. Let not the quality of a thing nor its ‘worth es- eape thee.—Marcus Aurelius. " Diaries NOW have in ment of 1907 WE and the cheap as well a can be had here. . Bemidji stock a large assort- diaries. The line is suitable for business and professional men. Prices compare favorably with eastern houses s the very best book STATIONERY DEPARTMENT OF Pioneer. Trunks, Hobby horses, of Children’s wear. One glance at the display on o For the Children Books, Games, Dolls, Xmas cards, Magie lanterns, Tops, Engines, Dishes Xmas tree ornaments, Ties, Handker- chiefs, Gloves, Mittens, and all kinds - XMAS GIFTS We are showing the largest line of Xmas goods ever shown in. Bemidji. ur tables and counters will convince you of this fact. ' OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST The quality of our goods the highest. : you in making your selections. Furs, Mufflers, Fancy suspende: Banks, Horns, Mirrors, Ash ed mittens, Hou; In our Crockery department we have a large line of Genuine Hand-painted French, German and Japanese china at about one half the usual price. . .Sn(isfabtion ‘guaranteed or money refunded. . E.H.WINTER&CO _ TELEPHONE NO. 30. Below is a small list that may aid For the Grown-up’s Photo frames, Jewel boxes, Hand baps Music rolls, Silk lined gloves, Fur lin- Shawls, Hoxiery, rs, Ties, Toilet sets. & trays, Smakers sets, se slippers, Suit cases. BEM]DJI. fi i