Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 18, 1908, Page 4

Epworth League Free Reading Rooms. In his pulpit announcements Sun- day morning Mr. Deniston called especial attention to the reading rooms which bave been opened in the parsonage, on 9th street, adjoin- ing the church. They are being run under the auspices of the young peoples’ society but are also free and open to all well-behaved per- sons, whether of the congregation or not. Nor is it expected that they shall be patronized by the young people alone, as the following list of periodicals would indicate. They are: The World’s Work, World Today, Outing, Review of Reviews, Reader, Everybody’s, McClure’s, American, Cosmopolitan, Delineator, Sunset, Collier's Weekly, Saturday Evening Post, Literary Digest, Northwestern Christian Advocate, Epworth Herald, American Boy, Boy’s World, Children’s Magazine, St. Paul Dispatch, Duluth Evening Herald, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Be- midji Pioneer, and a few others. The pastor’s desire is that these reading rooms shall be at the ser- vice of anyone in the city who wishes to use them. His interest is shown by the fact that he is giving the room rent free and also contributing as largely as anyone toward the running expenses of the same. At present they are open afternoons and evenings from 4 till 9 o’clock on Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays, and also on Saturday afternoons from 2 until 6 o’clock. Congressional Committe Meets. A meeting of the mentbers of the Republican Congressional com- mittee will be held at the office of Steenerson & Loring, in the city of Crookston, at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 29, The meeting is called for the purpose of calling a delegate con- vention for this district to elect two delegates and two alternate dele- gates to represent this Cdistrict at the Republican National Convention to be held at Chicago, June 16, 1908, and to fixa time and place for the holding of said conven- tion and to transact such other business as may come before said committee, Anton Erickson, the committee- man from this county, expects to attend the meetiug at Crookston. Personal Property Taxes. County Treasurer G. H. French is busy receiving and receipting for personal property taxes, which be- came due January 1st of this year. Personal property taxes must be paid not later than February 29, to avoid the penalty of 10 per cent which attaches after that date. As is the usual custom there is a great rush the last day for the pay- ment of the taxes before they be- come delinquent. It would be quite an accomodation to Treasurer French as well as a saving of time to the business men of Bemidji, if they would pay their taxes within the next few days and not wait un- til the last day. ' Fire Does Damage of $500 Shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon fire was discovered in the Lunn-Leonard Commission Mer- chants’ building, near the Great Northern depot. An alarm was immediately turned in and the de- partment quickly responded. The fire was soon put out, but not until about $500 worth of damage - had been done to the building and stock. Thefire is thought to have origi- nated from a deféctive chimney. - Schools Progressing at Big Falls. Big Falls, Feb. 18.—(Special to Pioneer.)—That Big Falls is enjoy- ing a steady growth is evidenced by the fact that an additional teacher has been employed, who commenced work Monday. The position was awarded to Miss Catherine Klink, who has been assistant in the post- office for some time. It is the intention of Principal Miller to take up work in high school studies. Lindell-Nelson. Oscar Lindell of Solway and Emma Nelson of Bagley were united in the holy bonds of matri- money at the probate office last Saturday, Judge Clark officiating. Mr, and Mrs. - Lindell will reside near Minot, where Mr. Lindell has a valuable farm. Elks’ Meeting. The regular meeting of the local lodge, B. P. O. E.,, will be held at the Masonic hall Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, There will be initia- tion and a good supper. All Elks are urged to be present. Special Service Sunday. St. Phillips church will hold special services next Sunday. The service being the laying of the corner stone and the completion of their new building. WEAKENED BY FLOOD Two Three-Story Brick Houses Collapse at Pittsburg. OCCUPANTS BARELY ESCAPE Warned by Cracking Walls All but One of the Score of Inmates Get Out Safely and the Entombed Vic- tim Is Not Seriously Hurt. Pittsburg, Feb. 18.—With a great roar two brick dwelling houses at 22 and 24 Penn avenue, in the district inundated by the flood waters, col- d and fell into the street. A of occupants, warned by the cracking walls, barely had time to reach the street before tons of brick and plaster tumbled into the streets. U. C. Anderson was cut and bruised by flylng debris and eighteen other persons narrowly escaped being crushed to death. All but Anderson rushed to the street in their night clothes just a moment before the three-story brick building fell in a heap. For some time great excite- ment prevailed, as it was reported many persens had been buried under the debris. Hurried calls for police reserves, ambulances and firemen were sent in and search of the ruins begun. Anderson’s voice could be heard calling for help and frantic ef- forts were made to release him. It was found the man was wedged be- tween heavy timbers in the basement and over him were tons of brick and plaster braced in such a manner, however, that he wais entombed, but not seriously injured. After several hours’ work he was released and sent to a hospital, where it was later stated he would recover: Cracking Walls Give Warning. The escape of the other occupants ‘was miraculous. The loud crackling of the walls a few minutes before the houses collapsed served as a warning and saved all from being crushed. The passing flood was responsible for the accident. The foundations of both dwellings, which were old, had been ‘weakened by the high water, causing them to collapse. Other buildings in the vicinity are in a like condition and building inspectors are making a thorough examination of the places. Suffering among the flood victims is intense owing to cold weather and all charitable organizations are engaged in alleviating the misery. Reports are being received showing the damage to be widespread and heavy. The flood is now slowly re- eeding. Scenes of activity are in evidence everywhere in the flcod district. As the water recedes hundreds of men are put to work pumping water from cellars and clearing the debris from the streets. On the North Side patrolmen in skiffs are distributing coal and food to imprisoned families. For this pur- pose 4,000 loaves of bread and 1,000 pounds of bologna were secured. In the manufacturing district a gen- eral cleaning up is in progress. The mills were not as seriously crippled as in past floods and a majority of them are in operation. At Highest Point in Years. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 18.—High water continues in the Genesee river here, but while the river is at its greatest height in years freedom from floating ice will stop danger of a flood. At Genesee, however, a large tree jammed against the Genesee river bridge, near the Erie railroad station, hag caused a backup of water and a flood has followed. A flood along Carasegra creeit has made trou- ble at Dansville, N. Y. Many roads near Cnylerville, Greigsville and York are under. water. Floods in Southern Indiand. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—Reports from points in Southern Indiana are that floods - continue throughout that part of the state. At Petersburg schools have closed and trains have ceased running on several roads. Hundreds of men are repairing washouts. The town has had no mail or train service since Friday. THEIR FATE UNKNOWN. Twenty-three Miners Entombed in a Pennsylvania Colliery. Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 18.—By a cave- in at the Mid-Valley colliery, about a mile and a half north of Mount Car- mel, twenty-three miners were im- prisoned. It is not known at this time whether the men were crushed to death in the cavein or are safe be- hind it. The cavein occurred in No. 4 drift of the east side gangway, but was kept quiet for several kours by the officials, who wished to keep ecrowds from rushing to the colliery from Mount Carmel, which is not far dis- tant. About 850 men are employed at the colliery and as soon as the acci- dent occurred they all quit work and offered their services to the company to work in relays in an endeavor to rescue their comrades. Mine Inspec- tor O'Donnell, with officials of the company, were hurried to the col- liery. WIPING OUT BLACK HAND. WNholesale Arrests by Pennsylvania State Police. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 18—With 270 men captured in thirty-two raids con- Jucted by the state police department i its war against Black Hand bands that have been terrorizing the foreign bopulation in various sections of the commonwealth ' the authorities count on crushing them out before the op- erations can extend to Americans. rOI WONINS The state pollcemen have been waging war on criminal gangs in the anthracite regions, where bands have been preying on credulous foreigners, but lately there have been signs of the terrorizing being extend- ed to Northumberland county people of native birth. Policemen have also been sent to Allegheny county, where threats were made against several prominent men, and special details will operate about Pittsburg for some time to come. By the wholesale arrests a large number of law abiding foreigners will be free fro# extortion of money for some time. During the past year they received letters signed “Black Hand,” threatening them with murder or hav- Ing their homes burned unless they contributed money to agents of the outlaws. CHINA 1S AWAKENING. Native Editor Declares Foreigners Will Be Driven Out. San Francisco, Feb. 18.—At a meet- Ing in the Young Men’s Christian as- sociation headquarters Rev. N. Poon Chew, editor of the Chinese World, told his audience that China was rais- ng an army of 1,000,000 men to drive the European nations from the em- pire. “But she will never be a menace to America,” said the editor, “because, among other things we have learned recently, is that the United States is - the only nation on earth with a con- science.” The journalist talked on “China’s Possibility the Church’s Re- sponsibility” and he interspersed his address with epigrams and figures of true Chinese terseness. “China,” he continued, “is just awakening from her slumber and she is getting ready to go to arms. When she does she will send Germany, France, England, Russia and other robbing and thieving nations home in a hurry. If Russia ever tries again to grab any Chinese territory we will fill her full of gory holes, just as Ja- pan did. China is d greatest nation on earth.” NOT APPLY TO LABGR UNIONS Amendment to Anti-Trust Act Offered in the House. Washington, Feb. 18.—Representa- tive Hughes of New Jersey has intro- | duced an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act which is designed to meet the objection raised by the su- preme court of the United States in a recent decision. The amendment is as follows: “This act shall not be construed to apply to any arrangements, agree- ments or combinations between labor- ers made with the view of lessening the number of hours of labor or of increasing their wages; nor to any arrangements, agreements or com- binations among persons engaged in horticulture or agriculture made with the view of enhancing the price of agricultural or horticultural products.” EMPLOYS NONUNION MEN. | Derrick of Bridge Company Blown Up at Clinten, la. Clinton, Ia., Feb. 18.—With a crash heard seven miles away a derrick car of the Milwaukee Bridge company was blown up by dynamite. Twelve sticks of dynamite failed to explode and three bridges near the derrick were unharmed, though the derrick was demolished. Work on the super- structure of the Chicago and North- western railroad bridge will for the present be stopped. The Milwaukee company employs nonunion men. Edison’s Treasurer Suicides. ‘West Orange, N. J., Feb. 18.—John F. Randolph, treasurer of the Edison Manufacturing company, of which Thomas A. Edison is president, com- mitted suicide in the cellar of his residence on New Valley way by shooting himself in the head. It is be+ lieved that Mr. Randolph was tem- porarily insane, as neither in his busi- ness nor his family affairs was there any known cause for such an act. Warrant for Lieutenant Governor. El Reno, Okla., Feb. 18.—A warrapt was sworn out here for G. W. Bel- lamy, licutenant governor, charging him with flourishing a revolver during a row in the Democratic county con- vention here last Saturday. As a re- sult of the row there was a split and conlesting delegates were sent to the state convention at Muskogee. Snell Jury Unable to Agree. Clinton, I1l, Feb. 18.—After having been out thirty-six hours the jury in the Snell will case has not reached a verdict. Rumors are broadly current that eleven jurors favor the breaking of the will left by Colone} Thomas Snell on the ground of insanity, but the remaining juror obstinately holds out. Instructed for Taft. Chillicothe, Mo., Feb. 18.—Repub- licans of the Second Missouri con- gressional district here elected Louis Denecke of Brunswick and G. D. Viles of Northorne district.delegates to the national convention at Chicago and instructed them to vote for the nom- ination of Taft. * ¥ Matrimcnial Agent Convicted. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Marion Good- enough, who as Marion Grey conduct- ed a matrimonial bureau in Elgin, Il1, was found guilty of having used the mails in perpetrating a fraud upon William Grable of Dearborn, Mo., by failing to secure for him as a wife a “wealthy and good lcoking widow,” as promised in advertising matter sent out by her. The verdict was returned before Judge Landis in the United States district court after the jury had deliberated nearly twenty-four hours. Kentucky Legislator Dead. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 18.—Virgil Mc- Knight, aged fifty-two years, Demo- cratic representative from * Mason county, is‘dead after an illness of less than twenty-four hours. He had rep resented his district in the legislature for three terms. Before coming to Kentucky a number of years ago he served in the Minnesota legislature with Governor Johnson. McKnight was one of the seven Democrats who refused to vote for Beckham for Unit- ed States senator. £ PLEADS NOT GULTY Charles W. Morse Arraigned on Charge of Grand Larceny, HEARING SET FOR MONDAY Famous New York Promoter and Or- ganizer Charged With Appropriat- ing to His Own Use a $100,000 Check Belonging to Another. New York, Feb. 18.—Charles W. Morse, the former banker, organizer of the American Ice company and the $120,000,000 Consolidated Steamship company, pleaded not guilty before Justice Dowling to two charges of grand larceny. A hearing of the case was set for next Monday. The charges against Morse * are based on a check transaction growing out of the sale by Morse of a block of stock of the National Bank of North America to Morgan J. O'Brien, for- merly chief justice of the appellate division of the supreme court of this state. Mr. O'Brien gave Morse a note for $100,000 in part payment for the stock with the understanding that the note was not to be discounted. It is alleged that Morse discounted the note at the Mercantile National bank of this city, received a check made payable to Mr. O’Brien, endorsed the check “Morgan J. O’Brien, per C. W. Morse,” and deposited it to his own account in the National Bank of North America. When he was arraigned in court Morse’s counsel informed the Justice that Morse did not know what the specific charges against him were and that the district attorney had re- fused permission for his counsel to tined to be the [ examine the minutes of the grand jury which indicted Morse. Counsel said also that he should apply to the court for authority to examine the minutes and asserted that one week was not enough and asked for two weeks’ post- ponement to frame his application. Assistant District Attorney Kresel ar- gued that one week was enough time to allow Morse's counsel and the hear- ing was sei for next Monday. In the meantime his counsel said he would deride whether to change or withdraw Morse's plea. Morse has again been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of perjury alleged to have been committed when Morse testified before a former grand jury. - Morse was. a witness before the county grand jury several times before he sailed for Europe about three weeks ago. " ARCHITECT RESPONSIBLE. Defense of Men on Trial in Capitol Graft Case. Harrisburg, Pd., Feb. 18.—The trial of the conspiracy suit against Con- tractor John H. Sanderson, former Auditor General Snyder, former State Treasurer Mathues and former Super- intendent of Grounds and Buildings Shumaker was resumed in-the Dau- phin county court. Following the precedent of his associates in their opening speeches to the jury, for the defense, counsel for Shumaker laid all responsibility for alleged irregulari- ties in connection with the furnish- ings of the capitol upon Joseph M. Huston, the architect. Following the argument of counsel the defense be- gan calling experts who had measured the furniture supplied by Sanderson to refute the testimony of the com- monwealth that the measurements were falsified. Former Governor Pen- nypacker is to be called -as soon as Sanderson’s expert witnesses on meas- urements have been heard. ON- CHARGE OF PERJURY. Former Governor Voorhees of New Jersey Arraigned. New York, Feb. 18.—Foster M. Voor- hees, former governor of New Jersey, and Frank G. Combes of Philadelphia, who were indicted by the grand jury last week on charges of perjury, sur- rendered to the district attorney. They were arraigned before Justice Dowling in the supreme court and gave bail of $2,500 each. The indict- ment on charges of perjury against each of the men grew out of an an- nual report of the Bankers’ Life In- surance company of this city in 1904. At that time Voorhees was president and Combes secretary of the com- pany. This report, which they signed, declared that $20,000 of the dividends of the company were not due the stockholders. Incendiaries Burn Elevator. Canton, 8. D., Feb. 18.—Fire of in* cendiary origin destroyed the George Terwilliger elevator here, causing a loss of nearly $10,000. The elevator ‘has been out of commission since last fall. Two freight cars were also con- sumed. Just before the fire a terrible explosion took place, throwing debris from seventy-five to a hundred feet in the air. It was of such great power that a hole two feet deep was blown in the frozen ground. The authori- ties are investigating and a deter- mined effort will be made to run down the firebugs. Assistant Postmaster General. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—The presi- dent has sent to the senate the nom- inations of Charles P. Grandfield of Missouri to be first assistant postmas- ter general and Lawrence E. Michael of Gettysburg, S. D., to be agent for the Indians for the Lower Irule agengy. CALDWELL IS INSANE. Star Witness in Druce Case Sent to Asylum. New York, Feb. 18.—Robert Cald- well, the witness in the famous Druce case in London, spoken of during the recent trial as “the great American affidavit maker,” has been taken to the Manhattan state hospital for the insane on Wards island. . He was com- mitted to that institution by Judge Lester W. Clark of the supreme court in Richmond county., 2 In obiaining the commitment of e e Caldwell his lawyer stole a march on the British government, which is en- deavoring to have Caldwell extradited to answer to the charge of perjury. ROBERT CALDWELL. Caldwell's commitment was obtained on the petition of his daughter, Miss Georgine M. W. Caldwell, supported by the certificates of two examiners in lunacy, whce declared him a helpless paranoaic. Both experts certified to long exam- inations of Caldwell, in which he showed marked loss of memory and that he was subject to hallucinations of a fantastic and terrifying character. They concurred in their opinion of his mental condition and his daughter’s petition described his hallucinations at length. SON IMPLICATES FATHER. Testifies in Extradition Proceedings at Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Joseph Mulhall, sixteen years old, testified before United States Commissioner Foote that his father, James T. Mulhall, is a criminal. It is alleged that the elder Mulhall was implicated in the swin- dling of Minnesota produce raisers under the name of the Nicollet Cream- ery company of Minneapolis. He is said now to be a fugitive in Canada. Jacob Nathanson, arrested in Chi- cago for the sar e offense as is alleged against Mulhall, is fighting extradi- tion and it was in connection with these proceedings that young Mulhall appeared in court. He was the only witness examined by the government and he testified that his father and Nathanson were engaged in business in Minneapolis under false names and made misrep- resentations through the mails to the growers of produce. Muthall declared that he had been employed by his father in his alleged unlawful business and was anxious to get away from it and lead an honest life. ‘While he was testifying his mother and his sister, Miss Anna Mulhall, at- tempted to influence his testimony by signs and whispers. They were com- pelled to leave the courtroom. Usual Standard Oil Dividend. New York, Feb. 18.—The directors of the Standard Oil company have de- clared a quarterly dividend of $15 a share. The same amount was paid in the corresponding quarter last year. Affects Six Thousand Operatives. Biddeford, Me., Feb. 18.—Employes of the cotton mills of the Pepperel Manufacturing company in this ecity and of the York Manufacturing com- pany in Saco went back to work on full time. About 6,000 operatives are affected. 1 TURKEY 15 PREPARING Warlike News Received im Re- ports From Armenia. RESERVES CALLED TO ARMS | Sultan’s Forces in Asfa Minor Pro- ceeding Rapidly to Frontier—Russia | Orders Registration of All Horses in the Caucacus Suitable for Army.| Tiflis, Feb. 18.—Reports have been | received here from Armenia that all| the Redias, or Turkish army reserve forces, in Van, Mush and the other vilayets of Asia Minor have been' called to the colors and are proceed- | ing rapidly for the frontier. At the| same time a league of all the Turk- ish revolutionary parties is’ increas- ing the revolutionary agitation. Ap- peals and proclamations are being! issued exhorting protest in every way possible against | the warlike plans of the sultan. The | league holds that war wonld be espe | cially disastrous at the present time, as there is a famine in Asia Minor. At Tiflis the apprehension of hos- tilities has not abated. The Russian milifary authorities have ordered that all liorses in the Caucasus suitable for | military purposes be registered. The doctors of Tiflis held a m; re- cently and volunteered their se es in case of war. | The concentration of Turkish re- serves on the Persian and Russian frontiers in Asia Minor, if in progress, is an outcome of the border difficulty with Persia. Recently Turkish troops crossed the Persian frontier in the vicinity of Urumizh and committed depredations. To this Russia, under her treaty obligations to Persia, ob- jected and began the concentration of a strong force on the frontier of the Caucasus. This show of military ac- tivity was thought to have been suffi-| cient tc put a stop to the Turkish aggression and the Russian movement was said to have been discontinued. | If the reports from Armenia are true the difficulty in Asia Minor, which is closely connected with the railroad | aspirations of the powers in the Bal- kans, may assume serious import. | ECHO OF NEW YORK MURDERS Editor Armenian Assassinated in | D Do Not Trifle With a Cold Is good -advice for men and women. It may be vital in the case of a child. Long experience has proven that there is noth- ing better for colds in children than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy It is a favorite with many mothers and never disappoints them. It contains no * opium or other narcotic and may be given with i:plicit confidence, Rarker’s Drug Store A A NE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. the population to) WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 18 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recruit ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED—Kitchen girl and a porter, at Hotel Brinkman. FOR SALE. J'OR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. PIANO FOR SALE—Cheap, if tzken atonce. Mrs. E, J. Jones 419 America Ave. FOR SALE: 16-inch seasoned jack pine. Telephone 373. LOST and FOUND AN AN AN S APPSR N, LOST—Pair gold rimmed specks near corner third street and Irving Ave. Reward at Pioneer office or Frank Lane’s. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—House in Bemidji or Nymore. H. G. Arnestad, 1210 Beitrami Ave. Cairo, Egypt. ! MISCELLANEOUS. 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