Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 30, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTMRNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Tntered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Mion., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM FIGHTING BOB. When Anmiral Evans on May 9 formally relinquishes command of the battle ship fleet, the navy will have last one of its few surviving fighters of the old type—men who have served through two distinct epochs in naval history and added distinc- tion to both. When Midshipman Evans made his first voyage on a ship of war iron clads, modern guns and smokeless powder were unknown. Men fought then in wooden frigates, and fought, not miles apart, but broadside to broadside, grappling when they could and boarding with cutlass and pistols till “decks were wet with heroes’ blood.” It was a stern school of experience and the men whom it graduated still bear its dis- tinguishing marks. They are fighters rather than tacticians and in their sea-dog hearts still harbor an affecs tion for the old frigates with their smooth bores and pall of smoke. But Admiral Evans has shown that he could master the new naval science as well as the old. He served with distinction in the war with Spain as well as in the rebellion and he won his title of “Fighting Bob” far down in South American waters and under circumstances which did much to spread abroad a wholesome respect for the flag he served. To-day he is fighting the hardest battle of his life, a battle with ill health. The country is watching him as it has watched him many times in the past, hopeful that he will triumph again and come to anchor peasefully in the tranquil harbor of old age. OBSERVATIONS. LBy Doc.”] Minister Wu is off the water wagon, doubtless because of his egotistic desire to feel thoroughly woozy once in a while. The Cornell coed who won the college oratorical prize spoke on “Men, Women and Human Beings.” This hits the most of us. New York swindlers sold Central Park totwo Wisconsin men for$2,000. The new owners should move in at once. They will feel at home in the 200, It is announced that sufficient poison to supply the entire’ country for fifty years has been extracted from one snake. The scientists for- get this is campaign year. It is reported that President Roosevelt is going to Africa next year to hunt big game. Probably he will look into the “pooling arrange- ment” of the hippopotami. ONLY ONE LIFE LOST. British Torpedo Boat Destroyer Sunk in Collision. Harwich, Eng., April ;.—The Brit- ish torpedo boat destroyer Gala was cut in two and sunk off Kentish Knock, in the North sea, by the scout Attentive. The torpedo boat de- stroyer Ribble also was involved in the collision and returned to Sheer- ness with two compartments full of water. The flotilla was engaged in night maneuvers when the accident occurred. Engineer Lieutenant Frank A. Fletcher of the Gala, who was in his bunk at the point where the de- stroyer was struck, went down with the vessel. There was no other loss of life. The accident resembles in many re- spects that which was met by the tor- pedo boat destroyer Tiger, which col- lided with and was sunk by the Brit- ish cruiser Berwick while engaged in night maneuvers off the Isle of Wight on April 2. The number of lives lost on that occasion, however, was thirty- six. Perish in Incendiary Fire. Laporte, Ind., April .0.—Mrs. Belle Gunnerson and her three children per- ished in an incendiary fire which de- stroyed their home in the country Dotth of here. Joseph Maxson, a hired man, barely escaped with his life. Mrs. Gunnerson has had trouble for several months with a young man who was annoying her. He cannot be found. The three children were two 8irls and a boy, the youngest aged five years and the oldest eleven. Woman’s Body Fgund in Trunk. New York, April %—The body of Mrs. Sarah Brennan, wife of Patrick Brennan, a paper manufacturer, fright- fully hacked with an axe and the skull _ crushed in, was found tightly packed in a large trunk at her home at Brownville. Near by the trunk a bloody axe was found. The police have taken into custody James Farmer snd his wife, who are neighbors of the Brennans. FREE RIDES FOR AL Residents of Cleveland Pay No Fares on Street Cars, CITY CELEBRATES VICTORY Mayor Johnson Wins Prolonged Fight for Three-Cent Fares, All Lines in the City Now Being Under Control of One Operating Company. Cleveland, April ;.—For the first time in the history of this city street ear service was absolutely free, not a fare being rung up on any car within the city limits. This action was de- cided upon after the papers had been finally signed ending the long street car war in order that the occasion might be duly commemorated. It is proposed to celebrate the same date each year with free street car serv- ice. The entire street railway system of the city was operated by the Munic- ipal Traction company, the new hold- ing company. Three-cent fares will, it is expected, go into effect within ten days. For three months there- TOM L. JOHNSON. after a penny extra will be charged for a transfer. At the expiration of that time, however, it is announced, transfers will be issued without extra cost. By the terms of settlement of the long fight a holding company is to operate all the lines of street railway in Cleveland. The stockholders of the old company receive $55 a share for their stock. It sold around 90 before the fight began. The “security franchise” provides that in the event the holding company wastes or abuses the property and fails to pay 6 per cent interest on the money invested in the lines the old company can re-enter, take back its lines and, to recoup its losses, charge fare at the rate of six tickets for a quarter. Meyor Johnson says this will never be. He declares the present 3-cent lines, in spite of tremendous obstacles and extraordinary expenses, have been operated at’ a profit of more than 6 per cent on the money invested. LACKS DIGNITY AND POISE Representative Leake of New Jersey Criticises President. Washington, April ;.—Representa- tive Leake of New Jersey, in a speech delivered in the house, criticised Pres- ident Roosevelt as desiring to perpet- uate himself in office by procuring the election of a proxy. He conceded even more than enough ability to the pres- ident, but declared that he lacked dig- nity and poise. He would have the emblem of the Republican party changed from an elephant to a dog if the present conditions were to con- tinue, because the dog can both bark and wag its tail at the same time, “so that no one is able to know which end to belleve.” Indians Will Make Protest. Vancouver, B. C., April }\—To call the attention of the government to what they believe is a deliberate at- tempt to rob them of lands a deputa- tion of Indian chiefs, representing every tribe of British Columbia coast Indians, will leave Vancouver for Ot- tawa on May 26 to interview Sir Wil- frid Lauriér. The prime mover is Chief Joe Capilano, who a year or two ago led a party to London to put their grievances before his majesty. Religious Fanatic Kills Child. Allentown, Pa., April ;,.—Robert Bachman of Nazareth, Pa., a religious fanatic, murdered the five-year-old daughter of Councilman Henry Smith. Bachman is a brother-in-law of Smith and the girl was visiting at the Bach- man home, which is at Alliance, near here. At the time of the killing Bach- man was in a frenzy, during which he drove everybody except the little girl out of the house. Safecrackers Wreck Bank. Detroit, Mich., April .\.—Although they were frightened away before they succeeded in getting any money five burglars caused about $4,000 damage in the bank of ‘B. S. Henry & Co. at Mecosta, Mich. The tremendous charge of dynamite with which they tried to crack the safe blew out into the street the front of the bank build- ing and wrecked its interior. PRESIDENT IS SATISFIED. Zets a Promise of Two New Battle- ships a Year. ‘Washington, April :).—By an over- whelming vote President Roosevelt’s Dur battleship programme failed in the senate, just as it did in the house. Although the president lost his fight for four battleships he has suc- ceeded in getting two for this year and two for every year to come. H: he been victorious in having four ships authorized at this session the United _States could have dictated Co. térms of disarmament to the nations of the world. This statement is un. derstood to reveal the president's source of strength in the naval fight which has been waged so strenuously, Furthermore, two ships this year, with the promise of two ships each year to follow, which the president has accepted as a bona fide stipula: tion on the part of the senate, means simply a programme which will place the United States in the front rank of naval progressiom, but fails to place us in the position to dictate a cessa- tion of naval aggression. President Roosevelt wanted four battleships this year. He got two ‘With the two he obtained the promise that two more would be forthcoming each year. This means, considering the dimensions of the battleships|* which modern construction dictates that the United States shall keep fully abreast of the naval armament of any other nation. The friends of the president are flushed with what they regard as 8 signal victory for his international policies and the details of this victory are freely given and are declared to reflect the exuberance of President Roosevelt. DEMANDS LEGISLATION. @Gompers Advises All Labor Unions to Adopt Resolutions. New York, April 29.—Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, has notified organ- ized labor throughout the country to adopt resolutions demanding that their representatives in congress vote for the labor bills before that body. What will happen if congressmen do not obey is told in the following para- graph: “We pledge ourselves individually and collectively to the exercise of our fullest political and industrial activity, now and in the future, to the end that we may aid in the election of such candidates for president of the United States and representatives in con- gress and such other executive, legis- lative and judicial candidates for office as will safeguard and protect the common interests of the workers.” CULBERSON THREATENS. Will Oppose Bill to Repeal Commod- ity Clause of Rate Law. Washington, April 29.—In the sen- ate Senator Culberson indicated his purpose to object to the consideration of the bill for the repeal of the com- modity clause of the railroad rate law unless the car shortage bill could be reported and acted upon. He said that the latter bill could be before the committee on interstate commerce for two years without being acted on and stated that if the bill was not report- ed soon he would move to discharge the committee from its further con- sideration. Unless the commodity re- peal measure is acted on by Friday the whole commodity clause prohibit- ing railroads from transporting art- icles manufactured by themselves will go into effect. Bomb Thrower Dies of Injuries. New York, April 29.—Selig Silver- stein, the anarchist who attempted to throw a bomb into a group of police- men in Union square several weeks ago and was injured by the premature explosion of the bomb, is dead. Sil- verstein's companion was killed by the bomb. Silverstein, according to the police, confessed that he manu- factured the bomb and intended to throw it among the police because a policeman had beaten him several days before. Anti-Japanese Agitation Spreads. Hongkong, April 29.—The boycot- ters of Japanese merchants are per- sistent in their efforts and are creat- ing a widespread sympathy with start ling effect. The viceroy has wired the government at Peking, stating that he has done everything in his power to arrest the progress of the agitation. Merchants have been in- structed not to send any goods on Japanese boats. Murray Assumes New Position. ‘Washington, April 29.—Lawrence O. Murray, former assistant secretary of the department of commerce and la- ‘bor, took the oath of office as comp- troller of the currency and immedi- ately entered upon the performance of his new duties. Mr. Murray suc- ceeds William B. Ridgely, recently elected president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. Steamer St. Paul Docked. Southampton, Eng., April 29.—The steamer St. Paul, which was in col- lision with the British cruiser Gladi- ator last Saturday, causing the drown- ing of over a score of the crew of the warship, was drydocked here. Beyond straining the St. Paul does not ap- pear to have sustained serious damage below the water line. ‘ Cleveland Improving Daily. Lakewood, N. J., April 29.—Grover Cleveland, who is ill at a hotel here, is reported to have passed a very good night and to be improving daily. RICH IRON ORE STRIKE. Extensive Body Found West of Port Arthur, Ont. ‘Winnipeg, Man., April ".d—An ex- tensive body of iron ore has been dis- covered-in the district 100 miles west of Port Arthur along the line of the Canadian Northern. Prospectors have been overrunning the country the last few months. Ninety-two claims were registered with the mining recorder last month. A bed of hematite ore was discovered twelve miles in length and two miles wide. Test pits were sunk down thirty-eight feet without finding bottom. Pennsylvania Bonds in Demand. New York, April 'j—Subscriptions to one-half of the Pennsylyania rail- road bond issue of $40,000,000 were opened at the offices of Kuhn, Loeb & It was announced that the $20,- 000,000 allotted to the United States ‘was oversubscribed several times. It ¥ understood the subscriptions amount to upwards of $120,000,000. ° T IR L URITONS ARE WORRIED Fear Japs Are Abusing Object of Angle-Japanese Alliance. PRESENT POLICY CRITICISED Mikado’s Government Accused of Not Living Up to the Provisions of the Treaty Guaranteeing the Integrity of China. Peking, April *s—The British gov- ernment, through its diplomatic and consular representatives in China, is making a quiet investigation of the causes of the increasing antagonism of the Chinese on the mainland to the Japanese. The British press in China has recently published a series of careful arguments to show the seri- ousness .of what it terms Japan’s abuse of the object of the Anglo- Japanese alliance, namely, the main- tenance of the integrity of China, and the Japanese p#licy on the mainland is condemned by the foremost British residents in the Far East, including the highest officials, but excepling perhaps certain Englishmen who live in Japan. It is held here that Japan has violated the equal cpportunity clause of the Anglo-Japanese alliance and it is declared that Great Britain is not satisfied with Japan’s fulfill- ment of article 1 of this agreement; furthermore, it is said that the Brit- ish government considers that Japau has violated article 4 of the treaty ot Portsmouth, which provides that Ja- pan and Russia shall not Obstruct Any General Measures common to all countries which China may take for the development of the commerce or industry of Manchuria. Great Britain recognizes the fact that Russia and Japan are basing their pol- icies in the Far East on secret proto- cols and agreements made with China, but she relies on an equitable inter- pretation of these secret understand- ings and it is hoped that the course followed by the American government will aid in securing action in accord- ance with the terms of the known ! treaties. The rapidity with which Japan is carrying on her peaceful penetration of Manchuria has made Great Britain anxious concerning all incidents that furnish a precedent to Japan, such as the question of the control of the mu- nicipality of Harbin. It is believed here that China, as a result of friend- ly- suggestions, will appeal to The Hague to deprive of legal force the interpretations of the secret proto- cols and agreements that Russia and Japan are imposing on her. NO TROUBLE THREATENING Mexico and Guatemala Will Not Come to Blows. City of Mexico, April i J,—*“No trou- ble is threatened between Mexico and Guatemala,” declared Minister of For- eign Affairs Mariscal. “The rumors which have been in circulation for the past two days had their origin in a misunderstanding—a misunderstand- ing of conditions, which, however, have been explained satisfactorily.” The misunderstanding referred to by the foreign minister related to the reported friction between the Guate- malan government and the Mexican charge d’affaires in Guatemala. It had been rumored that many persons had sought refuge in the Mexican le- gation and that their protection had resulted in an overt act. A dispatch just received, however, states that there has been no trouble. “Mexico has never entertained the jdea of intervening in Guatemala,” continued Mr. Mariscal, “and, so far as we are aware, no such action has been contemplated by the TUnited States. At all events, the American government has made no proposals to this government of that nature.” Frost Causes Great Damage. Denver, April “3—The damage by frost the past two nights to the orchards in the Arkansas and Grand valleys and other fruit farms in the regious of Colorado is estimated at $1,000,000. FOR TORNADO SUFFERERS Provisions and Clothing Hurried Into Stricken Distrirts. New Orleans, April : J.—With gen- erous contributions:coming in rapidly, Including money, medicine, provisions and clothing, the committee formed in New Orleans to lend aid to the tor- nado sufferers in Louisiana and Mis- sissippi is now busy giving relief. Bolid carloads of provisions and cloth- ing are leaving New Orleans for pluces that suffered (he most in the tornado and aid in many ways is also seing given in places not so conspicu- sus in the list of fatalities, News comes from Odell, in Marion county, Miss., that twenty-five negro families were absolutely destitute, with their homes destroyed and all live stock killed. Kurds Aggressively Active. Tiflis, April . J,—Reports have just been brought in here that the Kurdish population of the Armenian provinces bordering on Russia have become ag- gressively active and are indulging in disorder and massacre. The Armenian population is fleeing into Russian ter- ritory. Explosion on Battleship. Portsmouth, Eng., April .4.—Ac- cording to a wireless telegraph report received here there has been a boiler explosion on the British battleship Britannia ‘in which four men were seriously Injured. : NEW PREMIER IN CONTROL House of Commons Meets Under As- quith’s Leadership. London, April /.—The house of o)mmons met under the leadership of the new premier, H. H. Asquith. After the formal business had been disposed of Mr. Asquith moved the second read- Ing of the highly controversial licens- ing bill. The debate on this measure promises to bring on a fight that will make the session memorable. The vote will not be taken before the even- ing of May 4. The rejection of the HERBERT H. ASQUITH, bill will be urged by the united oppo- sition, but the ministerial forces are equally unanimous in its approval and the second reading will be carried by a large majority. What will happen when the measure is sent on to the house of lords cannot be stated with equal certainty. The Conservatives, however, are confident that it never will pass the upper house in anything like its present form. SAVE MAN FROM MOB. New York Police and Firemen Fight Desperately. New York, April :d.—FEast New York firemen and policemen fought desperately to save from a mob of hundreds of excited men a man who had been caught coming out of a burn- ing tenément house on Chester street loaded down with household goods, jewelry and money which the mob leaders told the police belonged to the tenants. After having been badly beaten by the street crowds he was taken to the police station and locked up on a charge of burglary. But for the timely action of the firemen, who had been called to the scene and swung a powerful stream of water on the mob the man doubtless would have been taken from the -policemen, several of whom were knocked down while struggling to save their pris- oner, The man, who said he was Joseph Schmilowitz, a butcher, but out of work for several months, was almost insensible when lifted into the patrol wagon, It is the belief of the police and fire officials that at least two. fires were started by thieves for purposes of robberies. CHINA FILES PROTEST. Objects to Japanese Sovereignty Ove. Disputed Territory. Peking, April L .—China has lodged 4 formal protest against the extension by Japan of the administration of Ko- rea to include the Chientao territory, the district between Korea and China, the sovereignty of which is in dispute. China declares that Japan has accom- plished this in a surreptitious manner and says that this extension of con- trol strengthens the position of Mar- quis 1to, resident general of Korea, who is represented in Chientao by three officials of the residency. Amite, La.; Purvis, Miss., and other Dr. Price’s Wheat @ e Fake Celery Food The first thing in preparing this food is absolute cleanliness. Not a human hand touches it from the washing of the wheat until served for the table. [t contains all the elements of which the body is composed. Nature has combined these elements in no other cereal but wheat. It is so prepared that it cannotfail to prove a wholesome diet. fast food it is unexcelled. HEARTILY ENDORSE ~ COOPER REMEDIES \ Dealer and Patient at Hallowell, Maine, Make Statements Under Oath. In connectlon with the intense in- \terest manifested by the public at large in the theory of L. T. Cooper as to the human stomach being the source of nearly all ill health, the statements of Mr. W. D. Spaulding, of Hallowell, Me., one of the oldest rnd best-known druggists in that state, and of Mrs. Frederick Harvey, a well known nurse living in the same place, will be interesting to thousands of persons who are today suffering from ailments directly traceable to the stomach. The fact that these state- ments are made voluntarily, under oath, removes all element of doubt. The statements follow: “HATLowELL, MAINE, July 20, 1907, “To THE CooPER MEDICINE Co,, “Dayton, Ohio, “@entlemen—The policy at Spauld- ing’s drug store is to gain the per- fect confidence of the public by never recommending any medicine or treat- ment until its virtues have been fully established. The Cooper Remedies were to us an unknown quality, we were very skeptical of their medicinal value, and it was not until several of our customers had received such bene- ficial results from their use that we could no longer doubt their value that ‘we consented to take the agency for the Cooper Remedies in this territory, heartily endorsing the same. “Herewith we give the testimonial of a lady whose case came under our personal observation from her being a regular customer, and she says:— “‘Gentlemen of the Cooper Medicine Co., Dayton Ohio:- Itis with pleasure I recommend your New Discovery medicine, of which I have taken the contents of three bottles, and can to- day eat anything without inconven- ience to myself. For a number of years 1 had suffered intensely with severe headaches, sour stomach, indigestion, pains in my side, and complications which made it exceedingly hard for me to accomplish even my household work. Physicians had given me doz- ens of prescriptions, which failed to accomplish a cure or even relief. Your New Discovery medicine advertisement attracted my attention, and I purchas- ed a bottle of the medicine, which I took according to directions and before it was half gone, I felt very much bet- ter; when I had taken the contents of two bottles I gained courage to eat many things which for years I had denied myself, and found they caused me no ill effects. Today, after having used three bottles of the New Discov- ery, I can eat anything and feel that I am a well woman once more, and therefore would advise anyone to take Cooper’s New Discovery, for I feel sure it will cure them.—Mrs. Fred- erick Harvey, Hallowell, Me. “We endorse the above testimonial, under oath, as being correct. “W. D. SpAuULDING. “Testimony before me under oath this 22nd day, of July, 1907. ““GEO. A. SAFFORD, (sEAL.Y “Notary Public.” The Cooper remedies have proven eminently satisfactory wherever in- troduced. We will be pleased to ex- plain their nature to anyone wishing to know about them. We are agents. —E. N. French & Co,' HE tall man; the short man; the thin man; the stout man; the man who thinks he cannot be fitted— these are the men we particularly want to - sell Clothcraft Clothes to. Clotheraft Clothes are made after many models—made to fit any and every man petfectly, no matter be. what “his build may $10.00 to $25.00 Schneider Bros. are many.” most skeptical customers a quality and elegance.E And easily obtained. PARISIAN SECRET This Delightful Toilet_ Cream![Is}Gaining Favor, with Ladies ‘that{Pride Their Complexion. Mrs. Mary A. Abbott of Minneapolissays of it: “I have used Parisian Secret ToiletiCream for chapped hands, face and rough skin. I find that it does all that is claimed for it. best of any of the creams I have used and they I like it A little over two years ago, we began the manufacture of Parisian Secret, solely to have to offerjto some of-our Toilet Cream of exceptional today the demand for our preparation is widespread, not only is the demand in our own territory but we have customers for Parisian Secret in towns and cities far removed from us. These con- vincing facts are recommendations of the permanent value of this article. Price 25¢c a bottle. “A friend Barker's Drug Stdre The Store of Quality. “ The I)ia.iy Pioneer 40c per Month o ::vrn[r»JJu; i