Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1908, Page 4

TERRIBLE FIRE SWEEPS " OVER WESTERN CANADA "SCORE OF PERSONS HURT Maryland Militiamen and Negroes En- gage in Riot. Rehoboth, Del, Aug. \—State militiamen engamped near here and a crowd of negroes of the vicinity en- gaged in a riot in which one man sus- tained a fractured skull and may not survive and more than a score of oth- ers were injured. The trouble began when some of the members of Company H of New- 1 Estimated That 150 Persons Have Perished in the Flames.—600 People Homeless. castle were standing around a merry go round. There were some words between colored bystanders and the soldiers and one of the colored men hurled a brick, which struck a private on the head, fracturing his skull. Instantly the soldiers, taking their arms, began pursuing every colored man they could find. The colored peo- ple sought safety under porches, on top of roofs and even in trees, while the enraged soldiers sought high and low for them, intent on vengeance for Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 3.—3.p. m. —(Special to Pioneer.)—One of the most dreadful conflagrations in the history of Canada is sweeping over the Elk River Valley in eastern Kootenai. For the past 24 hours a tremend- - ous brush fire has been burning and everything in its way for forty miles has been destroyed. STRIKE APPEARS Switchmen on Lackawanna The fire has held full and terrible sway for forty-eight hours and it is estimated that perhaps 150 people have met death in the track of‘the flame. The tollowing places have been destroyed: Fernie with a population of 3,500; Cold Creek with a population of 1,500; Michael with a population of 50; Hosmer with a population of 50. It is estimated that over 600 homes have been destroved Teachers’ Examinations. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. (Second Grade Studies continued.) their injured comrade. Governor Lea, who is in camp, upon learning of the disturbance, took ac- tive means to quell it. He sent a de- tachment of fifty soldiers to arresi the man who threw the brick and then dispatched officers -to pacify the en- raged soldiers. Finally quiet was re- stored, but not until more than a score of persons had been injured. WOULD STRENGTHEN NATIONAL TIGKET Hitchcock Desires Renomina- tion of Hughes. A. M.—8:00 Professional Test. g9:00 Spelling. 9:30 Geography. New York, Aug. .—Frank H. Hitch- 11:15 Composition and | cock, chairman of the Republican na- P sHj tional committee, met the New York en‘man‘s 1p- state leaders and discussed with them P. M.—1:30 U. S. History. the situation here as it relates to the 3:15 Civics. national campaign. During the early WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. part of the day he met Herbert Par- First Grade Studi sons, chairman of the New York coun- (BestiGrads Stadiesy) ty committee; Willlam L. Ward, mem- A. M,—8:00 Geometry. ber of the national committee from Physics, New York state, and Timothy L. 3 ‘Woodruft, chairman of the state com- Algebra. mittee. These leaders sought the con- Phys. Geography | ferences in order to present to Mr. or Gen. History. Hitchcock their personal views of the N co-operation. they expact between the Agriculture may be taken at| national officials and the state man- any one of the periods on Wednes- day, and may be substituted for either Geometry or Physical Geo- graphy. Marks of 75 from an incomplete examination not earlier than Feb- ruary 1906 will be accepted also State High School Board certifi cates in the senior subjects: arithmetic, geography, grammar, U. S. history, physiology-hygiene and }any other subjects required for first or second grade certifi- cates where the mark is 75 or pass plus. Asecend grade certificate on which no subject is marked below 70 per cent is upon recommenda- tion, renewable if the applicant has given evidence of ambition to improve by attending teachers’ meetings, institutes and training schools and by reading books prescribed by the Teachers’ Read- ing Circle Board and other edu- cational books and papers, Teach- ers should bring with them all credits they wish to offer includ. ing certificates. The examination will be held in the assembly room of the High School building. Dated at Bemidji, Minn., July 14th, 1908. ) W, B. Stewart, Co. Supt. of Schools. Dr. Orr Has Moved. Dr. J. H. Orr has moved his office from the Schroeder block to 402 Minnesota Ave., the first house agers. While Mr. Hitchcock declined to define his wishes concerning the question of renominating Governor Hughes his visitors gained the impres- sion that he expects the state conven- tion to name the present governor as candidate for another term. When Mr. Hitchcock was in the West he found distinct sentiment for Governor Hughes and a belief that nfs renom- ination would strengthen the Repub- Hean ticket in other sections of the country. LEADERS TO BE ARRESTED France May Suppress General Federa- tion of Labor. Paris, Aug. \—The rioting at Vig- neux Thursday has precipitated rather a serjous situation, owing to the de- cision of the government to arrest the leaders of the General Federation of Labor and possibly suppress the entire organization on the ground that it threatens public order. The re ports in the press agree that at Vig- neux the agitators deliberately inecited their men to provoke bloodshed and that the troops patiently submitted for hours to insults and stoning be- fore they fired. The conservative pa- pers unite in demanding the suppres- tion of the General Federation of La- bor as a revolutionary organization which is demoralizing the country and terrorizing the people. The organiza- tion is expected to fight bitterly for its existence. During the night the city was placarded with fnflammatory accounts of what is called the “gov- ernment’s crime,” calling for an ex- tension and prolongation of the strike. Gunboat Ordered to Ceiba. ‘Washington, Aug. .—Captain Mex- well of the gunboat Marietta, which has been ordered from Porto Cortez to Ceiba, Honduras, has been directed to investigate the circumstances lead- ing up to the cancellation of the exe- quaturs of the American and other consuls at that place by President Davila and also to afford protection and refuge aboard his vessel for them north of the city hall. if th hould become necessary. ANCHOR CEMENT BLOCKS OUR CLAIMS: Continuous Air Space. Moisture Proof. Can be plastered on without lath- ing or stripping with perfect safety. Any width from 8 to 12 inches, For sale by Anchor Concrete Block Co. OMICH & YOUNG, Proprietors. Yards on Red Lake “Y.” TOBE INEVITABLE Likely to Quit Work. HEARING REFUSED THEM President Truesdale Declines to Meet a Committee of Employes to Dis- cuss Differences and Outside Influ- ences Alone Can Avert Trouble. Walkout Will Affect Other Roads and Certain Lake Lines. Scranton, Pa., Aug. '.—President Truesdale has refused the switch- men’s request for a conference on the troubles on the Buffalo division of the Delaware, Lackawanna and VWestern railroad. Grand Master Hawley of the Switchmen’s union said afterward that a strike declaration seems inev- itable. After receiving President Trues- dale’s refusal the grievance board went into executive session to discuss the” prospects of bringing in outside influences to avert a strike. This is the first time President Truesdale has refused to meet a com- mittee of the road’s employes and his answer has cast gloom over the com- mitteemen, who were confident that he would meet with them and listen to their side of the dispute. Grand Master Hawley states that one of the last resorts of the men has been exhausted and that only outside interests can intervene to prevent trouble. What those interests are Le WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE. refuged to say, but the impression here is that they involve the engineers, firemen and tpainmen, the executive board of the Firemen’s union already being here to take up questions with General Superintendent Clurke next week. If a strike is called its center will be in Buffalo, where the present trou- ble originated over the discharge of, iwo men. John Cannop, the member of the grievance committee from that city, stated that all the railroads run- ning into Buffalo will be affected, as well as the various grain lines over the lakes. All the freight handlers on the doeks are affiliated with the American Federatfon of Labor and it is said that they would go out in sym- pathy with the switchmen if neces- sary. CLOAKMAKERS TO STRIKE Approximately 30,000 Workers Will Be Affected. New York. Aug. |.—While the coat tallors, who are organized as the Brotherhood of Tailors, have decided to have no general strike this year the cloakmakers, it is announced, are pre- paring for their first general strike in fourteen years. The cloakmakers broke gway some time ago from the United Garment Workers of America, to which the coat tailors belong, and 60 per cent of them are socialists. Presjdent A. Rosenberg of the Inter- national Women’s Garment Workers’ union, with which the Cloakmakers’ union is affiliated, says thzt a series of meetings are being held to vrepare for the strike, which, he says, will affect from 25,000 to 30,000 workers, including about 10,000 women, “Last year,” he said, “they were earnfpg from $18 to $20 2 week and now they are making from $7 to $8 a week. Some of them are making far less and the women average $3 and $1 a week. About 85 per cent of the cloakmakers are working, some on ‘whole and some on part time." Minister's Wifg Ends Life. Lebanon, N. H.,, Aug. .—AIrs. Alma Burnett, aged thirty, wite of Rev. C, D. Burnett, pastor of the Methodist church in Dexter, Ia., committed sui- cide on a train here by shooting. The body was found in the toilet room of the sleeping car. Mrs. Burnett was traveling with her husband and sis- terdn-law, Miss Bessie Burnett, prin- eipal of the high school §n Dexter, Ia. “Gaspipe Thugs” Executed, San Quentin Prison, Cal, Aug. |— John Siemsen and Touis Dabner, known as the “gaspipe thugs,” who committed a series of daring crimes in San Francisco foilowing the earth- quake and fire in 1906, wers executed in the penitentiary here. LINCOLN CENTENARY. Planned to Celebrate Event on Elab- erate Scale. . Springfield, 1ll, Aug. ‘,—Prepara- tions are being made for thg celebra- tion on an slaborate scale of ‘the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12, 1909. The exer- cises will be-held in this city. The entire proceedings will be un- der the general direction of the Lin- coln Centennfal association. Invita- to the ambassadors, ministew s and 3 consuls of the foreign goverhiny ents. agreed to be present-if possitile are Ambassadors Bryce ~and Jusj serand, ‘William J. Bryan and William 3 consist of formal ceremoniesat the grave during the morning, a meeting in the afternoon an quet at night. celebration have agreed upon and the educatfonal au- thorities of each state will be asked to carry them into effect. that the same programme which will be carried out in Illinois be also ob- Among those who have 1ilready L Taft. The programme in Springfidld will public a ban- Two features of the been pifactically ghese are served in every schoolhouse in the country and that at a certain hour of the day every school child in the land shall stand and while facing in the direction of Springfield repeat the brief speech that Lincoln uttered as he bade farewell to his friends and neighbors in Springfield the day he left for Washington in 1861. FOR DISRUPTION OF ~ HARRIMAN SYSTEM Government Agents Securing Evidence- in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. .—The Record-Her- ald says: Special agents of the government are in Chicago trying to collect evi- dence to substantiate proceedings for the disruption of the Harriman sys- tem of railroads upon the ground that the combination is in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. b For more than a week Ralph M. McKenzie, who did a great deal of the preliminary work in the investigation which the interstate commerce com- mission made into the affairs of the Harriman railroads, has been indus- triously working among the big ship- pers with a view to ascertaining how the Harriman combination has been used, if used at all, to stifle competi- tion and restrain trade. On Special Agent McKenzie's new calling list are all of the traflic men of the big indus- tries in the city. It is understood that the evidence is desired for use in con- nection with a suit to be begun by the government, which will be sim- ilar to the Northern Securities case, which resulted in the disruption of the Hill roads so far as a holding company is concerned. The special agent’s work s directed toward getting information from the shippers with respect to conditions hefore the combination of the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Ore- gon Short Line and the Oregon Rail- road and Navigation company and a comparison between these conditions and the conditions which exist today. FOR ABETTING GAMBLING. Brighton, Beach Racing Association ) Indicted. New York, Aug. .—The Brighton Beach Racing association, which con- cluded a racing meet at the Brighton Beach racetrack on Wednesday, was indicted by the Kings county grand Jury on a charge of aidinz gamblers to violate the new anti-gambling laws. Indictments were also returned ointly with the association agalnst Christopher Fitzgerald, its president; William Engeman, a large stockholder in the association, and John G. Cav- anaugh, formerly superintendent of the betting ring. These men have previously been indicted on similar charges, STORMS IN AUSTRIAN TYROL Heavy Loss of Life and Destruction of Property. Vienna, Aug. .—A series of ter- rific thunder and rain storms have caused destruction and heavy loss of life in the Austrian Tyrol. The Buko- wina district and the Ziller valley suffered especially. Reports coming fn here indicate that the loss of life has been heavy, Corpses are floating down the swollen streams and houses and stock have been washed away. The death roll in Bukowina is said to be fifty, while in the Ziller valley up- wards of twenty persons have lost their lives. VICTORY FOR .BRITONS. International Olympic Regatta Comes to an End. Henley, Aug. .—The international Olympic regatta came to an end with & sweeping victory for the United Kingdom oarsmen, who have defeated all the Continental rowers who par- ticipated in the races. The great event of the meeting was the championship eight, in which, after Winding several heats, the Bel- gian crew went down to defeat in the final before the Leander crew. The Leanders won by two lengths and a half over a course one mile and a half long, fu 7 minutes and 52 seconds, with comparative eass. The outcome of the contest was a great surprise, 88 many of the experts had practically conceded the race to the Club Nau- tlque de Gand. It was a battle of styles, the orthodox long stroke, well driven home by the British oarsmen, pgainst the short, light and fast stroke, without any swing, which twice hag caryigd the Belgians to vie- tory in the grand challenge at Henley. ADMITS EMBEZZLING $48,330 High Living Cause of Seattie Banker's Downfall. Beattle, Wash., Aug. .—R. F. Park- hurst, assistant cashier of the First National bank, was arrested and when confronted with an apparent discrep- ancy in his accounts confessed to a shortage of $48,330. Pagkhurst said he had been expcct: ing to be aryested and has made no effort to secure bajl. The bank is protected by a surety bond. Parkhurst is married. Expensive living Is said to have been the cause tlons have been issued to -the pres- of his downial), o R ey ON LAWMAKERS Discusses Abandonment of Oriental Trade. NO FLAG ON RIGH SEAS Declares Intelligent Legislation and Not Subsidies Is What We Need to Make an Ocean Carrying Trade Pos- sible—Points to Present Industrial Conditions as the Result of Contin- ual “Knocking” of Railroads. St. Paul, Aug. ..—James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern road, in discussing the abandonment of the marine por- tion of the Great Northern’s share in the trade with Japan and China, says recent developments .were not unex- pected. “Why,” exclaimed Mr. Hill, “ow Pacific trade has been gone for a year. As long as fifteen months ago I told them what was coming.” Asked if the action of the American transcontinental roads in withdrawing from the Pacific carrying trade was due to resentment of the action of the interstate commerce. commission Mr. Hill replied: “Resentment. No. The commission cannot be blamed for enforcing the law. The Pacific trade was given up because it did not pay. America to- day has no flag on the high seas, or might as well not have, for we cannot compete with any other country and must hand the load over to anybody that asks for it. The only way for us to continue in the Pacific trade would be for the railroads to own their own steamers and run them at heavy loss, which they cannot be ex- pected to do. Intelligent Legislation Needed. “We are not a seafaring nation. We have no sailors, though, under the law, Americans must constit. s two- thirds or three-fourths of the crews. You see how impossible competition is. We must pay sailors $30 a month in gold and the Japanese get them for §10 in silver. What we must have to make an ocean carrving trade pos- sible is not subsidies, but intelligent legislation—Ilegislation that helps in- stead of hinders. The lawmakers of | this country have been jumping, jump- ing, jumping on the railroads. What | are the results? To name only one, the railroads are nc longer able to buy material and the factories furnish- ing these supplies find their business has decreased from 25 to 30 per cent and hundreds of thousands of railroad men ang factory hands are out of em- ployment. This paralyzes everything. The railroads are not to be hammered with a bludgeon if the business world would have them prosper. The law- makers long ago were warned what the result of all this hostile legisla- tion would be and now events are proving forcibly that they who sound- ed the warning were not false prophets.” SAVED BY TRAIN CREW. Mother and Children Carried From Burning House. Racine, Wis.,, Aug. .—Mrs. J. M. Denney and her two children were rescued from thelr burning home three miles north of this city by Con uctor John Lindhard and Motorman John Billings of the Milwaukee Elec- tric Railway and Light company, as- sisted by thirty passengers, under the most exciting circumstances. The house was discovered to be on fire by the crew of the jncoming car. Mrs. Denney, with the children, were asleep in an upper room and it was with great difficulty that they were awakened. When awakened they be- oame dazed. The crew carried them through the smoke and flames in their nightclothes. PDuring the conflagration Conductor ITdindhard and Motorman Billings were burned on the hands and face and their clothing was scorched. Mr. Denney was in Milwaukee op busi- ness, BANKERS AID GOULD ROAD Arrangements Made to Meet Payment of Notes. New York, Aug. .—Arrangements for meeting the $8,000,000 of Wheel- ing and Lake Erie railroad notes were completed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Blair & Co., bankers, according to an announcement mgde by the bankers. It was stated that no issue of addi- tionai securities would be required under the plan, but the consiaeration by which the Gould rcad was enabled to meet the notes was not made pub- lic. Neither would any of the parties concerned in the transaction say whether or not the destiny of any of the Gould railroads was affected by the terms of the new agreement. & Lioyd Policy on Taft's Life. New York, Aug. i—Gossip among insurance men has it that a stock ex- change house has taken out a Lloyd policy on the life of Willlam H. Taft for $100,000. In the Roosevelt-Parker ecampaign a Republican who had bet en the candidate of his own party and figured that he could not lose except through the death of the Republican nominee took out a policy on the life of Mr. Roosevelt running to alection day. MILWAUKEE AUDITORIUM, Breat Celebration Attends Laying of Cornerstone. Milwaukee, Aug. 3.—The laying of the cornerstone of Milwaukee's Audi- forium was made the oceasion of one of the greatest civic celebrations in the history of the city. 'Fhe cere- monies were preceded by a magnifi- cent parade of four divisions, made up of military and civic bodies and accompanied by bands of music un- der the siperyision of General Louis Auer. ' Right Rev. Archbishop ~Messtior pronounced the invocation attendins the ceremony and addresses were made by Mayor David S. Rose for the city and by John H. Moss, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ association, for the Auditorium board. Alvin P. Kletzsch, president of the Auditorium association, assisted by Mayor Rose, officiated at the laying of the cornerstone. According to the plans the Audi- torjum will be one of the best con- vention halls in the world. All the requirements necessary for a large and commodious convention hall, such as large seating capacity, perfect ap- pointments, accessibility, adaptability, absolute safety, ample stage facilities Wwith every convenience, complete and lavish accessories in the shape of wardrobes, toilets, telegraph, tele- phone and storage service, ample pro- visions for exhibition space, banquet and assembly halls, market hall, coru- mittee and retiring rcoms are pro- vided for. WILL MAKE STRONG FIGHT IN THE SOUTH Republicans Expect fo Gain Sev- eral Seats in Congress. New York, Aug. 3.—It has been an- nounced at Republican national head- quarters in this city that an organiza- tion would be effected in every one of the Southern states and although no predictions were made that the Re- publicans would capture the electoral votes of any of those states it was said that inroads would be made in the Democratic representation in the house from the South. E. C. Duncan, member of the national committee from North Carolina, is strongly of the opinion that a number of congres- sional districts which are now Demo- cratic can be turned to the Repub- lican column. To a large degree he will have charge of the work in that territory. Representative McKinley of Illinois, the new chairman of the Republican congressional committee, will come to New York some time in the near future to talk with Mr, Hitehcock about the co-operation that will be arranged between the con- gressional and national Republican committees. Mr. Hitchcock is enthu- siastic about the consolidation of the literary bureaus of the two commit- tees. WILL BE REINSTATED, Cadets Recently Dismissed From West Point for Hazing. Oyster Bay, L. I, Aug. 3.—President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Wright have decided that the eight cadets who recently were dismissed from the United States military acad- emy at West Point for hazing shall be reinstated and that their punishment shall be administered according to the disciplinary method of the academy. Flood Sweeping Down Canyon, Azusa, Cal., Aug. 3.—Fifteen feet of ‘water is sweeping down the big fork of the San Gabriel river, carrying trees and driftwood with it, as the result of a cloudburst in San Gabriel canyon. All stages have been tied up and commurication with the camps is cut off. A rescue party has been formed and will start for the mouth of the canyon to offer assistance {f it is needed. - Verdict in Hazel Drew Case. Troy, N. Y., Aug. .—Coroner M. H. Strope has made public his findings s the result of the inquest into the death of Hazgl I Drew, whose body was found in Teal pond op July il. The finding is that death was caused by “a blow on the head from some plunt instrument in some manner un- known. Usual Midsummer Quiet, New York, Aug. .—Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate the usual midsummer quiet in many lnes, with a_gradual tendency to increase prep- arations for fall and winter trade, some districls making much better re- ports in this respect than ofhers. HELD TO THE GRAND JURY Mrs. Ben Teal and Detective Mousley Bound Over. New York, Aug. .—Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of a stage manager, and Harry Mousley, a private detective, were #ach held in $5,000 bail to await the action of the grand jury on charges against them of attempting suborng tion of perjury in trying to prepare testimony to be used In the divorce proceedings brought by Mrs. Frank J. Gould. Miss Julia Fleming, a seam- stress, who also js accused of having conspired to obtain false evidencé against Mr. Gould, already has waived examination before g magistrate and is held under bail. Survived by Four Generations. Green Bay, Wis,, Aug. —Willilam P. Call, first marshal of Depere in 1867, former sheriff of Brown county, assessor at Depere and well known throughout the state, is dead at the age of ninety-two years. Mr. Call is survived by twenty-one grandchildren, forty great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren and two sons and DIARRHD ‘There is no need of anyone suffer= ing long with this disease, for fo effect a quick cure it is only neces- 8ary to take a few doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy In fact, in most cases one dose is sufficient. It never fails and can be relied upon in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is equally val- uable for children and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. £ In the world’s history no tedicine has ever met with greater success. PRICE 25¢. LARGE SIZE 50¢. Barker’s DrugStore i ——— WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED FOR U. 5, ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 18 and 35; citizeas 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. CIGAR SALESMAN wanted in your locality to ~represent us; experience unnecessary; $110 per month and expenses. Write for particulars. Monroe Cigar Co., Toledo, O. WANTED—By small family in Grand Forks, good girl for general housework. One who can cook. Good wages. Apply 703 Beltrami Ave., or telephone 157, WANTED—Competent girl for general housework. Good wages. Apply at sheriff’s residence. WANTED—Good girl for kitchen work. Enquire at Lake Shore Hotel. WANTED—Chambermaid Brinkman hotel. at the FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. ) LOST and FOUND AN AN A AN AN NS AN S LOST—Between my residence, 903 Beltrami avenue and Great Northern depot watch chain and 32-degree masonic charm. A reward of $5 will be paid for return of same. William McCuaig. LOST—Kahke coat, near corner of Ninth street and Mijnnesota Ave- nue, tourist cup in pocket, initial J. A. McD.” For reward return same to this office. LOST—Child’s red sweater; on lake shore. Finder please return same to Markham hotel or Pioneer office. FOR RENT. s necome S i FOR RENT Seven room house, Inquire of A. Klejn, MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court Houyse. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian, 24 Hours in every day—but a telephone helps Aqueeze threg days’ worls into one. Tried and proyen. - Order the Northwestern two daughters, Kidnapped Wife From Hospital. Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. .—Know- Ing that his wife was suffering from leprosy Brigadier Gemeral David K Wardwell, retired, a hero ot two wars, secretly and i the night stole the womap from the contagious ward in the county hospital and has sgcluded her in Mexico, where he will make hig home with her. S v Explosion Wrecks Town. Huntington, W. Va., Aug. |.—A¢ the mining town of Stafford, Raleigh county, 100 kegs of powder in a pow- der house exploded. Nearly every building in the town was wrecked and |~ several people were seriously hurt. The, cause of the explosion fs un- known. The damage aggregated $200, 900, - Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELIL- ING A BUSINESS OR ' CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer e \