Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 26, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J..PRYOR. % Entered in the postofice at Bemidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM —_— HITCHCOCK A POOR POLITICAL PROPHET It is reported that R. W. Hitch- cock of the Hibbing Tribune, while in Bemidji recently seliciting calen- - dar orders, said that he would, be- ginning the first of the coming year, write editorials for the Duluth Evening Herald, indicating to the gentleman in whom he confided that his (the elongated one’s) ability was such that he can prepare matter for either republicans or democrats. Hitchcock has been trying for several years to be on the winning side of the different gubernatorial contests, and his political guesses have been about as nearly correct as was his measuring of legal matter at the time he was conducting the Pioneer and was defendant in charges of too liberal padding of printing accounts. Hicthcock, as editor of the Duluth Evening Herald, would certainly be a ‘“howling suc- cess”’—nit. “WHEN THE SHOE PINCHES” A business man who sends his order for envelopes down to Uncle Sam, and his order for calendars to some big printing concern in the city, has no legitimate ‘‘kick” com- ing from the farmer who sends his cash away to the big mail order establishments, says the Bertha Headlight. Both, however, in do- ing so are engaged in an illogical effort to permanently retire from local circulation the cash which properly belongs to it. To be sure one has a perfect right to trade wherever he pleases, butitis best for local interests that the privilege be not used to the detriment of local enterprise. Moral: Those who re- side in glass houses should not en- gage in stone throwing contests. DOTTSON AN OCTOPUS. J. P. Dottson of Crookston is the real newspaper ‘“‘octopus” of the northwest, as he is the owner of the two best papers of Crookston, and what is more, makes ‘“no bones” of the fact that he is the real head of both the Daily Times and Daily Journal. During the recent campaign, Dottson conducted the Times as the advocate of the repub- lican candidates, and the Journal put forth every effort in behalf of Governor Johnson and his party. Dottson is a peculiar cuss, and his entrance into the journalistic circles of this part of the state was the signal for rather peculiar methods, to say the least. NEW YORK BANKS - ARE VICTIMIZED Wllolesale Circulation of Counterfeit Notes. ONE FIRM A HEAVY LOSER Caught for Two Hundred Thousand Francs of the Fraudulent Money, Which Is an Imitation of the 1,000 Franc Notes of the Banque Na- tionale of Belgium—Clever Gang of International Swindlers Suspected. * New York, Dec. 26.—Local agents of the United States secret service are making a thorough investigation of the wholesale circulation of 1,000- franc notes of the Banque Nationale of Belgium, the existence of which was revealed through a Wall street banking and brokerage firm where a number of notes were seized after be- ing presented for collection. As the inquiry progresses under the direc- tion of William J. Flynn, chief of the local division of the secret service, in- dications are that the work was done by a very clever gang of international swindlers. The counterfeit notes are sald by experts to be the best that have been worked off since some bo- gus Swedish notes were scattered over this country about six years ago. One banking firm is said to have been victimized to the extent of taking in 200,000 francs of the counterfeit Bel- glan fssue. Chief Flynn hds taken charge of the notes held by Zimmer- man & Forshay, the firm whose sus- picions first brought the swindle to light. ROBBERS TORTURE FARMER Compel Him to Open Safe and Hand Over Contents. Toledo, 0., Dec. 26.—By burning his feet with lighted matches two masked robbers compelled H. A. Schabow of Curtice, 0., near here, to open a safe in his farmhouse and turn over $180. ——— = =i [EEFELEEE] CURES Coughs Colds, CROUP, Whoopmg(}ough ‘This remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It contains 30 opium or other harmful drug and may be given as confi- dently to a baby as to an adult. Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. + For Sale at Barker’s Drug Stere After tying their Vietim to his héd with strips of sheet and placing a gag in his mouth the bandits went to the barn, stole a horse and buggy and escaped. A posse of farmers are in pursuit. Upon battering in the front door the robbers placed an unknown substance upon a heating stove which overcame the family of seven and the bandits operated undisturbed. Schabow is in a serious condition, but will recover. ‘While one of the robbers was tor- turing Schabow with the matches the other kept him covered with a revol- ver, threatening to kill him if he ut- tered a sound. Schabow was country agent for an insurance company of Toledo. BRYAN WIRES CONDOLENCES 8ends Message to Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison. ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—William J. Bryan was chief among nearly two score of men who sent messages ex- pressing their cordial sympathy to President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. The messages, which voiced the sentiments of persons in almost every avenue of labor, convey feelings of re- gret over the court's decision, extend moral and financial support and in some instances express indignation. Mr. Bryan, in a telegram dated Pittsburg, addressed to Messrs. Gom- pers, Mitchell and Morrison, says: “Sorry to read decision. You did your duty in testing law. Glad you are taking appeal.” FOUR PERSONS ASPHYXIATED Entire Family Found Dead in Their Home at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 26.—Four persons were found dead in a residence at 168 Hasting street, having been asphyxi- ated by escaping gas. Morris Luke- man, a grocer, his wife, Elizabeth, and their children, Annie, sixteen years old, and William, fifteen years old. were the victims. The overccaf of Lukeman was found on the floor, underneath a broken gas fixture, and the police believe that the fixture wai broken by the man throwing the coat over it before retiring. A Christmas tree trimmed and decorated with Christmas gifts was in an adjoining room. Ends Dutch Demonstration. ‘Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 26.—The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, which has been operating in Venezuelan waters, has arrived here. Her arrival for- mally brings to a close the Dutch demonstration agiinst Venezuela, Hol- land having recalled her warships pending the outcome of the diplomatic negotiations which are to be resumed between The Netherlands and Venezu- ela. MARVEL> AT THEIR ESCAPE People Caught in Burning Theater Display Great Coolness. New York, Dec. 2 .—When the fire in the Herald Square theater had been extinguished an inspection of the building revealed the fact that the interior of the auditorium and the stage had not been reached by the fire. The firemen cut holes in the roof and through these openings con- siderable water was rushed into the building, but otherwise the theater proper was not damaged. It is esti- mated that the building can be put in shape again in less than a month. As members of the audience look back on their thrilling experience the marvel that no one was injured in- creases. Murray M. Stewart of Savannah, Ga, who is visiting here and who with his wife occupied front seats at the Herald Square, said that he was amazed at the coolness displayed by the audience. He said the people marched out as orderly and with as much celerity as a company of trained soldiers. PITTSBURG GRAFT HEARING Evidence That $45,000 Was Paid on Filtration Deal. Pittsburg, Dec. &l—During the hearing of the seven councilmen and former bankers accused of corruption in connection with public affairs it was testified that sixty councilmen were paid $45,000 in connection with the construction of the filtration plant. All the councilmen were held for court trials. With the exception of Councilmen: Klein and Wasson they renewed 'their bail and were released. Badly Expressed. In Grant-Duff’s “Notes From a Dia- ry” it Is told that when Landseer, the great animal painter, was presented to the king of Portugal his majesty said: “Ah, I am so glad to see you! I al- Ways like beastsl” - the state’s case. MISSOURI OUSTS " OIL COMPANIES Stafidard Concerns Forbid- den to Do Business. ALSO FINED $50,000 EACH State Supreme Court, in a Decision Covering Four Hundred Pages, States That the Record Shows That the Big Corporation Has Been Guilty of Unlawful Means in Secur ing Control of the Market Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. ~3%—The supreme court of Missouri has hand- ed down a decision ousting the Stand- ard Oil company of Indiana and the Republic Oil company from the state of Missouri, forbidding them ever again to do business in Missouri and dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil com- pany of St. Louis. In addition each of the companies is fined $50,000. The order dissolving the Waters-Pierce company” will be- come effective Jan. 16 next unless the company on or before that date fur- nishes to the supreme court satisfac- tory evidence that it intends to oper- ate as an independent concern. The court finds that the companies con- spired: First—To regulate and fix prices to retail dealers. Second—To control and limit the trade in the refined products of petro- leum. Third—To control and limit and prevent competition in the buying and selling of these products. Fourth—To deceive and mislead the public into the belief that they were separate and distinct corpora- tions pursuing independently their business as legitimate competitors. The suit to oust the three com- panies was instituted by Attorney General Hadley in 1905 and the evi- dence taken by a-special commission- er in St. Louis and in New York has been before the state supreme court for more than a year. The opinion was written by Judge ‘Woodson. All seven judges concurred and Judges Graves and Lamb wrote separate concurring opinions. Guilty of Unlawful Acts. The opinion of Judge Woodson, which was concurred in by the other ‘ Judges, states that the record shows that the Standard Oil company has been guilty of unlawful means in the formation of a trust to control the output of oil and the prices at which it is sold to dealers. Individual investments have been blighted by the power of the trust and small independent refiners and oper- ators have been forced to enter the service of the company as hewers of wood and drawers of water. In concluding his decision, which covers 400 typewritten pages, Judge ‘Woodson says that the action in giv- ing the Waters-Pierce Oil company time in which to sever its connections with the trust is taken to protect the mirority stockholders. The evidence, it is sald, discloses that the majority interests in the com: pany were owned by the New Jersey company and that these interests dis- placed H. Clay Pierce, the president of the Waters-Pierce company, be- cause of his persistent efforts to con- duct the affairs of the company inde- pendent -of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and the Standard Oil company of Indiana. The punishment, he says, should be severe enough to meet the crime com- mitted against the state, but the good faith of the minority stockholders should be recognized. WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS Glass Plants to Close Rather Than In- crease Wages. Columbus, O., Dec. 4—Independent glass manufacturers, after a lengthy conference here, decided to stand pat on the wage scales signed with their employes last September and to re- fuse to make any concessions, The decision means that 12,000 men will remain out of work until such time as they choose to come to the manufac- turers’ demand. There are about 7,500 skilled labor- ers in the unions which made demand for an increase, said to be from 25 to 40 per cent, when they quit work last Friday evening. Dependent on their continuing work are about 4,500 other men. The manufacturers agreed to close down their plants until the men are willing to come back at the scale they signed for one year last September. If the men of any one plant want to return to work that manufacturer will resume operations immediately, re- gardless of the other plants. 1t was agreed that the manufactur- ers will not ask for a conference with their men, nor will they offer any con- cessions whatever. Massachusetts Banker Ends Life. ‘Worcester, Mass.,, Dec. |L—Frank W. Cutting, for the past forty years connected with the Worcester Mechan- ies’ Savings bank and for seven years its treasurer, was found dead by sui- cide at his home. The bank officials express the bellef that his accounts are correct, as two examinations have been held recently. HOLSTER PUT IN EVIDENCE One Worn by Captain Hains on Day of Annis Murder. Flushing, N. Y., Dec.: i.—Introduced in evidence in the trial 6f Thornton J. Hains was a large leather revolver holster which the state’s - attorney says will play an important part in This holster was found strapped un- Policeman Baker, who discovered it, sald that it was:so slung around the army captain’s shoulder that. the. re- volver in its sheath would have pressed againkt the right breast, en: abling the wearer to draw it at 2 mo- ment’s notice. Courael for the prosecntlon declare that the wearing of such a revol holster. clearly' shows that Captnln Hains left the army post at Fort Hamilton armed with the intention of killing and disproves any suggestion that he suddenly became insane on seeing Annis. Counsel further assert that Thornton Hains must have had knowledge that his brother was armed and was going out to hunt his victim. The revolver which Thornton Hains ‘wore is the usual right hip affalr. The witnesses at the day’s session were Hertnan H. Kimmel, a member of the Bayside Yacht cluM, who went to the float immediately after the shooting; Captain John A. Clark, col- ored, sailing master of a yacht, who saw part of the tragedy, and Patrol- man Charles W. Baker, who arrested the Hains brothers. Nothing sensa- tional was brought out except that Clark said he ate luncheon with John Tonning, the missing boatman, in Manhattan four weeks ago. He gave Tonning’s address to counsel. MRS. MACKAY AT ITS HEA! Equal Franchise Society Organized it New York City. New York, Dec. 2 .—Another factc appeared in the suffrage situation h: when the announcement was m: that the Equal Franchise society been organized at the home of M MRS. CLARENCE H. MACKAY, Clarence H. Mackay, with Mrs. Mac kay as president. The particular object of this society is to secure the national, state and local electoral franchise for women and for this purpose to maintain in the city of New York and elsewhere adequate headquarters and maintain a bureau of publicity and propaganda. DEATH BELIEVED T0 ~ BE ACCIDENTA Frederick A Burnham Expires of Gas Polsoning. New York, Dec. ' £.—Frederick A. Burnham, former president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com- pany, who was indioted following the insurance fnvestigation in connection with his conduct while at the head of that company, was found dead in bed at his home here from inhaling illu- minating gas. The Burnham family physician, who reached the home a few moments after Mr. Burnham was found, said the case undoubtedly was one of accident. The gas had es- caped from a small stove which was used to heat Mr. Burnham’s sleeping room. X The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company went into the hands of re- ceivers in February last. President Burnham, his brother, George Burn- ham, Jr., the treasurer of the com- pany, and George D. Eldredge, the actuary, were indicted on charges of larceny and forgery, which grew out of an alleged payment of the funds of the company in satisfaction of per- sonal claims against some of its offi- cers. George Burnham, Jr., was tried on the charge of larceny, convicted and sentenced to serve two years in prison, but the appellate division of the supreme court set aside this ver- dict and Burnham was released. The case against Frederick A. Burnham had not come to trial and it was un- derstood that it would not be prose- cuted unless that against his brother George was eventually won by the prosecution. A civil suit to collect some of the funds alleged to have been paid in settlement of personal claims had lately been instituted against ome of the officers of the company. ENDEAVORING TO GET BAIL Slayers of Ex-Senator Carmack Given Hearing. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 2 .—Unabat- ed interest was manifested in the hearing of the application of the two Coopers and John D. Sharp, held on the charge of murdering former Sen- ator Carmack, for ball before. Judge Hart in the criminal court. The {n- tense interest manifested by the pub- lic in this, a preliminary movement in a oriminal court, is only taken as a forerunner and indication of what is to come when the case goes on trh! on Jan. 20_pexi Forbearance. Bacon—DId you ever-have any desire to-go on the stage? ‘Egbert—Oh, yes; only last week I did. Oh, the actor was vile! But I contented myself with shying an egg at him.—Yonkers States- man. der the arm and on the shoulder: of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., shortly | D! after his en:.m- the killing o Will 'TO CURE A COLD INONE DAY, lee LAXATIVE BROMO lllnlne lel%l refund money u atls’ E' GB B8 tul uch THOUSAND PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS Flre Destroys Entire “Block of Apartment Hynsos. New York, Dec. 1i.—Mere than a thousand persons were made hémeless and $100,000 worth -of property wes destroyed in a fire which burped out an entire block of apartment heuses between Second and Third avenues and Forty-fourth and Forty-fitth streets, Brooklyn. Twenty perfons ‘were overcome by smoke, but these ‘were rescued by firemen and carried from their burning homes to places of safety. Occupants of the blazing hnfldln;l were driven half clad and shivering into snowy streets and a score of oth- ers were dragged unconscious from their apartments by policemen and firemen. MOTHER TO RETAIN CHILDREN Recommendation of Public Prosecutor In Castellane Case. Parls, Dec. 2 .—M. Matter, the pub- Ho proseoittor, was heard in the suit brought by Count Boni de Castellane against his former wife, who was Miss Anna Gould of New York, in which he asks that the custody of his three chil- dren be awarded to his mother. In presenting his conclusion to the court the public prosecutor recommended that the children be left in the cus- tody of their mother. M. Matter scored both the Count de Castellane and the Prince de Sagan. The count stood well to the front of the courtroom, balancing his silk hat on the end of his cane, and was the cynosure of all eyes, Several times when the condemnations were partic- ularly severe he bit his lips and flushed crimson, but he never lost his composure. The court will render its decision Dec. 30. Alderman Coughlin Acquitted. Chicago, Dec. 2 .—Alderman John Coughlin, accused ot assault and bat- tery on Lyman Atwell, a newspaper photographer, was found not guilty. The verdict was reached by a jury in- Judge Newcomer’s court. Coughlin was alleged to have committed the as- sault on the night of the First Ward Democratic ball over a week ago. STATE OF Dnm. 0173 OF TOLEDO, | o5 JU0AS COUNT: Frank J; Ohoney wmakés oath, that he senior partner Of the firm Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, nnd hat sald firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLEARS Yot “osth snd- ovory. case of cavarrh that cannot be cured by the use of ‘Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J, CHENEY. Sworn to betore mo and subsdribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. A. WA GLEASON. (SEAL) Norary PUBLIC. 'Btll's Oatarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. I3 CHENEY & 00., Toledo.O. Sold by ali Druggists, Foke Hralhe Faceity il tor constipation Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic stimulant for children. He will probably say, “Very, very rarely.” Ask himhowo‘f,tenhepracribsatomc f answer, or them. He will probably very frequently.” Then ask him about Ayers illa as a tonic for the yor ol mass | Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete’line of lumber and bwlding material of all descriptions. 2 Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. 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, Bemidji. Subseribe For The Pioneer. [ ] Typewriter Ribbons ThelPioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes of Tyvpewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75 'cefits for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes. I~