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

Just take notice of earnings go for foolish things and consider how the amount so spent would amount up if deposited in the bank. Anyone with a Dollar and the ambition can start a bank account at this bank. When you have once started the rest will come easy. The thing about saving. BEGIN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEMIDII Capital $50,000.00 The Largest and Strongest Bank in North Central Minnesota how much of your start is the hardest TODAY Surplus $6,000.00 PIONEER JUNIOR SCRIBE | HAD RARE EXPERIEHGE| Given Warm Reception by Bevy of Teachers Who Were Conducting an Adamless Eden. While the editor here of was in St Paul, attending to some personal matters of import, whom we are attempting to train in! the way he should go was assigned to learn the particulars of a morning gathering of several of Bemidji’s splendid lady teachers, and get what there was to be had for publication. Had the writer been here, we should have personally filled the as- signment, knowing the dangers a young man is liable to encouuter when it’s leap year; but as aforsaid, we were away, and the youth had the time of his life, as witness the following, which is his confession to the senior hereof, upon our return to town. In connection with this the Pioneer reporter had an experience he will never forget. He was in- formed by one of the gentlemen teachers, who had not been invited, that the party would certainly be over by 8:30 o’clock. ‘The reporter ascended the steps of the Cortney residence at 8:50 and ran straighr into the arms of about fifteen school “‘ma’ams” who had finished their repast and were looking for some fun. “Declaring that no men were allowed, they siezed the valiant re- porter and endeavored to put him under the table. Only by desperate- ly hugging first one, then another, of the pretty school “ma’am” could our representative keep from suffer- ing so ignominous a disaster. At last, with his arms clasped tightly around three teachers (who, by the way, seemed nothing loath at the treatment, and held his hands there) they succeeded in decorating his face and collar with pink stripes of water-color paint. “With perspiration streaming down his face, the reporter finally managed to secure the above infor- mation about their party from the | mixed and jumbled accounts of the chattering school “ma’am.” He the young man| declares that the experience was de- icious but that he will never again o where there is more than one pretty school teacher.” T = Real Estate Taxes Due. Parties owning real estate should bear in mind that taxes should be aid upon each description on or | before the 31st day of May. Owing to the fact that Saturday land Sunday, May 30 aud 31, are legal holidays the tax payer will be obliged io make pamyent not later than May 29. Should payment not be made l:_;e- fore this date, a penalty of ten per- | cent attaches on June 1 to all un- | paid taxes. Those who wish to take advant- {age of the law, which gives the tax- | payer the privelege of paying one | half of his real estate taxes before June 1, the balance payable in Oc- itober. In any event, one half !the taxes should be paid be- fore it becomes delinquent, to avoid the penalty. \We would suggest that parties | living within the city limits or near the city pay their taxes as soon as | possible, thus giving the treasurer an opportunity to take care of the farm- | crs or other parties coming from a distance. Prohibition Convention. Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday May 20, 1908, the pro- hibitionists of Beltrami county will hold a convention at the Baptist, church, Bemidji, Minn., commencing at 2 o’clock p. m. The object of this convention will be for the election of delegates to attend the state convention held at i Minneapolis on June 8, 1908. Also | to attend to any other business that 3 | put a good many sound | |and everything is lovely, mmmn 1RE RAISING "0 FOR IncreaseYour Income by laying aside a part of your earnings each month and depositing it in this bank. You may not be able to get a.raicein your salary at this time but you can save a portion of it in a number of ways. THE RAINY Riven DAM E. W. Backus Is in New York Making Arrangemems.—Th\e,COmpany Feels Secure. Duluth News Tribune: F. W. | Backus, promoter of the Rainy River dam, is in New York arranging for 3 | the finacing of the proposition. The Knickerbocker Trust com- pany was putting up the coin for the big dam across the Rainy river at International Falls until it was swept under the financial wave which institutions to the bad last fall. The Knicker- bocker has reopened for business officials say. Itis possible that the Knicker- bocker people may resume the finan- cial arrangements which were sum- marily severed when the crash came. The Rainy River Improvement company has spent about $900,000 on the dam and wants to spend about $4,000,000 more. The deter- mintiona to go ahead with the work came with the president’s assertion that he would sign the Rainy River bill. The improvement people may comply with the president’s demand that some charge be paid to the gov- ernment for the power or they may endeavor to induce congress to pass the bill over the president’s veto. The company evidently feels secure in its position for it is going ahead with its plans for the de- velopement of the water power. “Sylvia” May 19, Through the courtesy of Mrs. Youngren, a French minuet, danced by two girls and two boys, will be given between the first and second acts of Sylvis. There will also be a recitation by Miss Clara Fisk. The principals are: Miss Hanson, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Youngren Mrs. Warren, Missess McKenzie, Neal and Boyer Messrs. Lucas, Rood, Warren, Fisk. The chorus consists of the follow- ing people: Misses Dickenson, Lyons, Kreatz Coffean, Simons, Oliver and Mrs. Rogers. Messrs. Crouch, Harvey, Anderson, Boyer, Engel, Chamber- lain, Starrett, FEckstrand, Brown. Miss Nellie Shannon is the accom- panist for Sylvia, Sylvia will not disapoint anybody. Get your reserved seats at the City Drug Store. A Young Runaway. Chief of Police Knox has received the following notice concerning a young runaway, who may possibly | may properly come before the con- vention at that time. A. W. Rice of Fergus Falls, as manager of the Ninth Congressional district, will be present and will ad- dress the convention and in the evening at 8 o’clock will speak at the Methodist church on “County { Option and State Prohibition.” Dated at Bemidji, Minr., May 16, 1908. A. W. Rice. New souvenir postal cards of St. Phillip’s church at the Pioneer | office. WHERE DO YOU SPEND YOUR EVENINGS? FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE BRINKMAN FAMILY THEATRE ‘High Class Vaudeville and Automatic Drama ....... PROGRAM 1. Overture Miss Aona Hager MOTION PICTURES 2. A Usefel Beard. 3. Sappho. Illustrated Song 4. Katie Darling, T'm’ Waiting, Miss Anna Hager TONIGHT 5. SPAULDING BROS., Comedy Acrobats MOTION PICTURES A Thieving Hand. 6. Heroes of St. Bernard AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM TONIGHT 4 '7°30, 8:30 Admlssmn 10 and 9:30 and he headed this way. “Chief of Police at Bemidji, Minn. “Arrest and hold Walter Sherman, 13 years old, slender build, dark complexion, black hair, small scar on left cheek, eyes are grey-blue; carried light colored suit case, wore dark grey suit, long pants. Left home April 27. May be in com- *|pany with one Erwin Turner, 22 years old, light complexion, weight about 150 lbs, height about 5 feet 9 'inches, wore ‘white slouch hat and overalls. “Arrest both of them and wire “J. F. GLENN, Constable, "Clinton, Big Stone Co., Minn. Good Show at Brinkman. The Brinkman Family Theater has the usual offering of good things for this week, in the line of vaude- ville, moving pictures and illustrated | songs. The Spaulding Bros., comic acro- bats, lead the vaudeville act, and they come well recommended. Miss Anna Hager will Sing “Katie, Darling,I’'m Waiting,” which is one of the illustrated song hits of the season. Manager Brinkman has an un- usually strong list of moving pictures, the films being the very latest, many of which are decidedly novel. Follow the biz crowd and see the 50 cent show for only 15¢.’ Rooms Wanted. All available rooms in the city will be needed for entertaining the Elks June 18-19-20. Any one having rooms to rent for this purpose will kindly notify E.H. Jerrard. Business. ‘Washington, May 16.—Further evi- dence was furnished by the house that every effort would be made to carry out the programme for adjourn- ment May 23. On all appropriation bills it has been the custom to allow more or less time for general debate, but when the military academy bill Wwas taken up it was done on a motion to suspend the rules. This allowed only twenty minutes’ debate on a side. The bill was passed. STREET CARS TIED P Two Thousanid Employes Go on Strike at Cleveland, DISORDERS BEGIN AT ONCE Nonunion Men Beaten and Driven From Their Posts and the Cars Bombarded With Slonee—_-W'-qe Dis- ‘pute Cause of the Trouble. Cleveland, May 18. — Cleveland’s Sireet car system is tied up by an al- most unanimous vote of the local un- ion of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes. Variously estimated between three and fowr hundred thousand patrons of the urban lines are without means of transportation. City officials, it was stated, had not made preparations to combat the situation. Union men, how- ever, asserted that two weeks ago President du Pont of the Municipal railway bhad begun negotiations for additional help. They claimed this assistance would be inefficient. The strike involves 2,000 men. It bad its origin in the institution of 3- cent fares, a subject of political con- tention in Cleveland during seven years past. Following the municipal election last November, when the brincipal issue was the question of municipal control of traction compa- nies and an ultimate rate of fare of § cents within the city limits, a consolil- dation of stret car lines came about. At that moment it developed that the Cleveland Eleciric Railroad com- | pany, the major traction corporation, had signed a contract with the Amal- gamated Association of Street and Klectric Railway Employes whereby it was agreed that, in the event of a “gontinuation” of their franchise or its equivalent, the conductors and mo- termen would receive a specified in- crease of 2 cents an hour and an ad- justment of other minor alleged griev- ances, The merged properties having been leased to the Municipal Traction com- pany the traction “infant” took the po- sition that the contract was not bind- ing upon them. The new company did, however, offer an increase of 1 cent an hour in the pay of the men, to take effect April 28, upon which day the 3-cent fare was put into oper- ation. The new company algo ordered that all employes should pay carfare ‘when riding upon the company’s cars While not at werk. The company also proposed to supply the men with uni- forms free of charge. Proposals Not Satisfactory. e The propositions of the new com- pany, in lieu of the previous arrange- ments with the old company, were not satisfactory to the employes. About 800 motormen and conductors formerly employed by the Forest City company, the original 3-cent fare line, did not join in the strike. There were also quite a large number of the men employed on other lines who did not quit work. The latter were largely made up of men who have been broken in since the strike was first threatened ten day ago. At the corner of Superior avenue and East One Hundred and Fifth street a large crowd collected when a car bound down town appeared. The nonunion motorman and condue- tor were pulled off and about half of the car windows smashed. The po- lice rescued the motorman and con- dfictor and prevented further trouble. An attempt to run cars on the Payne avenue line was frustrated by a crowd of strike sympathizers. They took away the controller lever of a ear, pulled down the trolley and cut off the trolley rope. The motorman and conductor Jeft the car standing in the street. Later it was hauled back to the barns." A mob of strike sympathizers armed | with crowbars and other tools attempt- ed to tear up the street railway tracks on’ St. Clair avenue, near East Nine- tieth street. The mob was dispersed, however, before much headway on the work had been made. The crew of a car on the St. Clair Avenue line was dragged from the car by a mob. The conductor was badly beaten, his scalp being laid open with a brick. Both the conductor and moterman were finally rescued by the police. Mayor Tom Johnson, who is treas- trer of the Municipal Traction com- pany, said: ““I intend to do everything I can to bring about a settlement of the trou- ble. This strike is all foolishness and a great waste and I hope to bring it to a close soon.” The mayor would not discuss the means he proposed to pursue. Another Embezzlement Charge. Pittsburg, May 18.—National Bank Bxaminer Folds has made another in- formation against William Montgom- ry, former cashier of the Allegheny National bank, charging him with ab- stracting from the bank securities val- ued at $125,000. Montgomery is now tt liberty on $100,000 bail for the em- ezzlement of $469,000. Steal Eighty Dollar Bills. Pittsburg, May 18.—Smashing a large plate glass window with a brick two unknown men took eighty $1 bills off eighty hats that were on show in the window of a $1 hat store. Several persons saw the daring rebbery, but the men escaped before the police oould be summoned. UALIFORNIA FOR TAFT. Regular Republicans Defeat Lincoln- Roosevelt Faction. Sacramento, Cal, May 1}—The Re- Dpublican state convention elected four delegates at large and four alternates to the national convention at Chicago, instructed the delegation to vote for the nomination of William H. Taft for president, adopted a platform endors- ing the policy of President Roosevelt and selected a new state central com- mittee. 38 tha cnmest between the regular Republican organization and the Lin- coln-Rgosevelt league the “regulars” had no difiiculty in securing the con- trol of the convention and electing George’ A. Knight chairman over for mer Mayor W. R. Davis of Oakland, the candidate of the reform faction, by a vote of 351 to 275, after a sharp fight on the floor. The Lincoln-Roose- velt leaguer people, however, succeed- ed in defeating General Harrison Gray Otis, one of the four regular candi- dates for delegate at large, by the close margin of one vote and elected former Lieutenant Governor Neff. The only other victory of the reformers was the election of their delegates and alternates in the Fourth congres- sional district, BITTER ATTACK IN HOUSE Sherwood of Ohio Assails Keifer of Same State. ‘Washington, May 1 \—General Sher- wood (Dem., O.) bitterly attacked his colleague, General Keifer (Rep.) of the same state, in reply to a speech by the latter. He declared that Mr. Keifer’s speech had been inspired by jealousy and charged that twenty-five years ago Keifer had left the house of representatives under a cloud. Convicted of Blackmail. Omaha, May 1 i—James J. Fee, who on March 10 called at the Merchants’ National bank and threatened to blow up the bank unless Cashier Luther Drake produced §$5,000 cash, has been found guilty of blackmail. His de- fense was insanity. Several witnesses testified that Fee acted queerly and one testified he was “nutty,” but not insane. Sentence was reserved. Admiral Sperry in Command. San Francisco, May 1)—Rear Ad- miral Thomas lowered his flag on the battleship Connecticut as commander- in-chief of the Atlantic fleet and the flag of Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry was run up at the maintruck. The dale of the departure of the fleet has been indefinitely postponed. I is understood they will remain here un- til further orders. Negotiations Nearing a Break, Kansas City, May 1,.—T. L. Lewls, Ppresident of the United Mine Workers of America, who is here, said that un- less the operators came to some agreement at the convention of miners that is to convene here next Tuesday that negotiations looking to an ending of the strike of the 35,000 Southwest. ern coal miners will come to an end. Texas Will Start Stampede.- Fort Worth, Tex., May 1)—The state Republican convention adopted resolutions favoring Taft for president and endorsed the Roosevelt adminis. tration. The delegates were not in- structed for Taft, so as to permit the Texas delegation to start a stampede for Roosevelt’s nomination if the sit- uation becomes favorable. Omnibus Public Building Bill. ‘Washington, May 1 \\—The house hds passed. the omnibus public build- ing bill. It carries a total of $23, 100,000. DEBS IS NOMINATED. Indiana Man the Choice of the Social- ist Party for President, Chicago, May 13—HRugene V. Debs of Indiana was nominated on the first ballot for president of the United States by the Socialist party national convention. Benjamin Hanford of New York was nominated for vice president. FIGURES ARE FALSE, Minnesotan Scores Railroads In Rate Conference in Chicago. Chicago, May 18.—Delegate James Manahan of 8t. Paul, at the railroad rate conference, discussed the polit- ical aspect of the situation. He said that public opinion would have to be educated to the fact that the inter- state commerce board is handicapped o such an extent that justice cannot be done to shippers. “What right,” he asked, “has the representative railroad man to come before this body and present figures that are unfair. Railroads cannot question their own reports. Until the rallroads can dispose of the figures our chairman has read they cannot object to this protest. “This is a political question. The railroad men are master politicians. They see to it that the legislators and possibly even the judges are in sym- pathy with their ideas. 'If New York commercial men believe the figures which the. railroads have presented here they should be protected from confidence men while they are in the city.” JOHNSON AT THE CAPITOL Meets Many Members of the Senate and House. ‘Washington, May 18.—Governor Johnson of Minnesota was a visitor to the Capitol and spent some time on the floor of the house, where he was the recipient of much attention. Dem- ocrats and Republicans alike extend- ed cordial greetings. He received gen- erous applause when, escorted by Mr. Tawney, he ascended the rostrum and was introduced to Speaker Cannon. Governor Johnson bowed his acknowl- edgments and for several minutes en- gaged In conversation with the speaker. Governor Johnson also spent some time on the floor of the senate and met many senators on both the Re- * | publican and Democratic sides of the chamber. Jay Gould Defeats Englishman. London, May 18.—Jay Gould won the first and second sets in his match with Eustace Miles, the English play- Pr, for the world’s amateur court ten- nis championship. The scores were 6-2 and 6-0. The match was held on the courts of the Queen’s club, which was crowded to its utmost capacity with spectators. Miles won the third get, 6-1. Gould won the fourth set and the championship, 6-1. RAPID ACTION TAKEN Senate Passes Aldrich Bill as Sub- stitute for House Measure, NOW GOES TG CONFERENCE Lower House Likely to Insist on Pro-| vision of Vreeland Bill Making Com- mercial Paper a Basis for Emer- gency Circulation. Washington, May 1 —The senate committee on finance met and voted unanimously to amend the Vreeland currency bill, passed by the house, by striking out everything after the en- acling clause and insertipg the pro- visions of the Aldrich b¥ as passed by the senate and it was immediately reported to the senate by Mr. Aldrich. The Aldrich bill was amended, how- ever, by the elimination of sections 8 and 11, the former being the Johnston reserve feature and the latter the La Follette provision prohibiting a na- tional bank from loaning morey to a corporation or investing _money in stock of a corporation, the officers or directors of which are officers or di- rectors of the bank making the invest- ment or loan. Sections were added providing for the appointment of a commission of nine senators and nine members of the house to be called the “national monetary commission.” All of the Democrats of the commit- tee unequivocally endorsed the action taken except Senator Bailey. He said that the bill was not in the form he would like to see passed, but that he would support it for the reason that 'he believed it to be preferable to the bill passed by the house. He an- nounced that he would state his posi- tion on the floor. It is generally be- lieved that the senate will stand by its committee and that the proposed amendment of the louse bill will be adopted without much debate, ‘When the bill goes to tonference the conferees on the part of the house will contend for the retention of that portion of the Vreeland bill providing for the use of commercial paper as a basis for additional circulation through the medium of clearing house associa- tions. Some such provision may be accepled by the senate conferees. The bill was passed by a vote of 47 to 20. Fifteen Republicans Bolt. ‘Washington, May 16.—The Vreeland currency bill, agreed upon by the Re- publican caucus, has been put through the house under a special rule by a vote of 184 to 145. Fifteen so-called Insurgents of the majority party voted with the Democrats, who went on rec- ord solidly against the measure. EARTHQUAKE REGISTERED. Shock of Great Intensity Recorded at Washington. ‘Washington, May 16.—An earth. quake that lasted an hour and of con- siderable intensity was recorded on the weather bureau seismograph here. The origin, according to a statement of Chief Willis L. Moore of the bu- reau, is approximately 3,200 miles from Washington, but, while it is pointed out that Central America or the Pacific ocean west of Central America fall within this distance and might possibly be the location of the disturbance, no definite statement to this effect could be made. The first preliminary tremors, which were very sharply defined, occupied six minutes and forty seconds. Ordered to Resume Advance. St. Petersburg, May 16.—General Snarski, commander of the Russian punitive expedition into Persia, has been ordered to resume his advance into Persia and to punish the bandits with fire and sword. He will destroy villages, but spare the women and children. DAYS OF DIZZINESS Come to Hundreds of Bemidji People. There are days of dizziness; Spells of headache, sideache, backache; Somtimes rheumatic pains; Often urinary disorders. All tell you plainly the kidneys are sick. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure kidney ills. Here is proof in Bemidji. Mrs. N, E. Crowell, livin 423 Mississippi Ave., Bemidji, Ming., says: “Ihave used Doan’s Kidney Pills and know them to be a reliable remedy for the kidneys, At the time I began their use I was not confined to my bed, but felt very miserable. I had a dull, languid feeling, and there was a constant ache in the small part of my back. At times I was very dizzy and these spells gave me the greatest discomfort. I decided to try Doan’s Kidney Pills and pro- cured a box at the Owl Drug Store, They gave me great relief. I con- tinued taking them and the im- provement I received was surpris- ing. From the satisfactory results I derived from theix use, I can recommend them to others as a fine kidney remedy.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cent. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. all 2 e | WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. _— HELP WANTED. AN AN AN A A AN AN WANTED FOR U. 5. 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 Offic r. Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED—Competent girl for gen- eral housework. Mrs. A. E. Hen- derson, 600 Cor. 6th and Bemidji Ave. W ANTED—At ouce,zlrl for general housework. Apply to Mrs. I. B., Olson, 921 Beltrami avenue. WANTED—Competent girl for general housework. Apply 32, 10th street. Phone 267. WANTED—Girl for general house-~ work. Call at 820 Beltrami ave- nue. FOR SALE. AN FOR SALE: 40 acres good land, two miles from north end of Lake Bemidji. A quantity of cordwood. Near county road. Inquire A. L. Collard, 406 Minnesota Ave. WANTED—Green cut seasoned jack pine wood on board cars at Great Northern points. Clark Pole & Tie Co. Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—.National cash regis< ter. Supplied with tape and self~ adder. R. E. Miller, Bemidji. FOR SALE: Almost new. 114-8th street. FOR SALE—House ' and 2 lots at 609 2nd St. Apply to Tom Sym- ington. Single top buggy. Will sell reasonable, FOR SALE:—Young pigs, cheap. Apply at Trondjem Hotel. LOST and FOUND A AN AN SN, LOLT—A gold hat pin. Head was a gold lily with pearl center. Finder will receive reward. Leave At Pioneer office. MISCELLANEOUS. A~ eee oo e, PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues 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:— Desirable residence lots at rock bottom prices. Spot Cash. Inquire of Clark Pole & . Tie Co. Can it be truel that you rhop during stormy weather— Telephone buying is the proper way. “Use the Northwestern” NORTHWESTERN TELEPHONE EXGHANGE COMPANY Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer