Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 13, 1908, Page 4

| | Capital $50,000.00 Perhaps You Have been thinking some of opening a bank account in the near future. have, no doubt you will also stop to think about your choice of banks. This bank, with its unexcelled facil- ities, otfers its services. come your business. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEMIDII ji The Largest and Strongest Bank in North Central Minnesota 1f you We will wel- Chme in. Surplus $6,000.00 Just to remind you of the importance of sav- ing your teeth. my business DR. G. M. PALM That’s Special Services Well Attended. The special services which are now in full swing at the Baptist | church were well attended at both | services yesterday, especially at the evening service, when a good number of extra seats had to be secured to accommodate the crowd. ! Mrs. Alvord was able to lead the | chorus once more besides singingi two solos. The one she sang after| the sermon was a descriptive solo,i written by a converted railroad con- | ductor, entitled, “The Picket is at the Gate.” It was well rendered and touched the hearts of many people. Over a dozen people stood up manifesting their desire to become Christians and a number professed conversion to God. Prayer meeting tonight at 7:30. Evangelistic service 8:00. Come and get a blessing. Circle Gave Fine Supper. The ladies of the circle gavea very delightful entertainment and supper, Saturday afternoon and evening, which was enjoyed by members of the circle and the G. A. R. and many residents of the city who were not members of either organization. 1 Prior to the serving of the supper, a fine program of music and sp eak- i 5,000 population. ing was given. The proceeds of the supper were for the benefit of the home estab- lished by the ladies at Anoka. No Elk Lodge for Thief River. Word has been received in this city that the application of Eiks! residing at Thief River Falls for a dispensation for the purpose of starting an Elk lodge at that place has been refused, and that there will be no Elk organization at Thief River Falls, at present. In refusing the dispensation to the Thief River Falls “bunch,” several matters were taken into considera tion, the principal one of which was that the town lacked the necessary The Thief River Falls Elks will remain in the Crooks- ton district. Small Fire This Morning. Heavy smoke from the chimney of the hotel opposite Pogue’s barn caused a neighbor to turn in a fire alarm this forenoon which brought out the fire department on double-| quick time. There was no fire and really no occasion to call out the| department. Easter souvenir postals cards at Always the alume Baking Powder Tho only high grade Boking Powder sold at 0 moderato price. 16-Inch Wood for Sale. During the winter we acceptcd wood on subscription and having a few cords left will deliver 16-inch seasoned jack pine at $1.50 per cord; aad 16-inch birch at $2.00.The Pioneer. Must Sacrifice New Piano. On account of having no place to keep it, having lost my home by fire, I will sell my brand new $375 piano for $250 if taken at once. V. L. Ellis, at Pioneer office. TO DISCUSS GENERAL STRIKE Employes of Gould Lines to Meet in New York. Kansas City, April 13.—Whether a general strike will be ordered on the Gould system as a result of the trou- ble between organized labor and the Denver and Rio Grande railroad will be decided at a conference of dele- gates from the executive councils of all the organizations interested which is to be held at New York city in a few days. : The executive council of the Inter- national Brotherhoed of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers, which has been in session at Kansas City, Kan., has decided to join the other organizations interested and appoint- ed a committee to represent the boiler- makers at the conference in New York. Similar committees have been appointed from the executive councils of the machinists and the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and their helpers. The three committees will have the power to decide whether a strike shall be called or not. The trouble between the Denver and Rio Grande grew out of the re- fusal of the railroad to pay extra wages for holidays and overtime. A strike now exists on the Rio Grande in Colorado and Utah. ureosote Causes Death. Mansfield, O., April 13.—Creosote, which Miss Lulu Brightbill used for an attack of toothache, caused the death of the young woman after suf- fering great agony. Miss Brightbill came from Sharon, Pa., last January to visit relatives in this vicinity. She ‘was seventesn years old. AT THE BAZAAR Beginning Monday morning, April 13th, and contin- uing the entire week, we will have on display our entire new line of up-to-date SHOES and OXFORDS in various styles and lasts. we have reduced the prices on several of our regular lines of shoes, all of them of the newest styles. he Pioneer office. In order to make it pay you to see them. Lot 1 Ladies’ Oxfords. newest styles and widths, regular prices $2.25 to $2.50, sale " $1.65 Lot 2° Ladies’ Shoes, light and heavy soles, prices from $2.00 to $2.25, sale price $L.19 an object to you | It will Lot 3 Low Ladies’ Shoes in both welt and turn, worth up to $3.50, this week $1.89 Wash Goods The Bazaar idea of a bargain is not an unwanted thing at a catch price but a thing in demand at less price than other stores charge. This week we will place on sale all our 30c and 35¢ Gingham at only 25c per yard. We have never had a more handsome display of such fancy Ginghams at any time for the price that we are offering them for at this time. and prices. The We want you to come and see for yourself. See- ing is believing. Always glad to show our goods Bazaar Store. NOTABLE GATHERING Conference to Be Held at Whito House Next Month. MUCH PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER Practically All of the Republican and Democratic Possibilities Are on the List of Guests by Virtue of Thelir Offices or by Invitation. ‘Washington, April 13.—James J. Hill, chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Great Northern railway, will make one of the leading ad- dresses at the White House confer- ence of governors in May on the con- servation of natural resources. His subject will be “The Relation Between Rail and Water Transportation.” It is understood Mr. Hill's subject will lead him into a discussion of the competitive relations between the rail- roads aand canals of this country. Pres- ident Hill is one of five distinguished citizens who have been personally in- vited to attend the conference. The others are Grover Cleveland, William J. Bryan, John Mitckell and Andrew Carnegie. These guests, with the gov- ernors of the states, will be enter- tained by President Roosevelt at a dinper on the evening of May 12. The sessions will begin the following morn- ing. The plan is to hold two sessions a day for three days. President Roose- velt will open the conference with an address and he is also expected to preside at eadh session if not through- out each session. The meetings will be held in the east room of the White House. Large Attendance Promised. Indications already are that the room will be crowded. Each governor will be attended by three delegates and some forty great national organi- zations will be represented. Cabinet miembers, the justices of the supreme court and members of congress and the inland waterways commission have been invited and arrangements will also be made for the accommoda- tion of newspaper and magazine writers. The importance of the conference and its notable personnel, as well as its non-partisan character, is indicated by the fact that it happens that prac- tically all of the Republican and Dem- ocratic presidential probabilities are on the invitation list. Taft and Cor- telyou will be there in their capacity as cabinet members. Knox and La Follette are invited as senators. Fair- banks and Cannon have received in- vitations because of their positions as presiding officers of the two houses of congress. Hughes will be on hand as the governor of New York. Bryan is one of the five to receive a personal invitation. Johnson has the same standing as Hughes by virtue of being governor of Minnesota. Judge Gray will attend as a delegate from Dela- ware. MANY WEMBERS NAVY MAD Mr. Gregg (Tex.) Opposes President’s % Naval Programme. ‘Washington, May 13.—Declaring that many members had gone “navy ' | mad,” when consideration of the na- val appropriation bill was resumed in the house, Mr. Gregg (Tex.) opposed a great naval programme. He charged that President Roosevelt had an un- settled naval policy and that he was trying to force it on congress. If, Mr. Gregg said, the plea for four battle- ships was based on fear of a conflict with Japan the president’s course had been peculiar. The best proof that this government did not anticipate a war*with Japan was the fact that the Atlantic fleet had been ordered to re- turn from the Pacific waters. In a vigorous speech Mr. Hobson (Ala.) again pleaded for four battle- ships instead of two. When an ag- gressive nation, he declared, investi- gated the question of whether a war was to be undertaken or not that na- tion did not ask about maintenance, administration or auxiliarfes, but it asked “how many battleships has the other nation?” Even a margin of su- periority in fighting ships, he said, would tend to conserve the peace. Twenty-eight Lottery Men Fined. Chicago, April 13.—Fines aggregat- ipg $10,150. were imposed by Judge Bethea in the United States district oourt against twenty-eight men who Wwere arrested in various parts of the country on the charge of being con- nected with a lottery. The heaviest fine was $6,000 and it was placed on David H. Jones of Chicago, said to have been the ewner of the Old Reli- able Guaranty Loan and Trust com- pany and the head of the lottery con- cern. Mrs. Webb-Duke Goes to Jail. Chieago, April 13.—Mrs. Alice Webb- Duke, the divorced wife of Brodie S. Duke of the American Tobacco com- pany, who was arrested on the charge of passing forged checks, was held to await the action of the grand jury in bonds of $2,000. She was unable to give surety and was sent te the coun- by jail. Constabulary Routs Outlaws. Manila, April 18.—A dispatch from Bayombong reports that the detach- ment of constabulary sent out against Lingay, the outlaw leader, whose band treacherously murdered a police- man, has been attacked and a sharp fight ended in the rout of the outlaws, who left nine dead. ONLY THREE ESCAPE. Ship Arthur Sewell Burned at Sea and Many Perished. Philadelphia, April 1.—Authentic informatiow to show that the ship Ar- thur Sewell, which sailed from this port for Seattle on April 3, 1907, -with a cargo of coal, was burned at sea, was brought here by George Baker, one of the crew. Baker, who is a Hawalian, with Charles Dixon and Second Mate Weinberg, are so far as known, the only survivors. Baker The above made in the popular will give you an idea of the many beautiful and useful pieces of Silverware Rosemary Pattern We cerry a complete stock at all times. Hand Engraving Free of Charge A cordial invitation to visit our store is ex- tended to you. - Geo. T. Baker & Co. City Drug Store Near the Lake came here trom New York, where he arrived on the German-Lloyd steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie, as a stoker. He says the Sewell was burned short- ly after rounding Cape Horn. HOUSE SLIPS INTO RIVER Mother and Her Two Young Children . Drowned. Huntington, W. Va., April 18.—Mrs. William Adkins and her two young children were ‘drowned when their residence slipped into Guyandotte river. The house was located on the river bank, which had been largely under- mined . during the recent floods. Loosened by the rain, the bank for a distance of 100 feet slipped into the river, carrying the house with it. Mrs. Adkins was ill at the time and with her two children was unable to escape. Her husband was absent. The bodies were recovered. Thirty-three Horses Cremated. Rugby, N. D., April 13—In a fire which destroyed the big barns of the North Dakota Land and Grain com- pany thirty-three head of horses, two cows, forty-two harnesses, 1,000 bush- els of oats, ten binders and a lot of other machinery were destroyed. Loss is $20,000 and there was insurance of $4,000. J. H. George, tenant of the farm, owned thirteen of the horses burned and carried no insurance. §$500,000 for Relief Work. Philadelphia, April 13.—An appro- priation of $500,000 to be expended for employment and not the establish- ment of relief centers is the plan that has been adopted by the citizens’ permanent relief committee for aiding the unemployed of the city. A mate- rial improvement has taken place in opportunities for work, the commit- tee says. — Two Settlers Drowned. Winnipeg, Man. ,April 13.—Charles Hamilton and Andrew Walker, set- tlers, were drowned while crossi.g Knee Hill creek on'rotten ige. This stream is at Carbon, in Calgary, Al- berta district. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Fifteen horses and a cow were burned to death in a livery stable fire at St. Paul Park. .Samuel L. Carleton, at one time head of the World’s Sons of Temper- ance, is dead at Portland, Me., aged eighty-six years. Benjamin F. Stevens, for more than fifty years president of the New Eng- land Life Insurance company, is dead at Boston, aged eighty-four years. John Vandercook, Jr., president and general manager of the United Press association, is dead at Chicago, the result of an operation for appendicitis. Royal assent has been given to the Canadian immigration bill providing that immigrants must come to Canada direct on through tickets or be liable to deportation. Leander Crihfield, probably one of the oldest printers in this country, who first set Samuel Morse’s tele- gram, “What hath God wrought,” when it was sent to Baltimore on the first official trial of the telegraph, is | dead at Hillsboro, I J. R. Decker, the veteran editor of the Columbus (Wis.) Republican, is dead after a lingering illness, aged sixty-six years. Mr. Decker had been editor of the Columbus Republican for about forty years and was well known throughout Wisconsin. Receivers A. B. Stickney and C. H. F. Smith of the Chicago Great West- ern have withdrawn their attempt to revise the working rules for trainmen employed on the system. The men Wil continue to work under present rules and everything will go on as beigs . - HARRIMAN GETS ERIE Secures Control of Big Eastern Systzm by Clever Coup. LITTLE CASH IS NECESSARY Magnate’s Dream of a Complete Trans- continental Railroad Seems Likely to Become a Reality at No Dis- tant Date. New York, April ?.--Following the aotion of E. H. Harriman in providing $5,500,000 for the payment of matur- ing notes it is said in Wadl street that the Erie road will shortly pass under the absolute control of Mr. Harriman and his associates, who stand ready to spend under certain conditions from §20,000,000 to $40,000,000 for im- rovements and terminals, tunnels, Bckage and rolling stock. The story of how Harriman made the big deal reads like a story from the Arabian Nights. First he learned that the JRrie was going to have a hard time getting the money to meet its obligations of $5,- 500,000, which matured Thursday. Then, through interests allied with him; he made sure that no banking @stablishment would advance the nec- ‘esiBary cash. Next he allowed alarming reports of the Erie's difficulties to be pub- lished broadecast, so that the holders of the short term notes would become alarmed and sell them at panic prices. Then he sent agents into the mar- ket, who picked up $5,000,000 of the Tiotgs at 80 cents on the dollar, an in- vestment of $4,000,000. Finally, he made his spectacular offer, which, at the last minute, saved the Erie railroad from a receivership. Not an Expensive Deal. The offer looked as if he were going to put up an-immense sum, just out of pure philanthropy, but there was a gfring tied to it. It was for the pur- chase of new 6 per cent notes suffi- eient to pay off all the old notes whose holders would not accept new notes at par. Mr. Harriman already owned $5, 000,000 of the $5,500,000 notes, so it ‘was necessary for him to put up only $500,000 more in cash. He even got back a part of this, because certain speculators had sold notes they did not own and in order to deliver the goods were forced to pay a premium. And now all the financial world is standing aghast at the result. The acquirement by Mr. Harriman of a transcontinental line is the part ‘of the deai which appeals most to railway men. If his plans are com- pleted Mr. Harriman’s dream of a per- fectly equipped, complete transcon- tinental railroad, with Erie as the Hastern outlet, will have comle true. Although it cannot be stated with cer- tainty how soon it will be before the Morgan interests cease to dominate Erie those who claim to be in the confidence of Mr. Harriman predict that this will be accomplished at no distant date. Much Tainted Meat Sold. St. Louis, April 18.—That thousands of pounds of tainted and diseased meat are brought over the Eads bridge across the Mississippi river from Bast St. Louis, IlL, to St. Louis under cover of darkness and sold here is a charge contained in a statement made to the board of health by a spe- clal committee of the Master Butchers’ asgociation, which has been making an active campaign against bad meat, WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, betweern 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—Woman cook at Hotei Remore. Also dishwasher. WANTED—Two girls, at Brinkman Hotel. FOR SALE. 1 FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a | rubber stamp for you an short notice, FOR RENT. | FOR RENT: Two rooms furnished if desired. Telephone 241, LOST and FOUND, A A AN FOUND—Lady’s long glove.Inquire at Pioneer office. MISCELLANEOUS. e e T SO S PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tués days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian. WANTED:—To rent good six or seven-room house in good location. Will pay fair rent for a desirable -place. Telepone 276. . WANTED TO RENT.—5 or 6 room house for small family; water and sewer desired. Apply to Pioneer office. ool o 1 e R WANTED: Board and room, by single lady. Apply or address Pioneer, WANTED: = To purchase good sec- ond Hand safe. Inquire at this office. Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR OBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer i L sty B’ Y