Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 3, 1908, Page 2

A THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOR, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Wntered in the postofice at Bemidii. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM GAME PROTECTION. It took the American people just as long tolearn the necessity of laws for the protection of the game of the country as it did to learn that means must be taken to save the timber. The supply of game was supposed to be as inexhaustible as the supply of wood, and the rifle and the ax were unceasingly busy. There are strong game laws today in nearly every state of the Union, and in most of the states they are fairly well enforced. = Education has done a good work, and the younger generation of Americans has been taught to shoot onlyin season and then to shoot only the birds and mammals that the law allows to be shot. The clause in the interstate com- merce law which forbids the ship- ment of illegally killed game from one state to another has served to save several species of birds from extinction. The market shooters are afraid of Uncle Sam, even though they are given to laugh at state efforts to suppress their killing trade. The Federal law has made it fairly certain that deer, prairie chicken, quail and some other animal species will have a long lease of life. Sentiment and the law combined aid in the work of saving the useful song birds. The worst enemy of the beneficial birds today is the newly arrived immigrant. Many of the Italians who go into the country to work on the railroads and those of them who live in the smaller towns make song-bird killing their common practice. Other foreigners 1ire not guiltless in the matter. Game wardens can- not be everywhere, and in their ab- absence the Italians, with their cheap shotguns, kill robins, meadow larks, bobolinks and other birds by the hundreds. There are some Americans who are just as bad, yes, and worse, than the foreigners. The latter eat the birds they kill. The former in the sheer wantoness of sport will shoot into a flock of birds and leave the dead and wounded where they fall. It is a common practice of some men who probably think they are sports- men to shoot into close flying flocks of black birds just to see the birds “rain down.” Education can reach some men, but their own shotgun methods are the orly ones that others will under- stand and heed. There is much be- ing done to save wild life of the country, but there is plenty of room for the expansion of effort. ORDERED TO SOUTH AMERICA British Squadron Now in South Af- rican Waters. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, +* 8 .—Orders have been given that the British squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott pro- ceed to South America on the com- pletion of its South African pro- gramme. The squadron consists of the cruisers Good Hope, Antrim, Car- parvon and Devonshire. London, Oct. 81.—It was declared at the foreign office that the sending . 8IR PERCY SCOTT. of the squadron under Sir Percy Scott to South America was in no way con- nected with the present Venezuelan situation. The government has not heard from Bir Vincent Corbett, the British min- Ister to Venezuela, since it sent him instructions to investigate and take requisite action in the matter of the selzure by Venezuela of the British sehooner Lady Kensington off the isl- and of Margarita and the lmyrlson- mant of the vassel'e on CHINESE PEOPLE ARE APATHETIC Show No Interest in Ameri= can Battleship Fleet. LOCAL OFFICIALS BLAMED Popular Feeling Due to Resentment Cat the Severe Measures Taken to Exclude the Public From Part tion in the Celebration Planned in Honor of the Nation’s Distinguished Guests. 3 Amoy, China, = -5./—The Chinese people are apathetic regarding the ar- rival here of the Second squadron of the United States Atlantic fleet. Only a few natives turned out to witness the arrival of the hattleships, com- posing, as they do, the strongest naval force that ever entered this port. Oniy 100 Chinese guests will be ad- Initted to the grounds on which the celebrations planned for the recep- tion of the American officers and sail- ors will be held and the resentment at the severe measures taken to exclude the Chinese from participation in the celebration is the cause of the apathy shown. The British consul has issued a cir- cular stating that the local officials have declined to issue more than six- ty passes to the enclosure to British subjects and that in consequence he will refuse to accept a pass. The fleet appeared off Taitan island at 6:30 a. m., having been met ten miles out at sea by the Chinese tor- pedo boat Feiying, which escorted the ships to their anchorage. Immediate- ly the ships came to anchor Captain Patton of the supply ship Culgoa, which had preceded the squadron; boarded Admiral Emory’s flagship, closely followed by the harbor master. Admiral Sah, cemmander of the Chi- nese squadron, who boarded the flag- ship at 10 o’clock, left with Admiral Emory the cards of Prince Tu Lang ond Liang Tun Yen, vice president of the foreign board, the imperial repre- sentatives sent by the government at Peking to welcome the fleet. Captain Dolwigh of the German cruiser Niobe, the only foreign naval vessel in the harbor, also called to pay his respects to Admiral Emory, as ¢id Julian H. Arnold, the American consul at Amey. American patrols have been landed and are stationed on the beach and along the roads. No officers or men will be allowed to enter the native city of Amoy. FOURTH MAN IMPLICATED Cenvicted Brnber Supplements Dra- matic Confession. San Francisco, Tzt .I—A fourth name has been added to the trio ac- cused in the confession of B. A. S. Blake, the convicted jury briber, who declared that he had been offered $10,000 and a pension of $100 per month for his wife to serve a term in the penitentiary without revealing the identity of his aMeged confederates. According to the statements made by Blake to Distriet Attorney Langden, supplementing the dramatic confes- slon he made in the open courtroom, Martin Stevens, an attorney, was made custodian of notes for $10,000, alleged to have been executed by Abraham Ruef, now on trial for brib- ery. Stevens, when asked to explain Blake’s accusations, refused to make any statement except under oath. Stevens was attorney for Blake when the latter was first accused of having offered $1,000 to John M. Kelley, a venireman, in order that Kelley should attempt to qualify on the Ruef jury and vote for acquittal, RESISTS BEING LYNCHED. Prisoner Shot te Peath in His Cell at Kingston, Tenn. Kingston, Tenn., 22 °22.—A mob of about thirty men attacked the Roane county jail and killed George Cook, held on a charge of killing John King, a ferryman, at Southwest Point, a few weeks ago. Of the members of the mob all save two were masked and these unmasked men were stran- gers to the sheriff. It is presumed the men intended to hang Cook, as they had a rope in their possession. However, when his cell was reached he offered resistance and produced a razor. With this weapon he made a defense and cut one of the men in the mob. This, it appears, enraged the invaders and Cook was quickly shot dead. The sheriff’s deputies are scouring the country in quest of evidence as to the members of the mob. Governor Patterson will be asked to offer a re- ward for their apprehension. DIES SUDDENLY AT OTTAWA Hon. Thomas Greenway, Former Pre- mier of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Man, 2z% ¢—Hon. Thomas Greenway, former premier of Manitoba and member of the rallway commission of Canada, died unexpect- edly in Ottawa, aged seventy years. He was head of the government which broke the Canadian Pacific rallway monopoly in Western ~Canada and brought the Northern Pacific railway into Manitoba twenty years ago, it being the first rival rallway of the Canadian Pacific to enter this coun- try. TESTIFY FOR MAS. GOULD Relatives Deny That She Used Liquor to Excess. New York, % t. | L—Testimony cal- culated to upset the contention of Howard Gould that his wife, Kather- | ine Clemmons Gould, on frequent oc- casions drank to excess and conduct- ed herself in an unseemly manner was offered by Elijah W. Sells and his daughter Marjorie in connection with Mr. Gould’s suit for-divorce. Sells and_his_danehter, who_are distantly- relatéd to Mrs. Gould, gave thelr tfmqny before a referee for use when, the case comes to trial. Their test mony was taken at this time because they are about to leave for Hurope. Mr. Sells sald he-had frequently vis- ited Mrs. Gouid and she had also been a guest at his home. He had never seen her under the influence of liquor, nor had he ever seen her act other- wise than in a ladylike manner. Mrs. Gould never drank more than one cocktail, a single pint of wine and two cordials at dinner, he sald. He had heard .that Mr. Gould charged that during the month of June Mrs. Gould was drunk and helpless at Cas- tle Gould, he said, while as a matter of fact she was at his home at North Castle, driving_horses and tandems and leading an outdoor life. Three Mén in Duel; All Dead, - Lafayette, Ga., 3:*. s1—In a ter-|: rific revolver fight with two brothers, John and Charles Henderson, Sherlif John Carlock was mortally wounded, but continued to fire upon his adver- saries until both were dead. The Hen- dersons operated a coal mine near here and the sheriff was called upon to serve warrants upon them for minor offenses. The men refused to be served and opened fire on the offi- cers. - The brothers were both shot through the heart and the Sheriff died later from a body wound. SAY GREAT SUMS WERE SQUANDERED Experts Report on Chicago-Mil- watkee Electric Line, Chicago, 7:% Z!«—Ten million dol- lars in round figures out of a total of $18,000,000 put up by investors for the bankrupt Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway company has gone into something else besides construe- tion, according to reports of certified accountants to the receivers appoint- ed by Federal Judge Peter 8. Gross- cup. The reports show that $8,454,000, including the floating debt, have been spent in the construction of the en- tire road. Outstanding against this is a totai bond and certificate issue of $16,000,000 and other debts amounting to $2,169,000, making a total debt of $18,169,000. The difference hetween this amount and the money actually expended on the road is $9,715,000. Only a hazy idea of the ultimate dis- position of this $9,715,000 exists out- side the circle of the promoters of the company. A tremendously large amount was dissipated in the selling of bonds at extremely low prices. Un- til affairs are probed thoroughly the investors will not know all of the quicksand that sucked in their money. The Wisconsin division of the road is the niost striking example of ex- traordinary financing. The actual cost of the comstruction was $2,250, 000. Against this is a debt of $13,- 929,805. MORE COAST ARTILLERY. Will Be Sent From New York to Phil- ippines via Suez Canal. ‘Washington, © *. —Four com- panies of coast artillery from the At- lantic coast will be sent to the Phil- ippines about March 1 next, making the journey from New York via the Suez canal. The order is in accord- ance with the plan adopted for im- provement of the fortifications of the Philippines. One gun company will be located at Fort Wint, Grande isl- and, at the entrance of Sibley bay, and two gun companies and one mine company will be located at Fort Mills, on Corregidor island, at the mouth of Manila bay. About Dec. 1 two mine planters will be sent to the Philip- pines. There are at this time only two companies of coast artillery in the Philippines. ESCAPE WITH. LIGHT FINES Contractors Plead Guilty to Plunder- ing City of Boston. Boston, C:* vfficials of two of the largest structural ~steel com- panies in the city, David H. Andrews, president of the Boston bridge works, and Charles N. Fitts, secretary of the New England Structural -company,| pleaded guilty to an indictment charg- ing them with collusion in obtaining contracts from the city of Boston. Each paid a fine of $1,000 and in addi- tlon paid $5,000 to the city for extra profits which the two companies are said to have derived from the con- tracts. GOMPERS CONTINUES ACTIVE Urges Labor to “S§tand True to the Cause of Human Freedom.” ‘Washington, < ... ox.—Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, announced that he was sending out for - distribution among union labor people throughout the country a special issue of the American Federationist, containing articles defining labor’s attitude in the present political campaign. Mr. Gom- pers also sent telegrams to practically every labor organization in the coun- try urging his followers to “redoubled activity and alertness and to stand true to the great cause of human free- dom involved in this campaign.” 8torm on New. England Coast. Boston, 0~ s1.—The New England coast was visited by a storm of wind and rain of greater severity than has been experienced since last winter. The storm center was in the vicinity of Nantucket and Cape Cod bore the brunt of the gale. Even the twin screw turbine steamer Yale of the |belag Metropolitan line, bound from New York to Boston, could not weather the cape and had to join a fleet of coast- ers anchored ufidér protection of Mon- omoy point. A bottomless well has been discov- ered at Juarez, Mexico. That must be | testis the hiding place of all of the para- mount issues Mr. Bryan has deserted. Tfllll B (}URTIS ‘glorte Flatly Contradicts His , Co-Defendant. EXPLAINS ACTS AT LENGTH Financier and Promoter, on the Stand in His Own Defense, Declares the Bank “of North America Never Busted; That It Closed Down for ° Liquidation and That All Depos: - Itors Have' Been Paid in Full. New York, © - *i—Charles W. {Morse, .who, with . Alfred . H, Curtls, Kormer president of the National Bank of North America, is on trial in the criminal branch of the United States circuit court en a charge of conspiracy and . violation of the national banking laws, continued on the ‘stand when the trial was resumed. He said he accepted full responsibility for the sa called’ dummy loans, made in the name of Leslie B. Whiting, a nine: teen-year-old office’ boy. The loans were made by Mr. Curtis and Mr. Wire, as officials of the National Bank of North America, said Mr. Morse, but in making them they had acted at his request and he considered himself re- F‘ C. -W. MORSE. sponsible for the loans. If the loans were not reported to the comptroller of the currency, however, the omis- slon was not due to any request made by him and the act of omission was without his knowledge. Coming to the loan made by Wes- ley M. Oler, president of the Amer- ican Ice company, on 1,000 shares of ice stock, Morse said he had been as- sured of lasting gratitude by Oler be- cause of his action in that instance. ‘When his attention was called to the testimony of Mr. Oler in the present trial to the effect that he had tipped Morse to' sell, the 1,000 hares of ice when the stock was sell! ng at 90, but that Morse had refused to sgell, saying that it would go to 110, Morse said. “If he had wanted to sell that ice at 90 he could have done so. It was his own stock and not mine. I never re- fused to sell it. The statement is wrong.” Flatly Contradicts Curtis. Continuing his testimony Mr. Morse flatly contradicted the statement al- leged to have been made to him by his eo-defendant that he had “busted” the Natiomal Bank of North America. “Curtis never said anything of the kind to me,” said Mr. Morse, when his counsel questioned him with ref- erence to this statement, which was made by a witness for the prosecu- tion. “The bank never was busted,” he was continuing, when the prosecu- tion objected. His counsel protested that the witness should be permitted to continue and show that the bank eontinued in operation until Jan. 31; that it was then closed for liguidation only; that all depositors have been paid in full and that several million dollars ef real estate and securities remain for stockholders. Judge Hough sustained the objection of the prose- cution. Morse' speat much time ex- pladaing his acts in conmection with e National Bank of North America d maintained that everything he did was done in the full light and in the bapk’s interest. When Mr. Morse started to tell of & conversation he had in: this city with Cemptroller of the Currency Ridgely in October and November, 1907, coun- sel for the prosecution objected and was sustained by the eourt. “I want to show,” said ex-Congressman' Little- fleld, counsel for Mr. Morse, in argu- ing against the objection, “that Comp- troller Ridgely in those conversations not only absolved Mr. Morse from all responsibility concerning the affairs of the National Bank of North Amer- ica, but even discussed going into the banking business with him.” Morse said that since 1905 he had done business to the extent of $65,- 000,000 with the National Bank of North America and his pass books show that he always kept “an average balance of a little less than $200,000.” Confidence More General. New York, ___ Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate that the feeling of confidence is becoming more general and the volume of busis 1e8s 18 also accelerated by seasonable anthew. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at leastone dreaded all its stagos, and that s Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Onre!.s the only positive cure now kmown to the medical fratornity. Catarrh a constitutional disease. requires constitutional - treatment. Hail’s Ostarrh Cure'is taken internally. acting directly Ipen the blood and mucous. surfaces of the systom, thereby dest the foundation e disease. aud £1ving the patlentstro B Diis oo Tha Comm cation ao8. ssfatiig Dagure i dolng 1ts work, The proprietors bave so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send fer list of imonials. B'ENEY & 00., Toledo, O. - Long' Distance Wlul-ia Work. Seaftle, Wash, T« si—For the first time in the histery of the wire- less a steamer between San Freneisco and Honolulu has been in communios: tion with both shtlonl at the same time. 'This tool lpce aboard the steamer Lurline ot tho galion company, whieh same time to beth whip g, {les o\g of Sen Fracisco bound fo! enelulu. Banker and Philanthropist. New York, 3ot ox.—Hugh Keily, banker, sugar manufacturer and phil- anthropist, died at his residence in this city, aged fifty years. Me been {ll three weeks. Mr. Kelly wa born in Chicago and entered the West Indian trade in 1871, being later prem- inently identified with sugar intereys in Cuba, Porto Rico and Santo’ Do- ml.ngo. 2 BLAZE IN HOLD BURNS FIVE DAYS Steamer Finally Reaches Port Under Her Own Steam. Ban Juan, Porto Rico, 2<% Zi.—The steamer H. V. Luckenbach, from New York for San Juan, arrived hére with the fire in her hold still burning. All her' passengers and crew are well. The former numbered thirty-one. The fire was discovered at 4 o’clock in the morning of Oct. 26, when the vessel was 580 miles south of Sandy Hook. The passengers were at once awak- ened and the small boats were brought out, provisioned and made ready to lower away in case it should become necessary to abandon the steamer. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the 26th the steamer Philadelphia of the Red D line sighted the plight of the Luckenbach and signalled to her. The Philadelphia answered, “I am coming alongside.” She drew near and acted as. a convoy until the Luckenbach reached here. Both vessels came into port together. forced the passengers to withdraw from their cabins and temporary cots and eating tables were placed on the promenade deck for them. It was impossible to gain access to the hold. The officers did not dare to open the hatches to combat the fire in the fear that the draft thus created would fan the flames. Holes were bored in the deck and all the steam it was pos- sible to spare from the engines was forced through them into the hold. ‘Water also was pumped below. Sev- eral members of the crew were over- come by the fumes during the work of putting these fire extinguishing plans into operation, but they were promptly revived. All the straw votes seem to make political hay for Taft and Sherman. ‘TO CURE A COLD INONE DAY, Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drngfls&s refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 2c. dmu L 0 Tnke all's Flmlly "Pills for constipation. The heat and smoke from the fire| MI Taik with your dm:lnr about Ayer’s non- alcoholic Sarsaparilla. Ask him if he pre- scribes it for pale, delicate children. Ask him if he recommends it when the blood ligour doctor freely about medi- is thin and impure, and when the nerves are “He S';’m Trust him. Weak andunstendy Ask him i ollow his advice. in bmldingupthegenenlhemh.mm BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji good lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the residence -part of town which will be sold on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidi. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month . Typewriter Ribbons AR-G0L cures SORE THROAT OWL DRUG STORE, BEMIDJI, MINN. The Pioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes of Typewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75'cents for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes.