Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1908, Page 4

SHOULD G ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL ET AID ASKED Sisters of St. Benedict Request that Donations Be Made During the Thanksgiving Season for the Benefit of Their Hospitals. ] Narrow Escape from Wires. Through the shunting of several freight cars onto the M. & I. side tracks, which were recently built for the Northern Grocery company, Sat- urday night, three electric light poles were broken and four different wires were severed, leaving four exceedingly “live” currents, which might have proved fatal to anyone who came in contact with . the wires. The wires were left unprotected until yesterday motning, when the Warfield Electric light company was notified. The electric people . got busy and replaced the poles and took care of the live'wires, thereby remov- ing the danger. ' It is said that several people |passed in close proximity to the wires, not knowing the danger that was lurking near them. Personal contact with any of these wires would have undoubtedly proved fatal, and it is indeed fortunate that no one happened to come in contact with the wires. St. Anthony’s Hospital, Bemidji. The Sisters of St. operate a number of Benedict, who hospitals throughout northern Minnnesota, including the St. Anthony’s hospi-! tal in this city, have issued a circn- lar asking for donations to the| hospitals for the Thanksgiving sea-| san. As these hospitals are many| times called upon to care for cases! in which there is absolutely nu‘ recompense and oftentimes a heavy outlay, a generous response should tollow the receipt of the circular, which is as follows: “THANKSGIVING DAY.” ““Dear Friend:—Thanksgiving Day being the “Donation Day” for our hospital, it gives an opportunity to cause of suffering humanity. We therefore, earnestly appeal to your charity in behalf of the sick poor. “We are daily called upon to care for patients who are entirely desti- | tute of means, and have no friends, and the result is a considerable financial strain upon our Institution. “Anything in the line of groceries, eatables, bed-clothes, night-dresses, night-shirts, as well as money, will be accepted with much gratitude. “Thanking you in advance for kind favors, and invoking God’s blessing upon you in our daily pray- ers, we remain, N “Yours very respectfully, “Sisters of St. Benedict. “St. Anthony’s Hospital, our good friends to aid us in the| “Bemidji, Minn.” BERT IMSON COMPANY OPEN AT THE CITY OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT The Bert Imson Dramatic company arrived in the city this morning from Blackduck, where they had played a very successful engagement to packed houses. This company will appear at the City Opera ‘house all this week, and will open their engagement this evening with the great drama, “The Blacked Hand.” This is one of the very best plays ever given here. There MASTER ROBERT ST. CLAIR, Child Actor Who Is Member of Bert Imson Company. are American men and women for t and the wooded mountains of Kentucky for a background. ypes; a southern feud for a subject, The play will certainly please all classes, and the company should be given a good house, as they are deserving. One of the features of the company is Master Robert St. Clair, who is only 8 years of age. child actor. He is a splendid little fellow, and a very clever _—mmmm——————— NEEDED FOR CANAL WORK Bide Asked on New lIssue of $30,000, 000 Bonds. Washington, Nov. 3/.—Discussing the new issue of $30,000,000 2 per cent Panama canal bonds, bids for which have been asked by the treas- ury department, Secretary Cortelyou stated that the expenses of building the canal warranted the issue and the |- money was needed to pay for the work there. This will be the third issue under the Spooner law, which provided for & total issue of $130,000,000. ~ The first issue was for $30,000,000 and the second for $24,000,000. With the new issue $84,000,000 of the authorized bonds will have been issued, leaving An_available issue of $46,000,000. The expenditures on account of the jcanal have exceeded the’amount of the bonds thus far issued by about 1$28,000,000, but the balance has been |paid out of the current funds of the treasury. The present issue was ne- | cessitated at this time, it is said, be- icause, owing to the deficit, the work- ing cash balance of the treasury has been reduced to about $18,000,000. Used Woodwork for Fuel. Port Townsend, Wash.,, Nov. 2'.— Stripped of every fragment of frame- | work that could be used for fuel the | British steamer Craigvar arrived here twenty-seven days from Yokohama. Captain Edmunds reported that in ad- dition to a shortage of coal the steam- er passed through gales that contin- ually threatened her destruction. Granted Marriage License. Clerk of Court Rhoda of this city granted a'marriage license Saturday afternoon to Erick W. Wernberg to wed Agnes Hanson. The young couple are both of Blackduck. Dance at Masonic Hall. The Bemidji Dancing Club will give another of its popular dances in the Masonic hall Wednesday even- ing, Thanksgiving eve. WILL REMAIN SIX MONTHS Richard Croker Arrives in This Coun- try for a Visit. New York, Nov. 2.—Richard Cro- ker, who for years directed the des- tinies of Tammany Hall before he re- tired to lead the life of the country gentleman at Glencairn, his big estate in Ireland, returned to New York merely as a visitor, he has said, to see his old friends and -renew old ac- quaintances. It is expected that Mr. Croker will remain in the United States about six months and it is likely that a portion of that time, at least, will be spent in Southern Cali- fornia or some other section of the country where the winds of winter are less severe than in New York. The old Tammany leader had espe- clally requested that no demonstra- tion of any kind he made by his friends in this city upon his arrival and in compliance with his request his reception down the bay was a quiet one. Lewis Nixon, one of Mr. Cro- ker’s closest political friends and who himself once held the reins of power in Tammany, was one of the first to greet the old Tammany chieftain. This visit of Mr. Croker to America is the first he has made in four years, LITTLE CHANCE OF RECOVERY Grove Lake (Minn.) Merchant Shot by Bandit. St. Cloud, Minn.,, Nov. fL—M. C. ‘Whitney, a Grove Lake merchant, was held up in his store by a masked man, who shot at him seven times, two of the shots taking effect. Whitney lies in a precarious condi- tion at his home and has a slim chance of recovering. Mr. Whitney was about to close his store for the night when the man rode up on horseback, dis- mounted, tied his horse and entered the store. Without speaking he fired at Mr. Whitney. It is believed that he intended to rob the store, but lost his nerve. Mr. Whitney is well known in Stearns county, where he made his home many years and where he has held several county offices. Further Gradual 'mprovement. New York, Nov. 3 .—Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate further gradual improvement in the trade sit- nation, the best sign being a disposi- tion to employ more men in the iu- dustries. Turner and the Doctor. When Turner, the -famous painter, ‘was dying at Chelsea he sent in de- spair for a Ramsgate doctor who had done him some good during his recent stay at that place and who, he hoped, might take a different view of his case from that which the London physiciafis had expressed. The doctor arrived and confirmed the opinion that the artist had very little time longer to llve. “Wait a bit,” said Turner to the doc- tor. “You have had nothing to eat and drink yet, have you?’ “No, but that's of no consequence.” “But it is,” re- plied the painter. “Go downstairs, and you will find some refreshment, and there is some fine brown sherry—don’t spare it—and then come up and see me again.” The doctor refreshed himself and then came back to the patient. “Now, then,” sald Tygner, “what is it? Do you still think so badly of my case?’ The doctor regretfully said he could not alter his former opinion. The artist shook his shoulders, turned his face to the wall and never spoke again! —Dundee Advertiser. A Fine Dodger. Carol’s grandfather had served in the war, and Carol liked to hear of the many battles in which he had fought. One day after listening to the vivid re- cital of many heroic deeds Carol said: “Grandfather, you went through all those battles?’ “Yes.” “And the shot and shell fell all around you?” “Yes.” “And soldiers were falling and dying everywhere?” “Yes.” “Well, grandfather, what a fine dodger you.must have been!”—Delinea- AN “A-B-C” ADVERTISING - ~ CONTEST T0 BE PUT ON The Daily Pioneer Will Give One Doilnr in Cash Each Week to Some Good Speller Who First Sends in Cor- rect List of Misspelled Words. : The Pioneer will, within the next few days, inaugurate what .is known as a1 “A. B. C. Advertising Con- test,” the same to continue, once each week, in the Daily, for eight weeks. Throughout the “‘ads” of the different merchants of the city will be several intentionally mispelled words, which ‘are changed each week that the ads 'are run in the paper, and the changes are so made until the eight weeks have passed. The Pioneer will pay one dollar in cash; each week, to the person who will send in the first corrected list of the misspelled- words in the ads, stating in whose ad the words were ' found and what the words were. B ; It will be necessary to read each advertisement ~very carefully, in order to find the misspelled words and therein lies the value of the ads as trade-pullers. Noonein any way connected with the Pioneer will be allowed to enter this contest and everything connected | with the contest will. be conducted ina fair and impartial -mianner. So dig up your spelling.book and ipost up o1 spelling. Mr. Moore is soliciting the ads for the Pioneer. GOMPERS LOSES ON A TEST VOTE Radical§ Defeat His Motion in Convention. PREFER T0 G0 TO JAIL Advocate a System of Non-Resistance When Courts lIssue Injunctions in Labor Disputes—Head of Federation Believes in Fighting When a Judge Invades His Rights as a Man and a Citizen. Denver, Nov. ! .—In a test vote on the report of the committee on report of the president at the American Fed- eration of ILabor convention Presi- dent Gompers was defeated in his de. sire to have that portion of the re- port on “litigation harrassing labor” referred back to the committee. The committee recommended a more dras- tic stand than Mr. Gompers approved of and an amendment was offered re- storing the original meaning of the president’s report, which on this sub- Ject said: “If the situation is to become sd acute let us personally, as best we can, defend our rights in the courts, taking. ensue.” When the committee’s report on the president’s report was taken up President Gompers resigned the chair to Joseph F. Valentine, seventh vice president, of the federation. It was decided to take up the re- port of the committee on president’s report seratum. Each subject in the president’s report was commented upon and ‘approved by the committee and as the reading proceeded the con- vention endorsed the recommenda- tions of the committee. The action of President Gompers; as told in his report, in regard to the Buck Stove and Range company in- junction, was unanimously endorsed by a rising vote. There was no discussion of the committee’s report until the subject “Litigation Harrassing Labor” was reached. On this subject the committee de- clared that when a judge issues an injunction in labor disputes it is the duty of organized labor to disobey and go to jail and advised that the funds of the organization be not used to defend any such suit because would be a useless expenditure. An Amendment Offered. James Duncan of the granite cut ters’ organization, first vice president of the federation, opposed the recom- ‘mendation. He said union men are law abiding citizens and should pro- ceed like any ‘other citizens to de” fend themselves at all hazards. He moved to strike out the words advis ing the labor men to disobey the in- Junction. Other delegates spoke in support of or in opposition to the report and President Gompers then took a hand in the debate. “If the men and women who have been cited in injunction suits had shown a craven spirit I should en- courage all to resist this invasion of his rights, but I know of no such case,” said Mr. Gompers. “I take it the intention of the committee was to make the situation acute. Tt is not necessary for us to make the situa- tion acute. Our enemies have done this and will continue to do this for us. They will want their pound of flesh and their greed and avarice will be their own undoing. “When _an injunction Is issued against me which invades my rights as a man and a citizen T am going tc resist that injunction.” Mr. Gompers suggested that the en tire matter be referred back to the committee and a motion to that effect was made from the floor. The propo- sition to refer back to the committee was defeated by an overwhelming vote. ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTION Bryan Comments Bitterly on Several Features. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2 .—Discussing with some show of bitterness the charge that the labor vote of the coun- try was not cast for him and that the labor planks: in the Democratic plat- form alienated more votes' than they whatever consequences may ‘won W. J. Bryan devotes several col- umns of the next issue of his Com- ‘moner to an analysis of the eucti\}n Teturns and an attack on the metnods he says were pursued to keep the la- bor men from voting the ticket which their natural inclinations led them to, Mr. Bryan gives Samuel Gompers credit for sincere and honest effort, but he contends that effort was offset by the threats of Republican employ- ers of labor that there would be no work if the Democratic ticket was successful. X Declaring that Tammany has either become impotent or did not work for the success. of the Democratic ticket in the late campaign Mr. Bryan says there must be something radically wrong in the organization and calls for an explanation from the men who control the big political organization of New York city. MURDER IN PENITENTIARY Convict in Stillwater Prison K Another. Stillwater, Minn., Nov, 2 .—Frank Lameir, alias I'rank Lafountain, serv- ing seven years in the state prison for robbery in the second degree in Itasca county, was murdered in the prison solitary and hospital by James - Cunningham, a notorious colored man, who is under sentence of five years for grand larceny in Minneapolis. A rude knife was used and the vic tim was stabbed through the heart and died instantly. The knife was made of either a piece of hoop from a bucket or spring from a bed and was ten inches long. It was sharp as a razor and shaped like a dirk. The negro had it encased in a cloth scab- bard and a cord with which ke at- tached it to his body inside his cloth- ing. Cunningham is believed to be in- sane. STORM AND FLOOD CAUSE MANY DEATHS *Southern Iltaly Scene of Terri- ble Catastrophe. Naples, Italy, Nov. 2 .—Hundreds of deaths and tremendous loss of prop- erty have resulted from the storm and flood that ravaged the province of | Calabria and a part of the island of Sicily, according to reports received here. Thousands are homeless, a score of towns have been badly wrecked and shipping has been destroyed. The country is impassable and com- munication with parts of the stricken district is so meager that the full ex- tent of the calamity can only be con- jectured. The big death rcll resulted from drownings in the flond, destruction of vessels, landslides and the collapsing of scores of houses. The storm was the worst that has visited Southern Italy in years. Urgent measures are being adopted for the relief of the sufférers and still more troops are being hastened to the scene with orders to take heroic steps to prevent an outbreak of dis- ease, T0 QUIET PUBLIC FEELING Reference to Emperor William in Reichstag Barred. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Acting upon the advice of Chancellor von Buelow Count von Stolberg, the president of the reichstag, will endeavor to pre- vent all reference to Emperor Will- iam, for the present, in the reichstag discussions. This course has been de- cided upon in order to quiet public feeling and to lessen the opportunities for agitation: The chancellor will speak at the end of the month on the question of his responsibility and the meaning of his recent audience with the emperor. Prince von Buelow is reported to be nervously depressed and more than ever disposed to resign: from office when a good opportunity arises. JUMPS FROM TRAIN WINDOW Man Arrested for Alleged Shortage Escapes. Duluth, Nov. 2.—Malcolm Stewart, who was.wanted in Duluth on a charge of. being short $1,700 in his accounts with the Universal Milling company, leaped headforemost through a lavatory window on the Omaha’s Twilight limited and escaped. He was being brought back to Du- luth from Minneapolis, where he was arrested by Sheriff Bates of St. Louis county. Stewart jumped from the train as it ran onto the bridge over the bay and if he had delayed his leap a minute longer he would have | <llan into the weter SCORE KILLED | IN EXPLOSION Brooklyn Gias Main Blows Up With Terrific Force. WORKMEN DIE IN TRENCH Whole Street Tumbles Into a Fifty- Foot Excavation in Which Fifteen or More Laborers Are at Work and Several Pedestrians Also Are Car- ried Down—Tenements in the Neighborhood Rendered Dangerous. New York, Nov. 2.—More than twenty persons lost their lives as a result of the explosion of a gas main at Gold and Front streets, Brooklyn. Practically the whole street from stoop line to stoop line between Gold and Front streets was tumbled into a fifty-foot excavation in which fifteen or more men were working and sev- eral persons who were walking along the street are believed to have been carried down. Fifty tenement houses on the block are in such danger of | falling into the trench that the occu- pants have been ordered out by the police. At least one woman and three little girls are said by the police to have been swallowed up in the cavein ‘which followed the explosion. The workmen were difging a trench through Gold street for the installa- tion of a 36-inch sewer pipe. The ex- cavation was to be nearly forty feet deep and as the laborers removed the earth the walls had been shored up by large timbers. With Charles Schiff- meyer, a city inspector of sewers, overseeing the work the men were working at the bottom of the trench when an accumulation of gas from a main which had been accidentally broken during the course of the work exploded with tremendous force. The supporting timbers were ripped away and the high dirt walls toppled over on Schiffmeyer and his men. A large ‘water main also was broken by the force of the explosion and a perfect torrent of water began to spurt up through the mass of wreckage. Al- most side by side with these geysers roared the flames from the gas escap- ing from the broken main. So great was the mass of broken timber and mud in the bottom of the trench that four hours after the ex- plosion the police and firemen had been unable to find any other than the one body which was found in the street. It was believed that the bod- ies of nearly twenty workmen and an unknown woman and two children were buried in the debris, but the work of recovery was delayved by the necessity of shoring up the high wall of the trench before an attempt was made to clear away the wreckage. Timbers were hauled to the scene and the flow of water and gas shut off. A remarkable feature of the acci- dent was that four men who were working in the lower part of the trench and who heard the first sound of the crumbling timbers saved their lives by crawling through a sewer pipe which led towards the Bast river. These men were obliged to make their way through water almost up to their necks before they reached a place of safety. VERDICTS OF INDIANA JURY Murderer Gets Thirty Days and Needy Thief Eiqht Years. Chicago, Nov. 2. —Thirty days in jail for a man charged with murder, who had slashed his victim’s throat with a razor, stabbed another man in the abdomen and crushed the skull of a third, and eight years in the peni- tentiary for a man who had stolen a pair of boots because he had none were sentences imposed by a jury which tried the two defendants in the Lake county (Ind.) superior court, sit- ting at Hammond. The man charged with murder was Joseph Mahovski. The other defend- ant was Lawrence Ryan. His sen- tence was adjudged under the inde- terminate act. AUTQ DASHES INTO RIVER Two Occupants Drowned, but Six Are Rescued. Chicago, Nov. 2.—Two persons were drowned and six others rescued from the water when an automobile in which they had been speeding to- ward Chicago swerved from its course at the approach to the Torrence ave- nue bridge over the Calumet river. The occupants of the machine were four chauffeurs and four young wo- men. All were thrown into the river. The bridge tender and three compan- jons rescued three girls and helped three of the men to reach shore. Jos- eph Meyer and Margaret Atkins, how- ever, were drowned. TRAIN RUNS DOWN HANDCAR Four Track Laborers Killed and Five Injured. Chicago,” Nov. & .—Ten track labor- ers. on a handcar were run down by a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail- road passenger train between High- land and La Grange, Ill, and four were killed and five injured. The accident is said to have been due to a mistake on the part of the laborers, who put their car on the wrong track, Big Tobacco Deal Pending. Louisville, Nov. 2 .—From sources entirely trustworthy the statements come that only a fraction of a cent a pound stands between the American Tobacco company and the Burley To- bacco society in closing the biggest deal ever made .in tobacco. The clos- ing of the. deal will' mean that the company will take over nearly all the tobacco in the burley pool, amounting to 50,000,000 or 60,000,000 pounds, in- volving i the neighborhood of $19, 000,000, : $1000.00 Given for. any sbstance jurious to health found Teaultiog from the ONE CENT A WORD HELP WANTED WANTED—Girl to assist in wmusic store. Must be able to play piano. Srate salary expected. Address Postoffice Box 958, Bemidji, Minn. Wanted—Girl to learn typesetting. Apply at once to the Pioneer. Splendid opportunity to learn to become a compositor. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Household goods at bargain. Parties moving away from city. Call at 1011 Minne- sota avenue. L. Goldberg. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—Horses and harness. S. P. Hayth, back of postoffice building. FOR SALE—Cheap, stove. avenue. good cook Inquire at 616 Minnesota FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Nicely-furnished front * room for rent. Apply to 921 Minnusota Avenue. FOR RENT—6-room house, 1109 Dewey avenue. Apply Mrs. Edd, 210 Sixth street. MISCELLANEOUS. 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—A horse to carry lunch- es with ata logging camps near Wilton. Inquire at Empire Em- ployment office. BOARDERS _\VANTED—Good board and room at 619 Minnesota avenue. WANTED—Good roll top desk. Inquire at Pioneer office. YOU OWE it to your family; a means of instant, certain and inexpensive communication wita the outside world. Order the Northwestern Ordinance No. 3s. Upon motion of alderman Tom Smart seconded by alderman George H Rhea the tollowing ordinance was insrauced: ‘An ordinance making it unlawfal to throw, place or deposit any bottle, glass, tincan or any articles of tin, old iron plece of Wood containing nails In auy 1ake of Hver withia the limits of the City of Bemidjl, or on any street, alley, avenue, park or Dubjic #tound within the limits of said city, and prescrib- flu%hn‘u%‘xih%eont f(}ll‘ vtiolhlflsfl thereof. 3 y Councilof the City of ordain as follows: Y. Bemldll, do Sec. 1. It shall be unlawtul for any person to thtow, place or deposit any botile. elase. tin can, or any article of tin, old iron, piece of wood contaming nails in any lake oF Hege within the limits of the City of BemidJ, or on any street, alley. avenue, park or pupils &round within the Lmits of sad olty, Sec. 2. Any person violating section one of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof punished by a fine of not more than twenty five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and upon default of the pay= ment of such fine, by imprisonment in the county jail of Beltrami County, not exceed- ing thirty days, nor less than two days. Sec. 3 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its publication. First Reading Oct 19th 1908. Second Heading Oct, 26ih 1908 ?;Alfl!d "foflfléflnggvg 2nd 1908, es” McCualg Johnson Sm Gogla, Marin ¥ £ Gonig, - ot Miller BT ay5"—None, - Absent B Ordinance declared carriq ~ o0 Fhea. Approved this ith day of Nov. 1906, THOS MALOY e Pofif;fi, City Clerk. 4 Published on th Ghe PIONEER Delivered to your ., door every evening Only 40c per Month