Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 16, 1907, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUDLISHED NVERY AFTEANOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR A. . RUTLEDGR Business Manager Managing Editor Wotered In the postoffice at Bemldjl. Mina., as second class master. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM BYABLLT I HOURS New Turbiner Lusitania Lowers Record From Queenstown. -NOT YET QUEEN OF THE SEAS English Steamer Fails to Beat the Hourly Speed Average Made by the North German Lioyd Liner Kaiser Wilihelm 1, New York, Sept. 1 .—The giant tur- blner Lusitania of the Cunard line came into port on her maiden voyage with a new record of 5 days and 5¢ minutes between Queenstown and New York. The Lusitania failed to Zower the hourly speed average of @3.b8 knots made by the Kaiser Wil- mm II. of the North German Lloyd 8, though she covered the distance between the ports In an average of 28.01 knots, which is a record for maiden voyages. Captain Watt said that when the time comes for record making, after her machinery is In thorough order, the Lusitania will be the empress of the seas. The Lusitania’s time was 6 hours and 20 minutes faster than the previ- ous record from Queenstown, held by her sister ghip, the Lucania. , The Lusitania, the largest ship afloat, was given & royal weltome on Ger arrival here and it was a contin- ual ovation from the tlme she sped pest the Sandy Hook light vessel and wmade her way through the Ambrose annel, the first ocean liner to enter new falr way, until she was safely arved inte her dock. The Lusitania Whs never pushed to her tep speed doring the entire voyage, according to Wer officers. She encountered pleas- Rnt weather from port to port and tved here almost at the hour des ted by the directors of the Cunard Hre. E. H. Cunard, director of the ldno, Who made the trip over, had this % say: “Tho engines of the Lusitania worked perfectly and not during the entlre trip was the ship slowed down. Mhe Cunard people are more than satlsfled. What thls ship will do in the future may be judged from what #he has already done. No ship makes her best time on her maiden voyage. As to the reports that the ship was delayed by green stokers I know noth- ing. I shall make no suggestions for any changes in the Mauretania, the sister ship of the Lusitania, which probably will make her malden voy- age In October. We had two days of intermittent fog and one day partly fogey.” BEGAN SIXTY YEARS AGO Blg Ocean Lines Iin Endless War for Supremacy. New York, Sept. 1.—Sixty-one Yyears ago the little steamship Europa of the Cunard line, with her old fash- foned engines, crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York in 11 days and 3 hours. Her performance wasg heralded to the four quarters of the earth, for the Europa had broken the record of 14% days made by the steamer Great Western eight years before. With the Europa’s voyage began the lasting contest for the su- premacy of the sea which has led to the building of the fleet Lusitania. The Lucania’s record of 5 days, T hours and 23 minutes, made from Queenstown to New York in 1894, was Dot broken until the Lusitania ar- rlved. The Lucania, the flagship ot the Cunard Hne fleet, on that trip madfle an average speed of 21.81 knots over a coiirse of 2,779 miles, While tho Lucania was holding the Queens- town record the North German Lloyd and American lines began to battle for the Western record from South- ampton to New York, which was held for three years between 1893 and 1896 %y the steamships Paris, New York and St. Paul of the American line. The St. Paul in 1896 made the voyage from Southampton to New York, a distance of 3,060 miles, in 6 days and 81 minutes. German Line Takes the Lead. Then the North German Lloyd com. pany put over the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the first of the greater ocean steamships now traversing the Atlan- tle, and the new vessel in 1897 be- came the marine wonder of the world when she hung up a record of 6 days, 22 hours and 35 minutes from South- ampton to New York. The big Kaiser, as she Is familiarly called i shipping alrales, created a new record in 1899 when she steamed from Cherbourg, France, to New York, a distance of 3,060 miles, in 5 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. This record was lowered in the same year by the Kalser to 6 days, 17 hours and 87 minutes, The Ham- burg-American line captured the blue trophy of the sea from her rival in 1909 with the steamship Deutschland, Which made the distance from Cher- bourg to New York in 6 days, 12 hours and 29 finutes. The Deutschland lowered her own record by six min- utes in 1901. The Kron Prinz Wilhelm, the mew ship of the North German loyd line, slipped across the Atlantic 1902 in 65 days, 11 hours and 67 minutes, which was the banner record until the next year, when the Deutsch- land agaln wrested the honors as the fastost ehip afloat by clipping off three minutes from the record time of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm. The Deutschland made on this remarkable @ an average speed of 23.J5 BOOTH SAILS FOR AMERICA Veteran Salvationist to Visit Canada and United States. London, Sept. 14—Men and women wearing uniforms of the Salvation Army filled the Euston railroad station here, a large party having assembled to bid farewell to General Booth, who left for Liverpool, where he embarked on the Allan line steamer Virginian for Quebec, in which city the veteran commander will begin a campaign Which is to extend over Canada and the United States. The *“seventy- eight years young general,” as he de- scribes himself, appeared to be as hearty as possible, considering his age. From the railroad car he hand- ed the reporters a message as fol- lows: “Once more goodbye, dear old Eng- land. I leave your shores on what 1 believe Is the Master’s business. As 1 contemplate the future I rely more than ever on the old panacea for les- sening the ruins, inequalities and tyrannies of the world, namely, the regeneration of the individual by the power of Qod.” Bofore entering his car General Booth presided at a prayer meeting in the waitlngroom of the station, which was attended by the prominent officers of the Salvation Army. PARTS WITH STEPHENSON Senator La Follette Declares His In- dependence in Politics. Milwaukee, Sept. 14—The Journal says Senator La Follette is said to have Informed his friends that under no circumstances is his presidential candidacy to be Involved in Isaac Stephenson’s aspirations for a full term in the United States senate. He wants the Wisconsin delegates to the Republican national convention, but he is unwilling that they should be secured by hargaining with Stephen- son, either with a view to securing Stephenson’s financial support or by using his influence to re-elect Stephen- son in return for Stephenson’s influ- ence In support of La Follette’s pres- identlal aspirations. These declara- tions by La Follette are accepted as meaning that La Follette and Stephen- son have reached the parting of the ways and that La Follette intends to conduct his political future independ- ent of the Marinette statesman. It also means that without La Follette’s support Senator Stephenson cannot be re-elected. WRONG MAN HAPPENS ALONG Wyoming Brothers Start Out to Hold Up All Travelers. Cokeville, Wyo.,, Bept. 1t—Joe Bates, a sheepherder, was shot and Instantly killed by J. 8. Branson, a rancher living thirty miles north of this place, after he and his brother Sam had shot a seventeen-year-old boy whom they had held up and robhed and terrorized the people along the road which they traveled for sev- eral hours. The Bates brothers, after drinking to excess, started out to hold up everybody they met and eventually ran into Branson, who resisted them, snatching Sam Bates’ revolver from its holster and killing Joe Bates as the latter was attempting to draw his gun. The shooting of the boy was deliberate and caused great indigna- tion. Sam Bates was placed under arrest and the youthful victim of their outlawry was taken fin charge by neighbors and driven to town on his way to Salt Lake for treatment in the hope of saving his life. A lynching is threatened if the boy dles. Prominent Financier Dead. New York, Sept. 1'\—D. Willls James, senior member of the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co. of this city, is dead at Breton Woods, N. H., aged seventy-five. Mr. James, who was a native of Liverpool, Eng., had exten- slve interests in mining, investment and transportation companies. He was president of the Golden Hill cor- poration and Southiwestern Invest- ment company, a vice president and director of the Northern Securities ccmpany and a director of the North- ern Pacific Railway company. Rogers Able to Go Yachting. Falr Haven, Mass., Sept. 1{.—Heary H. Rogers, the Standard Oil and Amal- gamated Copper man, was cruising om his steam yacht Kanawha with & party of friends in Buzzards bay during the day. Mr. Rogers and his friends l&‘l'rt od during the forenoon and it Was understood that they might go to Mar. thas Vineyard before coming back tp Mr. Rogers’ summer home at Falr Haven, BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Secretary of the Navy Metoalf bas returned to Washington after an ab- sence since June 29, When he left fer California. James Pilcher, a railroad man, eom- mitted suicide by shooting himselt at Fafrburn, 8. D,, while despondent over his financlal affairs. At Indianapolls, Abe Attell of Chi- cago was glven the decision over Jimmy Walsh of Chelsea,. Mass., at the end of a ten-round bout. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review Indleate no important change in the business situation, transactions being well maintained, considering the firm- ness of the money market. Prince Hilkoff, the Russian ex-min- Ister of railroads, has received an im- verial grant of an immense tract of ore bearing land in the province of Fergana, Russian Turkestan, k The census bureau has announced that the present population of the ter- ritorles of Oklahoma and Indian Ter- ritory is an increase of 78 per cent over 1900 and that the aggregate pop- ulation 1s larger than any state at the time ot admission. Professor Stiphane Leduc of the school of medicine at Nantes, France, has discovered a method of oausing clectric sleep. It 15 claimed for the discovery that it will replace chloro- form and all other anaesthetics fn all surgical operations. The Russian council of ministers has ordered the closing of all the dor- mitorles attached to the institutions of higher learning at St. Petersburg and at Moscow because of the admis- slon of the police that they are unable to prevent them from being used as meeting and hiding places for reyolu- Honiata. | : e st—— LIPTON T0 TRY AGAIN Will Make Another Attempt to Win America’s Cup. CHALLENGE HAS BEEN SENT British Sportsman Forwards Hls Defi to the New York Yacht Club Through the Irish Yacht Club of Dublin, London, Sept. 1:—Sir Thomas Lip- ton will make another attempt in 1908 to regain the America’s cup for Great Britain. This announcement has been made by Sir Thomas in London and hy the secretary of the Royal Irish Yacht club at Dublin, The challenge, which goes to the New York Yacht club in the name of the Royal Irish Yacht club, was mailed from Dublin Friday. The detalls of the challenge were arranged when Sir Thomas visited Dublin recently in the course of a yachting cruise around the British isles on board the Erin. He told a friend months ago of his intention to challenge, but having until the end of September to take action he deferred challenging until the eleventh hour. It is not known why Sir Thomas declded to challenge through the Royal Irish Yacht club instead of the Royal Ulster Yacht club, which issued the previous challenges in his behalf, un- less it is that he thinks that a change of luck may follow his change of clubs. Action Causes No Surprise. New York, Sept. 1t—The news from London that Sir Thomas Lipton in the name of the Royal Irish Yacht club has sent another challenge for the America’s cup did not cause any surprise among yachtsmen in this city. While the members of the New York Yacht club had no official intimation of the English yachtsman’s intentions it was generally believed that the end of the present racing season would witness the issuance of the challenge. CRITICISE NAVAL OFFICERS Russian Papers Comment on Accident to Imperial Yacht. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1\.—The news- papers here voice their indignation at what they term the “utter lack of seamanship displayed within a few miles of Russia’s Baltic fortress,” as- cribing the needless secretiveness on the subject of the accident to the im- perial yacht Standart, which went aground off Horsoe, near Hango, Fin- land, to the marine minister's “con- sclousness of guilt.” The Slovo says: “After our defeat at Tsushima (the battle of the Sea of Japan) it is hard to conceive what further dishonor could be heaped on the Russian sea- men. Yet they managed to run aground in the vicinity of the capital a yacht having the imperial family on board. The people are ready to be- lieve that the Germans and English- men are more familiar with Russia’s home waters. If radical reforms are not instituted the outlook for the Rus- sian navy is hopeless,” MOORS TO SEEK REVENGE Recent Victory of Allied Forces Not Decisive. Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 1 |.—Native advices roceived here report that the recent defeat of the Moors near Casa Blanca has greatly lowered the fight- ing spirit of the Arabs, especially in the case of the tribesmen in the region of Choquala. On the other hand it is declared that the Moors are deter- mined to make an effort to obtain re- venge for the heavy losses they sus- tained. The Moors continue to sell the Jews Wwho were captured at Casa Blanca, handing them over to their friends or others upon the payment of small amounts. The smuggling of arms continues in the vicinity of Cape Spartel in spite of the vigilance of the warships. Mulai El Haflg, it is stated here, re- mains at Morocco City and he is stated to lack a sufficlent number of followers to énable him to march to the coast. RACIAL FEELING GROWS. Serious Demonstrations Take Place In India. Calcutta, Sept. 1.—Serious demon- strations by seditionists have occurred here. They followed the sentencing to prison of a nationalist leader who refused to testlfy in a case in which sedition was charged. 'The excitement lasted many hours, great crowds appearing in the vicinity of the courts and attacking the police, including some European sergeants. Other attacks on Europeans are re- ported, especially in Eastern Bengal, where raclal feeling is steadily grow- ing. Joking Remark Costs Life. Chicago, Sept. 1L—A joking remark about knowing the best time to visit his friends cost the life of Thomas Ramsey. A plece of beefsteak which he was eating caught in his windpipe as he laughed at the reply of his hostess and he quickly died. Will Affect Seven Thousand. New York, Sept. 1:.—As a result of strikeg declared in several shops sixty or more of the leading manufacturers of furs in New York have decided, it Is stated, fo lock out their employes. The lockout will affect about 7,000 men. WELLMAN ABANDONS TRIP Arrives at Tromsoe, Norway, on His Way Home. Trondhjem, Norway, Sept. 1/.—Wal- ter Wellman, the head of the Wellman Chicago Record-Herald expedition, has arrived at Tromsoe on board the Frithjof from Spitzbergen on his way home. He announced' that he had definitely - abandoned ' for this year, after a disastrous trial of his airship, the proposed attempt to reach the North pole. The airship made an ascent Sept. 2 in a strong northwest- erly wind, which drove her southeast- wards over the land. It was’ found necessary- to cut the balloon adrift from the other parts of the airship, but it was recovered after two days’ search. Mr. Wellman says he will make an- other attempt with a new alrship in 1908, COPPER STOCKS SLUMP. Flood of Selling Orders Forces the Price Down, New York, Sept. 1}.—Although bro- kers on the stock exchange report some support for the copper stocks at the opening the first twenty min- utes brought a flood of selling orders that forced the price of Amalgamated to 58%, which is 2% below the pre- vious day’s closing. More than 40,000 shares of Amalgamated changed hands during the first half hour. Much of the selling was said to be for Bos- ton account. A decline of £1 for spot copper was reported from London, The Utah Consolidated Mining com- pany, a copper producing company, has declared a quarterly dividend of $1, as compared with $1.25 and 26 cents extra for the last quarter. There Were successive - downward plunges during the morning in the copper stocks, which kept the whole market unsettled. Amalgamated Cop- per sold as low as 68, a decline of 8% for the day, and American Smelt- ing fell 5%, to 86%. Between the in- tervals of the acute liquidation prices rallied and the declines in the general list were moderate compared with the violence of the fall in the coppers. Reading declined an extreme 1%, but otherwise only a few of the rail stocks lost as much as a point. Woman’s Burns Prove Fatal. St. Paul, Sept. 1t—Mrs, Walter Holl 1s dead as the result of burns she re- ceived while melting some parafine wax to cover jars of preserves. The wax boiled over, catching fire, and in attempting to put out the hlaze Mrs. Holl’s clothing caught fire. She was severely burned, but her death was lue to heart failure caused by the shock. NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for— LIQUOR LICENSE. County ot Beltrami, STATE OF MINNESOTA. } ss. City ot Bemidji, Notice is hereby given, That application has been made In writing to the city council ot said city of Bemidji and filed in my officc, praying for license to sell intoxicating liquors” for the term commencing on 20th of Sept., 1907, and terminating on Sept. 20th, 1908, by the following person, and at the tollowing place, as stated in said application, respectively to-wi FRANK GAGNON At and in that certain two-story frame build- ing front room first floor thereof and lo- cated on lots 21, 22, 23 and 24, block 16, origi- nal townsite of Bemidji, Minnesota. Sald application will be heard and de- termined by said city council of the city of Bemidji at the city clerk’s office in the city hall, in said city of Bemidjl, in Beltrami county, and state of Minnesota, on Monday, the 16th day of Sept., D. 1907, at 8 o'clock p. m. of thatday. Witness my hand and seal of said city, this 12th day of Sept. A. D, 1907. LsmaL] THOMAS MALOY. City Olerk. OFFICIAL Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 2, 1907, At a regular meeting of the city council the rollulwlng proceeding were had and done o-wit: Called to order by vice president Bowser. Present, Bowser. McCualg, Erlekson, Smart, Washburn, McTaggart, Mayer. Absent, Brinkman, Gould. It was moved-and seconded the council g into committee of the whole tocenvass the Yote of the special bond lection which took vlace Aug. 27, 1907, carried. The chair ap- pointed McCuaig and Washburn tellers. The city clerk opened the sealed returns trom the different wards as certified by the Judges and clerks and finds the vote asfollows: 1st ward, 51 votes cast. 37 forand 14 against proposition. 2nd ward. 40votescast. 19 for and 21 against Dproposition. 3rd ward, 59 votes cast. 26for and 33 against proposition. ? 4th ward, 30 votes cast, 24for and 6 against proposition. - Totals, 180 votes cast. 106 for and 74 against ‘proposition. It was moved and seconded the findings of the canvassing board as set forth above be aporoved and ratitied. xgved wedadjourn. journed. Thos. Maloy, city clerk. , N. Bowser. Vice Pres. THOS, MALOY, Approved, City Clerk. W. A.GOULD, OFFIGIAL Bemidji, Minn., Aug. 26, 1907. mCouncfl met in City Hall in regular meet- g Called to order by Chairman Gould. Present, Bowser, McCualg, Smart, Mayer, ‘Washburn, McTaggart, Gould. bsent, Brinkman, Erickson. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. !The following Audited bills were allowed, 5 viz: Street gang labor. * ot team: Journal Press Ce J. H. Orouch cement sidewalks and CIEY DALl SteDs.......covus.n.ie . 223 Walter 8. Booth & son, tallysheets.... 1 Beltrami Co. News, printing for health dept., and ballots. .13 'Wm, McLean, 5% days lal w12 Brinkman took his seat 1n council. Epgineer’s semi-monthly estimate on sewe; to Jerrard Plumbing Co., $2,0] r detiverod wh i elivered when contract is signed. Ordinance No. 1 was read a thi*d time and Dpassed. Liguor license bond of Dalton Bros. ap- roved. proved. s Liquor license of W, A. McDonald was ordered transferred to A. L. Wyler. - G. Slocum’s report was accepted. On opinion of Oity Atty., resolution of Nymore village agreeing to pay $150.00 to cit: of Bemidjl as part expense of opening ani grading road on north boundary of sald village was on motion and second accepted. Permission granted Major Bros. to occupy a portion of alley on Minnesota Ave. between 1st and 2nd street for a frame bullding while erecting a brick building. oved and seconded the street supt. erect shed to house fire apparatus while floor of fire hall is being lowered, carriod. Report of Finance Committee on licenses Teterred to city atty. Moved we adjourn. Adjourned, THOS. MALOY, City Olerk. Resolutions. At a regular meeting of the city council held in this room in the Oity Hall the follow- ing resolution was offered by Alderman Smart and seconded by Alderman Brinkman: ‘Whereas, The Beltrami county fair is of very gmum advantage to the city of Bemidjl,, And Whereas, the Beltrami county fair association needs and has asked the city ot Bemidj{ to help ¢the project financially, Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the sum of §250.00 13 hereby appropriated out of the general fund and the cityclerk instructed to draw a city warran for sald amount and deliver same to the proper officer of said fair association. Authorized by section 15, chap- ter 4, city charter. 3 On roll call the_tollowing aldermen voted: yos—Bowser, McCOuaig, Smart, Washburn, Brinkman, Gould. Nos—None. Absent, Erickson, Mayer, McTaggart. Resolution carried, Approved, Aug. ttest: THOS. MALOY, City Clerk. ¢ Bond And contract approved and slemed by Mayor. W.A.GOULD, Chairman, '3, B. POGUE, it My PureFlavorings i Flavoring yuns Extracts sl have been given the preference and are now used and appreciated by millions of housewives who have used them for half a century. COACH ROOF BLOWN OFF Reading Passenger Train Runs Into Wind Storm. Reading, Pa., Sept. 1+ —Passengers on (he Reading express train for Potisville had a remarkable experi- ence six miles north of this city, when the train, going fifty miles an hour, ran into a wind storm which tore-oft the roof of one car. When the train struck the whirl- wind the shock was so perceptible that many thought the emergency brakes had been applied. Just before the train rushed into the cloud it be- came as dark as night and rain fell in torrents. The train stopped at Leesport a few minutes later and the passengers were transferred from the leaking car to another. RIVALS ARM IN ARM. Hill and Harriman Cause Sensation in New York, New York, Sept. 1\.—The sight of E. H. Harriman and J. J. Hill, the two greatest rivals in the rallroad world, walking down Pine street arm in arm, was witnessed this week. The news, which has just got around, caused much wonder and talk in the financial district. It ie learned that the meeting was purely accidental and that as a matter of fact the personal relations of the great rallroad rivals have always been of the pleasantest kind, BROKEN BY ONE HOUR. Transatlantic Record From Havre to New York. New York, Sept. 1 .—The transat- lantic steamship record from Havre to New York, which has been held by the French line steamer La Provence for a year, was broken by that steam- er when she arrived at New York. La Provence completed the run across the long course of 3,140 miles from Havre 1 € days, 1 hour and 12 min- utes. The previous récord for that course, held by the La Provence, was 6 days, 2 hours and 15 minutes. La Provence's average speed for the en- tire run was 22.08 nautical miles per hour. Prince Indicted for Treason. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1..—Prince Bugene Troubetskoy, the leader of the Moderates, has been Indicted on the charge of high treason for writing an article, which appeared in a weekly paper of Moscow, defending the late parlinment and saying the government committed an irreparable mistake in dissolving that body and proclaiming 8 new electoral law, Prominent Japanese Killed. Seattlo, Wash,, Sept. 1:.—Matajiro Tsukune, president of the Oriental- American bank and president of- the Orieatal Trading company, one of the best known and wealthiest and most Influential Japanese residents in Seat- tle, was instantly killed by being hit by a Great Northern switch engine in front of the Great Northern dock at Smith Cove. Great Northern Cutoff in Use. Hibbing, Mimn, Sept. 1..—The Great Northern has completed and is using its uew twenty-eight-mile cutoff from Kelly Lake to Fermoy, on the ore rcad. The new line cuts down the running time and enables engines to pull trains of seventy cars out of Kelly Lake instead of dividing into two sections. MAKES WORK EASIER Bemidji PeopleAre Pleased toLearn How It Is Done It’s pretty hard to attend to duties With a constantly aching back; With annoying urinary disorders, Doan’s Kidney Pills make work easier, ‘They cure backache. They cure every kidney ill. Frank Howes, engineer on " the Milwaukee R. R., 3011 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, - Minn., says: “I used Doan’s Kidney Pills in the fall of 1899 with beneficial results. Like most railroad men, continual jar:and jolting brought on kidney trouble, bad pain in my back and loins. I doctored without sucess until I pro- cured Doan’s Kidney Pills at a drug store. They soon cured me and there has been no sign of return.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Froster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. ' Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. Now Is The Time To purchase a building site in Bemidji. We have a number of choice building lots which may provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidji. be purchased on reasanable terms For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- dress of type. Daily Pioneer For News That the Pioneer Gets and Prints the News Is Appre- reciated Outside of Bemidji. Tribune, published at Akeley, tays: The Bemidji Daily Pioneer Started the week in a brand new The :Pioneer-is giving excellent news services. The increased advertising pat= ronage and circulation is evi- dence that the paper is appre- ciated by the public. ; 40 Cents per Month Pays for the Daily Read what the Akeley ——