Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 20, 1908, Page 2

| 1 s 2', | § THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNANOON, A A A AP BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR, Wntered in the postofice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM ———p——r— COME ALONG WITH THE “BUNCH,” MARY. © When Sister Mary McFadden “sits up and takes notice” of any community or any event, it can be depended upon that the community orevent is in the public eye, in large proportions. In the last issue of the News- Tribune of Duluth, Miss Mary says, in her column: “The biggest comvention in the history of the Elks’ organization in Minnesota will take place at Bemid)i in June. And lots of others, not among the elect, will go along to see the fellows have a good time in a good place.” Mary is hereby extended a special invitation to come over to Bemidji and join the many ladies who will be guests of local “Lady Elks” and have a good time for a ‘“couple of days.” A short absence from the smell of printer’s ink will do much to brighten up your sisterly counte- nance. OBSERVATIONS. [By “Doc”] “'Reserve the hearthstone for the infant,” says L. A. Goddard. Rough on the infant. Spain’s year-old Prince of the Asturias has been made a private in the army. In the infantry, we pre- sume. Tom Johnson’s daughter is suing for divorce on the grounds of non- support. Her husband must have given her 3-cent fare. Mr. Bryan’s son-in-law seems to have acquired some of his marvelous ability to take a knockdown blow and came up smiling. Lord Avebury wants to exclude foreign birds from England. No more ducks and drakes made out of the fortunes of our yankee; heiresses? We have a well-defined suspicion that the Atlantic City church where men smoke will not prove a success. The ministes’s wife buys the cigars. Maybe with Carnegie and Mrs. Russell Sage back of him, Governor Hughes will be able to fight the rich racing trust with some of its own fire. “Benjamin Franklin and J. Pier- pont Morgan were both graduates of the University of Goettingen.” Bet they didn’t belong to the same frat, though. ‘Twenty-one nations are going to join in laying the corner stone of the building of American republics at Washington. Let us hope it will stay laid somewhat longer than is the governmental custom among twenty of the republics. FARMHAND THE MURDEREh 8aid to Have Confessed Committing Triple Crime. Matawan, N. J., May 19.—Although the county authorities deny it there is good reason to believe that Frank Zastera, the Polish farmhand, has made a confession that he killed Mr. and Mrs. Willlam B. Shepherd and thelr servant, Miss Jennie Bendy, who were found murdered in Mr. Shepherd’s farmhouse. Zastera’s statement is reported to be to the effect that he killed Mr.’ and Mrs. Shepherd in order to get the money which he knew Mr. Shepherd had in his possession. According to a story that Zastera Is alleged to have told he waited in the parlor of the house until Mrs. Shepherd came down stairs to warm a bottle of milk for her baby u:&n she was returning up stairs Wwith the milk shot her in the side and head with her husband’s shotgun. At the sound of the ghot Shepherd came rupning down stairs. Zastera was standing in the hall with the gun in his hands and when Shepherd was half way down fired a charge of shot into his side. Shepherd dropped on the stairs and his body fell upon that of his wife. Zastera, according to his reported confession, then entered the kitchen with the gun and, meeting Jennie Bendy, shot her in the breast. All three were instantly killed. Zas- tera then went in search of Shep- herd’s money, ransacking the farmer’s olothing and the bureau drawers of the house. Zastera is said to have told the authorities that he hid the, money somewhere about the house or. grounds, but so far they have heen unable to conirm his story in that respeot. Barthquake Shocks in Montana. Helena, Mont.,, May 1)—Three earthquake shocks were felt percept- ibly in this county. At Marysville dishes rattled on shelves and clocks were made to strike by the seismic. disturbance. No damage was doné. WS WODD W STAND Testifies in Her Suit for Divorce Against Senator Platt. WATTER DENIES MARRIAGE Plaintift Identifies Letters She Claims Were Written to Her by the Sen- ator and Telis of Sitting on His Lap and Holding His Hand. New York, May |.—Mae C. Wood, the Omaka girl who is suing United States Senator Thomas C. Platt for divorce, alleging that the senator for- mally entered into a marriage con- tract with her on Nov.\y, 1901, gave testimony in the suit now on .trial here. The young woman was smartly attired and self-possessed. She iden- tified eopies of several letters, which, she sald, were received by her from Platt. They were mainly of an affec- tionate nature, but in several there were interesting sentences on other affairs. In one communication was the phrase: “Your letter has cheered MISS MAE C. WOOD. me up so that I am almost reconciled to Odell's election.” A picture of the senator was shown, upon the back of which was written “To my little wife.” Telling how this was written Miss ‘Wood said: Was Sitting on His Lap. “Well, I was sitting on his lap. Part of the time he held my hand and part of the time I held his hand. We wrote it together. The words ‘little wife’ were written by him, I think.” Miss Wood said that the senator ocame to her room in her hotel with two men and that he formally ac- knowledged her as his wife before these two men. Senator Platt was not in court. Miss Wood, in her complaint, says she was married to Senator Platt in this city on Nov. 9, 1901. She named as corespondent in her sult Mrs. Lillian Janeway, who was married to the senator in 1903. In his answer to the complaint the senator declares that Miss Wood’s allegations that he married her about Nov. 9, 1901, in New York are absolutely false. “The plaintiff never made any claim to me that she was married to me until December, 1906,” says Sen- ator Platt in his answer, “nmor did I over hear of her making any claim of marriage prior to that time, except that in June, 1906, an article appeared in a Chicago paper containing an in- terview purporting to come from her in whick. she stated that such a mar- riage had taken place and that art- icle was accompanied by a picture or alleged fac-simile of a wedding certifi- cate containing my name in associa tion with the plaintiff’s.” He declares that the certificate re- produced in the newspaper was a forgery. He charges that since 1906 iss Wood has tried to get money om Rhim by threats that shg would sue him for breach of promise of marriage. DECLARES HE WAS INSANE Minister's Reason Returns After Kill- ing His Wife. Fairmont, W. Va, May )—Tem- porarily insane, according to his own statemefit, Rev. S. A. Coffman, aged fifty years, a prominent Methodist jpiscopal clergyman, killed his wife y cutting her throat from ear to ear. A moment after the ‘crime, he says, he regained his senses and realized what he had done. He immedtately surrendered and was locked up. Coffman resides at Rosstown, about three miles from here, and i8 in charge of two or three churches, His wife was a member of a prominent family and was thirty-three years old. During the past week or two he has been - conducting a series of revival mervices and has been adding to the membership of the churches under his sare. Poured Money Into Stock Market. - Chariton, Ta., May ).—It has been disclosed that in the three or four years preceding his suicide the late Cashier F. R. Crocker of the defunct First National bank paid more than $600,000 to one firm of Chicago and New York in his stock trading opera- tlons. The greater part of this waz during the last few days of his life, when he poured money into the stock market for speculation at the rate of $30,000 to $40,000 daily in the hope of saving himself. SELLING AT LESS THAN COST Manufacturer Biscusses the Price of Print Paper. ‘Washington, May . —W. A. Whit- comb, head of the manufacturing de- partment of the International Paper company, was on the stand before the special committee of the house inves- tigating the wood pulp and print pa- per question. Mr. Whitcomb claimed $2.50 per hundred pounds was a fair price to charge any one. There never Was any intention, he said, to advance the price of paper to 8 cents @ poind. The ralse to $2.50 represented the ex- treme advance: It was apparent, he tontinued; that the company had tried to sell paper at less than it cost to fake it Regatding the $5,000,000 which it has been charged the company bor- rowed for the purpose of building new machines and which was diverted to other purposes Mr. Whitcomb sald the money:had been borrowed largely to reimburse the treasury of the coms pany for money already expended in what had been classified as canstruc- tlon account, He said at tbat time there was some talk of installing more moderan maghines, “Do you know whether there is any combination, agreement ‘or under- standing among the; paper manufactur- ers to restrict the output in order to hold up prices or for any other rea- son?’ asked Chairman Mann. “I belleve there:is;none whatever,” replied Mr. Whitcomb, “at least we have none ent time twegty-four mills of the com- pany are shut down, although they do not all make newa print. He said that the ‘company waa overstocked ' last year; but that the consumption of pa- per has begun to increase. BACK FROM THE ISTHMUS Secretary of War Teft Arrives at Washington. ‘Washington, May .).—Secretary of ‘War William H. Taft has reached ‘Washington from his trip to the canal zone. Secretary Taft talked freely with regard to general conditions in Pana- ma, but said that he did net wish to be quoted on such matters, as the re- lations of the United States and Pana- ma had been suggested as a possible reason for his trip, and he would not discuss the coming elec- tions to be held in Panama. Mr. Taft grew enthusiastic when telling of the excellent progress being mede on the Panama canal and com- paring the situation to that which greeted him on the occasion of his first visit to Panama in 1904. “The Isthmus now presents,” he said, “an appearance not unlike a fac- tory or mill village, or succession of villages, clear across, and the lights at night and the noises, too, might keep one awake it not tired enough to slesp well.” Denounced as a Blackmailer. New York, May ).—Jennie Blunt, who shot and wounded Charles M. Sanford, a Brooklyn lawyer, in his office last February after he had re- fused to give her money, was de- nounced by Judge Dike as a black- mailer and perjurer and sentenced to serve not less than three nor more than four years in the state prison at Auburn. In her own defense Miss Blunt had accused Sanford of miscon- duct. Position for Admiral Evans. ‘Washington, May -).—Secretary Metcalf has detailed Admiral Robley D. Evans, late commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, to duty with the general board of the navy which has to do with the preparation of plans for naval campaigns for use in time of war. After the admiral's retire- ment in August it i8 possible that he will be detalled for “special duty” with the navy department. Littlefield Denigs Report. ‘Washington, May :).—Rising to a question of privilege in the house Mr. Littleflold (Me.) denfed that in & speech 'in Brooklyn Saturday last be- fore the Young Men's Republican club he had made an assault.on the reputa- tion of membaers of congress. He de- clared that he had been grossly mis- represented by the newspapers. British Troops Die of Cholera. London, May )—An official tele- gram received by the Indian office re- ports twenty-seven deaths from cholera in the regiment of the Munster fusi- leers, which a week ago was sent into the cholera camp: from Major General ‘Willcocks® force now operating against the Mohmands, Sanders’ Inaugural Mesaage. Baton - Rouge, La.; ‘May '. ).—Race- track gambling to be suppressed abso- lutely &nd local option, combined with high license, to regulate the liquor traffic were two of the most salient recommendations of Govermor J. Y. Sanders’ inaugural message to the leg- islature. Form Law Enforcement !.eague. Eau Claire, Wis, May $.—Minis: ters and leading citizens of Eau Claire have organized a Law Enforce- ment league to deal with alleged de- flance of the statutes by the saloons. The organization is headed by Mill- lonaire O. H. Ingram. Bryan Men in Contro’. Spokane,, Wash, May . ).—With Bryan men in control and Johnson forces practically wiped out by the adoption of the unit rule in counties the ‘Democratic state convention met here under the leadership of former United States Senator George Turner; French Attack Tribesmen. Parls, May ' »—A telegram received here from General d'Amade, the French commander in Morocee, says that with three brigades he made a forced night march and at «daylight of May 16, with a front deployed over a.| distance eof five miles, he surprised the Mdakea ‘tribesmen, driving them to refuge in the mountains. The tstbesmen abandoned their cattle and munitions of war in their headlong fiight. The French lost. three men killed and twenty-two wounded. Bex for Coffin, Wagon for Hearse. Bloomington, Ind., May . In ac- cordance with his last’ wishes, ex- pressed as he lay on his deathbed, James.. Baxter, ‘a Civil war: veteran, aged seventy-four, who lived on _his farm near Bloomington, was conveyéd to his grave in his old farm wagon. His family carried out his wishes in detall,” princfpally, that. thers be no hearge, no flowers, no eulogy and even Bo city manufactured coffin. An old box which had been on the farm was the ndan’s casket. : ‘The witnoss stated that at the pres- PEACE EFFORT FALS Cleveland Street Car Official Re- fuses fo Arhitrate. .l LAWLESS ACTS CONTINUE Trolley Wires Cut, Crews Driven From Their Cars and in Some In- stances Attacked by Sympathizers of the Men on Strike. Cleveland, May *°—The first at- tempt by the members of the state board of arbitration to bring about yeace between the Municipal Traction company and its striking employes resulted in a faflure. President du Pont conferred with Members Bishop and Owens of the board in regard to strike settlement and while he agreed to arbitrate some points he would not concede the one thing for which the men stand deter- minedly. : “In no case will I arbitrate the re- instatement of the men at the ex- pense of those now employed,” he sald. “I shall stick for the seniority of runs, those now working getting the preference.” President du Pont was asked whether he would arbitrate all other points. He replied that he would arbi- trate no point until the lawlessness bad ceased. “The men had no right to strike in the face of arbitration,” said Presi- dent du Pont, “and I will not confer with them until they purge themselves of the lawless element. They are the offenders and they must show that they are willing to be law abiding and peaceful before I can consent to a consideration of renewing arbitration.” Vice President Behner of the Street Car Men’s union, discussing the ques- tion, said: 4 “We are willing to enter into a fair arbitration. We want to do that at once, if they do. But we are not will- ing to wait until our union is-knifed in the back. There has not been one desertion from our ranks. Six crews of the Municipal Traction company have deserted.” CLEVELAND TROLLEY STRIKE Many Acts of Lawlessness Committed at Night. Cleveland, May °J.—Many acts of lawlessness were committed in con- nection with the street car strike be- tween midnight and dawn. Trolley wires were cut, crews were driven from their cars and, in some instances, nonunion men were attacked by strike sympathizers. Trolley wires in Lake- wood, a suburb, were cut in several places with the result that the Munic- ipal Traction company announced that no further attempt would be made to operate cars in that section until the Lakewood authorities guar- anteed protection for its men and cars. Because of alleged discrimina- tion against Lakewood by tho Munio- ipal Traction company in the matter of fare it is claimed that the authori- ties of the county make no effort to suppress lawless acts committed by strike sympathizers. After a conference that continued almost throughout the night between union officers, headed by President Mahon of the Street Car Men’s union, and Members Bishop and Owen of the state arbitration board it was statéd unofficialy that a formal prope- sition of arbitration would probably be made to President du Pont of the traction company by the arbitration board on behalf of the men. There was a marked increase in the number of cars operated by the com- pany, a five-minute schedule being maintained on some of the lines. Each car carried a policeman in the motor- man’s vestibule. WIFE KILLS HUSBAND. Latter Was Bombarding His Home While Intoxicated. Memphis, Tenn., May . ).—Alone in | her little home save for her three small children and terrer stricken with fear for thelir safety Mrs. Besste Bllis Deeson shot and probably fa- | tally wounded her husband, Hardiman 8. Deeson, at their home in Bartlett oounty. Deeson is said to have established himself in the yard of the home and fired a fusillade of shots in the' direc- tion of the house. He is sald to have been intoxicated. Mrs. Deeson fired point blank through the window, claiming she aimed only in the direction from which came the frequent flashes from Dee- son’s pistol. After the one shot fra her Deeson stopped shooting and T he was found in a dying condition. Heavy Rainfall Causes Floot. Ashland, Wis, May .A—A vialent rain storm: swept over.the morthern Jart of Wisconsin, the rain falling in floods. At Mellen, ‘Ashland county, the dam went out. - Hundreds of resi- dents in the Itallan quarter and near the Foster-Latimier mill were driven from their homes in the: darkness b; the advancing. flood and eows anx other stock Were drowmed in the barns. ~ Fleet Sails for Puget Sound. San Franciseo, May #.—The At- lantic battleship fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Sperry, weighed an- chor and sailad out of San Frapoisco bay in_a drizzling rain for Puget sound. The flagship Connecticut head- ed the column, RESULT OF EMBEZZLEMENT Closes its Doors.- Pittsburg, May = 18. — Following lengthy meetings at which a thorough discussion of Cashier William Mont- gomery’s peculations was held the Al- legheny National bank has suspended. The following notice was posted on the door by National Bank Examiner ‘William L. Folds: y “Closed by the order of the comp- troller of the currency and placed in iing. From the satisfactory results Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburg| tharge ot Willlam L."Folds.” i For days it has been apparent that the cashier’s alleged misdegds had seriously orippled the institution and the actual suspension’ caused little o1 no excitement. Quite a number of depositors were gathered on Fifth ave- nue opposite the bank and when the order of suspension was posted all read it and then quickly disappeared. ‘While Montgomery’s peculations are :l?k:lally placed at $694,000 it is said © bank’s shortage is close to $2.- Q o1 000,000, Montgomery 1s held 1n $125, |[§ and strictly prohibits 000’ bail, the sale of alum Chief. interest in the bank’s closing & de now centers in the ultimate fate of bakmg powder=— the deposits of the city and state. i d 'So does France . State Treasurer John O. Sheats and Deputy Attorney General Jesse K. B. Cunningham have arrived here from Harrisburg. State funds of $528,477 Were carried in the bank and these officials wil' take immediate steps to recever the money, The state fund, 3 however, is secured by bonding wln-‘ !)m' md al“m panies to the extent of $4,500,000. njurious. Shortly after the bank closed City Treasurer John F. Steel presentgd a check for $1,646,953, the amount of the city's deposit, but it was not hon- ored. SECURED. NEARLY $50,000 Estimate of Money Recelved From Gunness Victims. Laporte, Ind, May '.J.—That Mrs. Gunness obtained & small fortune in ler lust for bleod and monay devel- oped with the appended stgtement of the amounts she is beliey® to have received from the inmates of her charnel house: Madse Sorengon, first husband, -..$8,000 someness of the food. So does Germany has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum- baking powders are everywhere recognizei:s ’ To protect yourself against alum, . when ordering 'baldng powder;! Say plainly— ROVAL#e A POWDER Tand ‘be very - sure you get Royal. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Graj Cream of Tartar}., It adds to the digestibility and_whole-' The sale of alum foods Péter Gunpess, second :u-b-fid. 1,000 Andres Helgelein, Abe: 8. 2,900 . 5,000 POSSIBLE TRIPLE MURDER Infant Badly Injured Only Living Per- gon In House. Matteawan, N. J, May 1 —W. B Shepard, a farmer who lived sboyf four miles south of Matteawan, hiis wife and a servant named Jenmie Dendy were found dead in the farm- house. is believed they were mur- dered. An infaat, still alive but bad- 1y injured, was found lying near the bodies.. All the victims had been shot. Mr. fShepard was a dealer in squabs and Mis place was called the Royal Sqmb farm. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Werg gbout thirty-five years old and are satd to have come to Matteawan from some tawn in New York state. Jennie Dendy, the servant, was a na- tive of Matteawan. The murders were discovered by a Pole employed by Mr. Shepard. . The He nitzer, leago, .. Charles Edman, Newdastie, 5,000 George Berry, Tuscola, IH., . 1,600 John O. Moe, Elbow Lake, Mfnn., 1,500 Ole Budsberg, Iola, Wis., . - 2,000 Henry Gurhalt, Scand¥navia, Wi, oL s Ve 1,000 Unidentified victims, bn bellef that each centributed $1,000, . 6,000 Suffocated victims, whose bodies have not beea found, ........ 7,000 Three children are alleged, ‘te have been sent to Mrs. Gunness’ house by unknewn persons to have ‘their lives snuffed out and for which a hired man says she received $1,000 each, bringing the total up to $46,900. THREE PEOPLE MEET DEATH Another Fatally Hurt in Collision Be- tween Train and fi-rrlane. Pole carried the news of fhe murders to William Wall, a farmer near by, and as soon as the authorities were notified the farmhand was kept under surveillance. There was evidence on all sides that the house had been ransacked from top to bottom by the murderer or murderers. The officers are of the opinfon that the motive for the triple murder was robbery and possibly re- venge as well. Canadian” Banker Suicides. Forest,- Ont, May 1 .—Montague Bmith of the private bankiag firm of L. H. Smith & Co. and Liberal candi- date for Tampton in the coming pro- vincial elections, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Mr. Smith’s business and private af- fairs were in the best of shape. No cause for the suicide is known. Flora, Ind., May, s X—Three pergons met death and gmother was fatalky in- Jured in a crossing accident one mile north of here when a Pennsylvania railroad passenget train struck a oar- riage, hurling the occupants iato, the alr. The vehigle contained the femily of Township. Trustee James k. Qripes, who met instant {death. Dfirfi pes, his wife, and two-year-ol ughter Ruth, algo w killed, and another child wab fatally; bust. The family was returning from a vieit in the country, when the horse Just to remind you of the importance of sav- ing yourteeth. That’s my business. DR. G. M. PALMER Dycame frightemed “at the train and sjarted to run. Evidently realizing that he could Boty control the antmal, Cripes loosened “hs hold upon the lines and let the horse run, thinking they would be able to crags the track before the train reached them. The engine struck ‘the bugky syuarely. ‘When picked up Mr. Cripes, his wife and youngest, daughter were dead. Solld Against Tariff Revision. ‘Washington, May :3).—The Repub- lfcan leaders in the house, through a mejority of the committee on ways and means, served final fiotice of “no tariff revision at this session.” Rep- resentative Champ Clark of Missouri moved in the committee an omnibus favorable report on eighty odd tariff [ reduction and tariff removal bills, || mostly introduced during the session || by Democratic members. 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