Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J._PRYOR. Wntered in the postofice at Bemidii. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM WANTED CHANGE IN TEXT BOOKS B State High School Inspector Was Reprimanded. BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE George B. Aiton Testifles In Book Trust Hearing—Recommended Vol- umes Not Sold by the American Book Company—Senator Sundberg’s Resolution Opposing Federal Graln Inspection Passed by House. St. Paul, Feb. 6.—That he had been reprimanded for recommending changes in text books by the state high school board and especially by Dr. C. M. Jordan of that board, was the testimony of George B. Alton, state high school inspector, before the house committee which is investigat- ing the book trust. Aiton said he would not have thought anything of it if Major Clancy, the agent of the ‘American Book company, had not shown up the next day, trying to get more orders for his books. Aiton had been recommending some books not sold by the American Book company and he intimated that that was the reason he had been reprimanded. The committee next week will take up the case at Winona, where agents of various book companies opened headquarters and began lobbying when the school board was to select a suc- cessor to Superintendent Frazier. This case was called to their attention by Mr. Aiton and also by State Superin- tendent C. G. Schulz. Mr. Aiton recommended a law Which would prohibit any teacher from sell- ing any books while he holds his cer- tificate and also the repeal of the con- tract feature. He said that while it had been charged that books are changed too much by the influence of agents, yet under this system an agent can corral a school board and make them use his books for a five-year term. It was stated at the hearing that the American Book company had 60 per cent of the business in the state. It was also stated that former Super- intendent Olsen hsd not complied since 1905 with the law requiring him to send to the districts lists of books and prices furnished by the different companies, according to the samples filed with him. Many Bills In the House, Forty bills, which is a record break- er except for a “last night,” were in- troduced in the house. They cov- ered a wide range of subjects, in- cluding the prohibition of the sale of disabled horses by auction, requiring operators of Babcock tests for milk to have a license, requiring launches and sail boats to have lights at night, appropriating $100,000 for a hospital at the soldiers’ home, prescribing sani- tary conditions where food is made and sold, and prohibiting agents of book companies and correspondence schools from trying to sell publica- tions to teachers at summer schools. Senator Sundberg’s resolution ask- ing the Minnesota congressmen to op- poge Senator McCumber’s bill for fed- eral grain inspection was adopted by the house after a week’s opposition from some members. The prevention of the useless slaughter of wild birds is the aim of a bill introduced by C. B. Stone of Ramsey county, by request. It will stop-the use of feathers and birds on ladies’ hats and will probably extend to the prohibition of keeping canaries in cages. Not satisfified with the $525,000 giv- en the university by the last legisla- ture for additional land for the cam- pus, Representative Hugh N. Allen introduced a bill providing for an ad- ditional $350,000 for the same pur- pose; In other words, his bill amends the 1907 law by providing a $175,000 tax levy for five years Instead of three years. Inspection of Banks. Inspection of banks is to be separat- ed from the examination of cities and other corporations according to a bill by Senator L. O. Thorpe of Willmar. The new official is to have eight as- sistants, a deputy and full office force and recelve $5,000 a year. The head of the department is to be a practical banker of five years’ experience and will have entire charge of the enforce- ment of the banking laws of the state. A bill, introduced in the senate by Senator Swanson modifies in a radical way the present work of the live stock sanitary board. If an owner wants to use the tuberculin test he is at lib- erty to do so, but the bill prohibits the state from using the test as a basis for destroying cattle. In place of this test, Senator Swanson would have three veterinarians inspect the animal which is suspected, or go over an entire herd and condemn the sick- est looking animals. The senator would also have the state board quarantine horses and oth- eor animals which have been exposed to contaglous diseases instead of im- mediately killing them. The 911 persons Who fought the for- est fires last fall may never get the $12,000 due them. The house and sen- ate comiaittee on forestry have shift- ed the matter over to the committee on claims, while this latter commit- tee has delayed action and probably will throw the responsibility on the attorney general. FORLITTLE STATE llélaware, New Dreadnought, Launched Today. IS OUR LARGEST WARSHIP Slavonian Found Dead on Porch of Boarding House. Minneapolis, Feb. 8—~Mayk Mates, supposed to be a Slavonian, aged twenty-four years, was murdered in a boarding house conducted by Andrew Ocak. Mrs. Ocak notified the police that the body of a man was lying on their front porch. 'The police found that the man’s head had been beaten in and continuing their investigations they discovered a bloody trail leading from Mates’ room in the house through the hall to the front porch. In Mates’ room they found a bucket of bloody water, an iron poker cov- ered with blood and a suit of blood stained clothes. The police are searching for John Baca, who roomed with Mates. The two men worked in a local grain ele- vator, but Mates had not been work- ing for a couple of nights and the police learned that Baca and Mates quarreled because Mates had not been at work. 8he Will Displace Twenty Thousand Tons of Water and Make Twenty- one Knote—Named by Daughter of 8tate, Surrounded by State’s Offi- clals and Prominent Men—Sister | B 8hip of the North Dakota. Newport News, Va., Feb. ).—Bear- ing the name of the next to the smallest siate of the Union the Dela- ware, the largest battleship of the United States, was launched here to- day. She shares with her sister ship, the North Dakota, recently launched at Fore River, Mass,, the honor of be- fng the first American Dreadnought. Standing sponsor for the Delaware was Miss Anna P. Cahall, a daughter of the state for which the new ship 1s named. She is a resident of Bridge- ville, Del, and a niece of Governor Pennewill of Delaware. Assisting Miss Cahall in the task of smashing the bottle of champagne on the bow of the Delaware and naming the huge hull was Miss Hazel of Dover, Del, a niece of Mrs. James Pennewill, sister- inlaw of the governor. Despite the agitation of the tem- perance socleties of Delaware tohave the state’s namesake christened with water the customary bottle of cham- pagne played its usual sacrficial part in the launching of the Delaware. . 8tate’s Leading Men Present. Governor Pennewill, his brother, Judge James -Pennewill; Delaware’s representatives in the nationalJegis- lature and the members of the state legislature, as well as a large number of prominent citizens of Dover, Wil- mington and other- places, were pres- ent to see the battleship take the water. ‘When completed the Delaware will be a first class armored battleship of 20,000 tons displacement. Her gen- eral dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 518 feet 9 inches; beam, 85 feet 2 inches; depth, 44 feet 6 inches. Her main battery will con- sist of ten twelve-inch guns mounted in pairs in turrets. She will be pro- pelled by twin screws driven by two four-cylinder triple expansion engines capable of sending her through the water at 21-knot gait. She will cost almost $4.000.000. §iX PERSONS ARE INDICTED Action of Grand Jury at Franklin, Pa, Causes Sensation. Franklin, Pa., Feb. $.—Following a ten-day investigation of charges made against certain officials of the county poor farm and others the grand jury returned indictments against six per- sons. Owing to the prominence of.some of the- accused and the startling charges. made the matter has caused a sensation, Following are the persons indlcted and the charges: Harry H. Baumgardner, Oil City, Pa., county commissioner; assault and battery, misdemeanor in office and other serious charges; also recom- mended that he be removed from office. Homer Sutton, steward of the coun- ty farm; assault and battery and an- other serious charge. Mre, Lillian Sutton, his wife, ma- Condemn Ohio Grand Master. Houston, Tex., Feb. 8—The Ma- eonic lodges at Sherman and Conroe have adopted resolutions condemning Grand Master Charles Hoskins of Ohio for inviting Willlam H. Taft to become a Mason on sight. Bankruptcy Law Stands. ‘Washington, Feb. §—By a vote of 111 to 182 the house refused to repeal the national bankruptcy law. ANOTHER CHINESE OFFICIAL LET OUT Second fo Be Dismissed Since llsath of Emperor, Peking, Feb. 8.—Shen Pi, president of the board of communications, and three under secretaries of the board ‘were dismissed in disgrace. Recent dispatches from Peking set forth that Chen Pi had been im- peached on charges of corruption. The recent failure of the board of com- munications to float a domestic loan of $5,000,000 for the purpose of paying the shareholders of the National Tele- graph system embarrassed the gov- ernment seriously and Chen Pi in De- cember began negotiations with Brit- ish, French, German and Japanese banks for this money. The terms im- posed were described as humiliating to the central government. Chen Pi is the second high official to be dismissed from office since the death of the emperor and dowager empress of China last November. His dismissal follows that of Yuan Shi Kai, a member of the grand council, by about five weeks. Chen Pi i{s a metropolitan graduate of 1877 and he has held various pub- lic offices, including the governnnmp Slayer Escapes With Fine. ‘Wayecross, Ga., Feb, 8.—Kinch Will- jams, a young man who, in November, 1904, shot and killed his stepmother, returned here after being a fugitive from justice for four years, surren- dered to the sheriff ard was given an immediate trial. He was allowed to plead guilty to “shooting at another” and was fined $150 or nine months’ imprisonment. He paid the fine. Four “Widows” Claim Remains, New York, Feb. 8.—Each bearing a marriage certificate four women ap- !l;:::gn: tt: cllt::: 3;’: e‘:-;;l;h;gt ;;hg tron of the home; larceny and receiv- figure {n | 108 Stolen goods, King, who wag 8 well knowsi e 1| “Mrs. Charlotte Baumgardner, - wife the Tenderloin district. It had been the general belief among his friends ot the county commiseloner; larceny that he was a bachelor, and receiving stolen goods. Roy Sutton, son of steward, twenty- three years old; serious charge. ‘Willlam Small of Franklin, twenty- two years old; serious charge, RACE QUESTION DISCUSSED Warm Debate in Lower House of Mis- sourl Legisiature. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. \.—After a warm debate on the race question as it affects politlcs in Missouri the lower branch of the general assembly disposed of a resolution providing for the discharge of most of the negro employes of the houge by referring it to a committee, The vote was 61 to 63, the balloting being on strict party lines. The resolution was ocaused by the allegation that a negro employe of the house had insulted a white em- ploye of the senate. Representative Jesse J. Duncan presented the resolu- tion, which asked for the discharge of all negro employes of the house ex- cept those whose dutles included the cleaning of spittoons. A wide discus- slon of race equality followed and then a motion by Hiram Lloyd of St. Louls, referring the resolution to the clerical force committee, prevailed. MINE = WORKERS’ ELECTION lowa Man Chosen Secretary on Sec- ond Ballot. ' Indianapolis, Feb. the gecond ballot taken in the United Mine Workers’ conyention for the election of a vice president and sec- vetary treasurer showed that H. 8. McCullough, Bay City, Mich,, was elected vice president over J. T. Dempsey of Scranton, Pa. McCullough received 1,462 votes and Dempsey 1,110. Edwin Perry of Oskaloosa, Ia,, was. 7 elected secretary .treasurer, receiving 1,818 votes, while John Fahy, Potts- ville, -Pa., his nearest rival, recelyed' 1.097. Electrocuted on Street Car. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 8.—Joseph Ra- tajczak was electrocuted while riding on the platform of a Broadway street car. An electric light wire fell over the trolley wire and stopped the car. Ratajczak grabbed a loose end of the wire which fell over the rear of the car. He was killed instantly. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 6.—Wheat—May, $1.09%@1.09%; July, $1.095%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.11%%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10% @1.11; No. 2 North- ern, $1.0812@1.09%; No. 8 Northern, $1.06@1.07%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 6.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.10%; No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.07%: May, $1.09%; July, $1.09%. Flax—To arrive, on track and Ma; $1.59%; July, $1.58%; Oct., $1.32%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 6.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.00@86.00; fair to good, $4.50@5.00; good to choice cows and helfers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.25@8.00. Hogs—$5.756@6.25. Sheep—Wethers, $5.10@5.35; yearlings, $6.00@6.60; lambs, $7.00@7.25. 3 Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 6.—Wheat—May, $1.- 10%@1.10%; July, 98%@99¢c; Sept., 9634¢; Dec., 95%c. Corn—Feb., 60%c; May, 66% @65%c; July, 63%c; Sept., 63%c. Oats—May, 51%c; July, 46%c; Sept.,, 39% @39%c. Pork—May, $16.- 80; July, $16.90. Butter—Creameries, 22@28c; dairles, 21@25c. Esn—ls@ 83¢c. Poultry—Turkeys, 17c; chickens, 13¢; springs, 16c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 6.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@6.90; Texas steers, $4.20@5.00; Western steers, $3.90@5.5 and feeders, $3.10@5.40; cows and heifers, $1.80@6.50; calves, $6.50@ 1.76. Hogs——nght $5.86@6.40; mixed, $6.00@6.52% ; rough, $6.05@6.20; good to chofe heavy, $6.20@6.55; pigs, $4.80@5.7 Sheep, $3.25@06.60; yearlings, MQ 7.00; fambs, §E80QTSE Fairbaunks; died here of cancer: of:th liver,. He was stricken whue this NUMBER OF PEOPLE INJURED. Btate Constabulary Charges Striking Miners. Pittsburg, Feb. violence being offerad by the striking miners at the Tremont coal mine, Bellevernon, Pa.,’ near bere, to the nonunion miners a troop of state con- stabulary charged the strikers, Sev- aral persons on Loth sides were alightly Injured. As the strikers are alleged to have threatened both the nonunion men and constabulary detachments of Pennsylvania palice were sent to Bellevernon from Greensburg. Jury in Gow Case Disagrees. New York, Feb, }—The Brooklyn Jury before which Willlam Gow, for- merly president of the International Trust company. and director of, the Borough bank of Brooklyn, was. tried on a charge of the larceny of $145,000 disagreed, the vote standing eight for acquittal and four for conviction. Hepburn mall Gaine. ~ Des Moines, Feb. | —Five precincts in the Hepburn-Jamieson contest over the former's seat in congress have been counted. They show a loss to Congressman Hepburn. of thirteen and & gain of sixteen—a net gain of three. The result so far {s disappointing to Hepburn’s attorneys. The official can- vass gave Jamieson 308 over Hepburn. The: count will continue for several days. . Once Famous Pitcher Dead. ‘Waltham, Mass., Feb. paid between National league clubs, which began with pneumonia. SERIOUS FLOODS IN PARTS OF GERMANY Rivers In- Some Localities High- ¢ est in Fiffy Years. Berlin, Feb. }—The floods in Ger- many are taking on a serious aspect. The firat fatalities are reported from Nordhausen, where - many bridges have been swept away and ten people drowned. At Nuremberg the Pagnibe rose twelve feet and is raging through the lower streets of the city. The water ig higher than it has been for thirty- three years., Frankfort-on-the-Main reports the highest water in fifty years in some of the streams in Oden- wald. ity of Hagen have been carried away. to. rescue a family from the second roads overthe confluents of the Rhine between Giessen and Wetzler appears as an immense. lake. Silesia also are high and many miles of territory are flooded. The railroad bridge at the mouth of the River Lahn has been swept away. Seven miners returning home from the potash mines near Brockhausen, Brunswick, were: drowned “in the floods.. Three other victims have also been reported, making a total of twen- ty casualties. . All the schools in Coburg are at: The Owl Drug. Store. closed, Streams in the mountains in the Kissingun reglon broke from their banks and several towns-were flooded. The people - were -aroused from their slumbers and had to flee for their lives, CURE YOUR KIDNEYS. Do Not Endanger Life When a Bemidji Citizen Shows You the Cure, © Why will people continue to suffer the agonies of kidney compliing backache, urinary disorders, lame- ness, headaches, languor, why allow, themselves to become chronic- inva- lids, when a certain cure is offered them? Doan’s Kidney Pills is the remedy to use, because it gives to tbe kid- neys the help they need to perform their-work. y If you have any, even one, of the symptoms of kidney disease, cure yourself now, before diabetes, dropsy or Bright’s disease sets in. Read this Bemidji testimony: Mrs. Mary A. Cochran, living at 1014 Mississippi ~Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: . “I suffered from.rheu- matism for over ten - years, and never. . expected to ..get relief. My kidneys were badly disordered for two or three ye:rs and despite the many remedies I tried my condition did not become jany better. At last Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to, my attention, and I procured a box I have been using them for some time and there is'a great improvement in my condition.. . Doan’s Kidney - Pills}| have helped ‘me more -than any remedy I have previously tried and 1 am very grateful to them.” - Forsale by all dealers, Price Foaiet-Mllbum Co. }—As a result ot .—John Clarkson, famous' the land over as a baseball pitcher in the days when $10,000 release prices began to be died here following a long {llness The. town of Herdeck is flood- ed and a number of dams in the vicin- At Dortmund theé floods are increasing and the fire department was called out. story of their dwelling. = Several rail- on the north side have been swept away and. all trains frem Cologne up the river are belng sent over the tracks on the south bank, The valley The rivers of ECHD OF LUMBER CONTAS N0 0PI .= T TARIFF HEARING) OR OTHERNARCOTIC 2o ¢ mEnE Wwfluflm promiscs. Editor Files Statement With| EPY SA¥® AND SURE. House Committce. Has Been Analyzed by Govern- OWN _cA'NAnuN{ TIMBER ment Chemists and Pronounced Free From Narootios. Document Declares Tfint Certain Min- nesota Men Who Appeared in Ad- ‘The fact that Chamberlain’s Cough Rem- vocacy of Removing the Duty Are Interested in. a British' Columbla contains no opium or other narcotic | MOTLE: makes it plnhn!lrl suitablo for young - Lumber Company and Would Be DI- rectly Benefited by Action Asked. ly 60, a8 it can always Washington, Feb. 8—In a state- Brisz oy © sum L. DA Fos'knnol said note and rne’ys f b by defanlt the power 01 llle in sald momwe ’has become operative, and no action or p: ceedings has ‘nstibuted at Tew oF Other- ‘wise to recover the debt remainin; thereby, pmmisea as an vered by said are the southwest quarter ut the northeut qul!m and the west half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter ef section number 34, in township number 149 north of range et wipon in cases of colds, eroup myln; cough, and it has become fa- mnllonl-mruof these diseases. Mor.hen h'afnrmmyy.nw ted onr aumnenm gi. or other narcotic, but thn they further assured. of this fact, we sub- mu fiu following certificates: ment filed with the house’ ways and Certificate of means committee. Dy James Ellott Department of Public Health, Defebaugh, of Chicago, editor of the dm“"x s‘“_’:thzv{;})"f' American. Lumberman, regarding. the Thomphofchm‘nrhml(kughmm Comtrens 1o semaore e, poeseat ey | S RO ek S L he | TS et S s pet congress to remove the present duty | ©! le, recei £ from the | dian, situat e county of trami, State . ¢ Min ; thy of on lumber, it is asserted that the | Registrar of the Phisrmacy Board has been | 5, 'CORta0itd sk e wnd porsunnt principal’ witnesses, who appeared: be: “Fonnd o cotain nane of the schoduled | Feld morisaes wil be Tortionos by b aeic of fore the committee in advocacy of all%]‘;ggmlsles. at u%llc ;engu&.! wf%‘:}flh[ free lumber are officers of a Britfsh (Sigmd) Wiz M, Humer, :C":“‘{:i“::‘&; .:l‘fi.:'nf., “E’."&ifl‘}?gfi Columbia lumber company. Government Analyst. “tan ouse In ttem age gf :fn The statement contains' the an- m"l;be Chief Medical Officer of the Govern- | 345 CORELY 20T Seate, O N amnguat nouncement of the organization of the ertifica An i American Timber Holding company, g to of a.lysxs. CapE CoLoNy, 8. A., May 11,1904, anuary 7, 1909, with a capitalization - of $6,000,000, Having ‘prchased \\bo’me Of Chamber- | povn o 0 NEON, L.n.p%% holding title to about 1,500,000,000 | lain’s- Cough Bgmfl one of the local “Attorney for Mor fect of. timber, located Principally in | chemists, and analyzed its contents, I certify Opera Block, Crookston, Minn, .| Western British Columbia, accessible ';‘d"“ not contain opium or any other nar- to tidewater. The purpose of the R. Mamrors, Ph. D, M. A. compuny is to float, it is stated, a N Tl considerable part of the stock on the For Sale at DR.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY American market, particularly in the event of ‘the removal of material re- duction of the duty on lumber. “One of the chief witnesses on Nov. 20 was M. J. Scanlon of Minneapolis, who is president of the new com- pany,’ says Mr. Defebaugh. “The leading witness of Nov. 20 was Theo- dore M. Knappen of Minneapolis, who Is now announced as secretary of the Pritish - Columbia Timber company. Ancther important witness was F. B Lynch of St. Paul, who is one of the directors. Further, an exhaustive written brief, vrinted Dec. 10, was by ‘W. 8. Dwinnell, whois treasurer of this timber company. “Since. the hearing of Nov. 20 the country has been flooded with litera- ture sent out by the ‘Forest Conserva- tion lesgue,’ of which Mr. Knappen admitted himself to be the chief con- stituent. It seems evident that if these gentlemen can break the tariff lumber cocoanut they hope to be able to claim the milk as Canadian.” Bal‘k er’ S Drll g st ore Will Surely Stop That Cough. , Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and building material of all descriptions. 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. But Not to Pay Back. Dinks—I see Rouge has bought an automobile. 1 didn’t think he had suf- ficlent means .to do that. 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