Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 18, 1909, Page 4

DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S GOUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Clementson. Feb. 16. The Rapid River Debating and Literary Society gave a fine Oyster Supper in the Farder Hall on Satur- day evening. i Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farder entertain- ed Mr. and Mrs. Helic Clementson and Knute Strand at dinner Friday. Jas. Williams accompanied by his son were over-Sunday visitors in Clementspn. Edward Sakariason left last week for his home in Chippewa (,ounty, Wisconsin. Thomas Colby drove over from| Baudette on Saturday on his way up the east branch of the Rapid River with supplies for the settlers. David Olson is kept busy hauling tamarack piling to the boom up the Rapid River. Ole Frestad, who has been under Dr. Stewarts care for six weeks is rapidly recovering. Jack Sleeman accompanied by his friend, Mr. Cook were visitors here Saturday. Mrs. Edward Farder entertained the ladies of Clementson and vicinity yesterday and all present report an enjoyable time. City Warrents Payable. Noticeis hereby given that there is money in the city treasury to pay all outstanding warrants issued on the general fund prior to September 1, 1908; on the permanent improve- ment fund prior to November 1, 1908 on the poor fund prior to January, 1, 1909. Interest will cease on all of above warrants from and after thirty days after the date of this notice. Dated at Bemidji, Minn., February 16, 1909. Earl Geil, City Treasurer. New Receiver at Cass Lake. Cass Lake, Feb. 18.—(Special ‘to Pioneer.)—Senator W. B. Wood of Long Prairie arrived here today to assume charge of his new duties as receiver in the local United States Land Office. M. N. Koll, the pres- ent receiver, will remain a few days and assist the new man in getting onto the workings of his office. 1909 Diaries. The largest and best line of 1909 diaries ever carried in this part of the state can now be seen at the Pioneer office. We have made special efforts ot secure the largest assortment ever shown in the northwest. Those who want special kinds should call early and make their selection. Subscribe for The Pioneer. CANADA AND MEXICO JOIN US Movement to Save American Resources Begun. MEETING IN WASHINGTON| President Welcomes Forelgn Dele. gates, Declaring Importance of Joint Efforts to Save Wealth of Continent for Future Generations—Conference an Outgrowth of Two Former Con ventions in National Capital. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—Union of the Vnited States, the Dominion of Can- ada and the republic of Mexico in the movement to conserve the natural resources of the continent of North Amorica is the purpose of the joint corservation commission which began its sessions at the state department In this city this morning. Taking part in the conference are delegates from the two ighboring countries, the national conservation commission of the United States which recently reported to President Roosevelt and representatives of the state depart- ment. The foreign deicsates to the confer- ence were received at the White House by the president, who ex- pressed his pleasure at the acceptance by Carada and Mexico of his invita- tion to the joint conference. He dwelt on the importince of the work of conservation, declaring that it transcended the Dboundaries of the taree countries and depended on their co-operation. He called attention to the report .of the United States com- mission and asserted that further ef- forts were needed to make the work already accomplished of benefit to the nation. He asked the foreign dele- gates to join with this country’s com- mission in the formulation of a plan wherceby the natural resources of the continent in lands, watcrs, forests and minerals may be wisely conserved for the benefit of future generations. It is expected that the sessions of the conference will last three days. While in this city the Canadian and Mexican delezates will be the recip- ients cf numerous social attentions, entertainments having been planned in their honor by their own country- men and by many of the high officials of the United States government. Diaz and Grey Interested. President Diaz of Mexico, Earl Grey, the governor general of Canada, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the premier of the Dominion, are greatly interested in the work of the conference and have written to President Roosevelt expressing their interest. The conference is the outgrowth of the two conservation conferences held In Washington in which the govern- ors of the states and territories were the principal confere At the secc- ond conference, in which, on Dec. 8, President Rooscveit and President- Elect Taft participated, representa- tives of the Canadian government were present and they expressed in- terest in the conservation movement. Out of that and the general interest the people of the United States are showing in the subject grew the idea of a North American conference to consider, in the words of the presi- dent, “mutual interests involved in the conservation of natural resources and to deliberate upon the practicabil- ity of preparing a general plan adapt-) ed to promote the welfare of -the na- “Giftord Pinchot, chairman.of the conservation commisgion, was sent by dent Roosevelt ‘to Ottawa and the City of Mexlco to deliver in per- son invitations to the conference. NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL Merrymaking Leading Up to Mardi Gras Begins. New Orleans, Feb. 18.—With the ball of Momus tonight the world famous annual carnival of this city will begin. For six days the city will glve itself up to gayety until the toll- ing of the church bells on the mid- {night of Shrove Tuesday ends the revelry. Tomorrow night the carnival ger- man will hold the attention' of the merrymakers. On the night of Mon- day, Féb. 22, will come the ball of Proteus and on the night of Mardi Gras day, [‘eb. 23, after the street ‘| pageant, the ball of Rex and the ball of Comus will wind up the season in a glare of splendor. New Orleans is filled with visitors from all parts of the Union and many forelgners are seen in the crowds that throng Canal street. The hotels are filled to their capacity and there is no evidence of hard times in the way in which money is being spent in the big stores. The streets are gayly decorated. Next Saturday, Sunday and Monday the automobile races will hold the at- tenticn of the sport loving among the visitors. A Marathen race and other events are also on the athletic pro- gramme. Beveridge Principal Speaker. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—Senator A. J. Beveridge, who has taken the legis- lative lead in the effort to procure a permanent nonpartisan tariff commis- slon, was the principal speaker at the tariff conference. His presence as chief orator caused the galleries to fill up for the first time. MOTHERS MEET T0 TALK OF CHILDHOOD Annual Conference Begun in New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 18—“Work for home and childhood in many states” is the keynote of the twelfth annual conference of the National Congress of Mothers, opened in this city today with an address by Governor Sanders of Louisiana. Other greetings of wel- come to New Orleans, Louisiana and the South were extended to the dele- gates by representative men and wo- men of the state and city. Responses ‘were made by Mrs. Jefferson D. Gibbs of Los Angeles, Cal., speaking for the West; Mrs. George K. Johnson of’ Philadelphia, spokeswoman for the East, and Mrs. Frederic Schoff of Phil- adelphia, president of the National Corigress of Mothers, who replied in behalf of the “guardians of childhood in home and nation.” The confererce will remain in “ses- sion four days and the mothers will combine the discussion of topics of interest and importance with enjoy- ment of the Mardi Gras. This after- noon there will be a conference of state presidents and reports of na- tional departments. In the evening the ladies will enjoy the Momus pa- rade, assembling again tomorrow for,| a conference on child saving. The conference will close. Sunday after- noon with a symposium of local work tions concerned.” wcert at church, [Eharter of the Legislation to The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. has been trying to secure in'advance the sale of enough copies of the city charter to cover the cost of its publication. It has long been the wish of citizens of the city that the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. get out this work. In order to cover the cost of publica- tion an advance sale of at least 100 copies must be made. Therefore if you wish to insure the publication of this work place your erder with us at once. Do It Now! WOULD BE FOLLY "T0 GHANGE PLAN President Sends l\léssage on Canal to Congress. ENGINEERS APPROVE WORK Chief Executive Transmits Report Made by Men Who Accompanied President-Elect Taft on His Recent Trip to the Isthmus—Unanimously Endorse Present Method of Con- structing Gatun Dam. Washinglon, Feb. 18—Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of the Panama canal, according to the epinion expressed by President Roose- velt in a message transmitting to congross the report made by the en- gineers who recently visited the canal zone with President-Rlect Taft, “is in reality merely an attack upon the pol- icy of building any canal at all.” The report, in Mr. Roosevelt’s opinion, “shows in clearest fashion that con- gress was wise in the position it took and- that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level canal.” “I commend to you,” he says to congress, “the most careful considera- tion of the report.. They show that the only criticism that can be made of the work on the isthmus is that there has sometimes been almost an excess of caution in providing against possible trouble. As to the Gatun 1 dam itself they show that not only is the dam séfe, but that on the whole the plan already adopted would make It needlessly high and strong and ac- cordingly they recommend that the height be reduced by twenty feet, which change in the plans I have ac- cordingly directed.” President Roosevelt says that the engineers who made the report “are of all the men in their profession, within or without the United States, the men wiho are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions which they examined.” Report of the Engineers. The engineers report that, as the Gatun earth dam was the central point of discussion, they gave-it, un- der instructions from Mr. Taft, “first consideration in the light of all new evidence” and they add’ that “the type of dam row under construction is one which meets with our unanimous ap- proval.”” They say they are “satisfied that there will be no dangerous or ob- Jectionable seepage tbrough the mate- rials under the base of the dam; nor are they so soft as to be liable to be pushed aside by the weight of the pro- posed dam so as to cause dangerous settlement. ‘We are also satisfied that the materials available and which it is proposed to use are suitable and can be readily placed to form a tight, stable and permanent dam.” Dams and locks, lock gates and all other engineering structures involved in the lock ‘canal project are “feasible and safe,” according to the engineers, “and they can be depended upon to perform with certainty their respec- tive functions.” They report that they “do not find any occasion for chang- Ing the type of canal that has becen adopted. A change to a sea level plan at the present time would add greatly to the cost and time of con- struction, without compensating ad- vantages, either in capacity of the canal or in safety of navigation, and hence would be a public misfortune.” Their estimate of the complete cost of the canal is $360,000,000. EXTRA SESSION MARCH 15 Tlft Announces Date of. Meeting of Congress. Washington, Feb. 18—The extra session of congress will be convened on March 15. This date has been definitely settled and President-Elect Taft authorized the announcement. Formal announcement of the date was made by Republican Floor Lead- er Payne for the information of the house. He said he had been author- ized by Mr. Taft to state that the spe- cial session'of the Sixty-first congress would be called to convene on March APPROVED BY THE HOUSE Regulate Interstate Shipment of Liquor. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—The most im- portant legislation agreed to by the house in years was incorporated in the penal code bill, which was under consideration. The legislation seeks to regulate the interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors. Speaker Cannon took the floor and voted for the legis- lation. . Famous War Nurse Dead. ‘Washington, Feb. 18—Miss Emily Virginia Mason, of a famous Virginia family, who won'fame during the Civil war as a nurse of Confederate soldiers and who ministered to.Union soldiers at Libby prison, is dead in this city, aged ninety-four. Mob Attacks Nonunion Men. Orange, N. J., Feb. 18.—A riot, the outgrowth of the strike in the hat factories here, broke out when fifteen nonunifon men were set upon and stoned by a crowd of 200 persons. COOK AND BROWN TESTIFY Continuation of Probe Into Wisconsin Senatorial Primary. Madison, Wis., Feb. 18—Samuel A. Cook and Neal Brown took up the at- tention of the legislative primary in- vestigating committee for three hours, the committee securing information from both men ‘that proved of more fhan passing interest. Close examina- tion of Mr. Cook elicited the fact that his statement of .campaign expenses flled with the secretary of state Sept. Zd"was far Irom complete; He Tead from other statements figures show- ing that since filing that statement he had expended something more than $12,600. Mr. Cook added that he depended upon his campaign manager, W. C. Cowling of Oshlkosh, to file a supple- mentary statement covering the en- tire total expense. During the examination Mr. Cook said he thought that twice $100,000 could be spent legitimately in a sen- atorfal campaign and believed that the candidate receiving a clean plural- ity was entitled to election. Neal Brown, the Wausau lawyer and Demo- cratic United States senatorial candi- date, said he conducted a “poverty” campaign and bewailed the impression among voters that he was a rich man. There was no change in the United Btates senatorial deadlock. The twelfth joint ballot gave Stephenson 69 votes out of 128 cast; necessary for choice, 6. SIX THOUSAND DIE ~ IN EARTHQUAKE Shock of Jan. 23 Occurred in Western Persia, Teheran, Feb. 18—News was re- celved here showing that the violent earthquake recorded Jan. 23 at almost every scientific observatory -in the world where seismographs are in- stalled had its location in the prevince of Luristan, Western Persia. Sixty vil- lages in this district were wholly or partially destroyed and the resultant loss cf lifeis placed “between 5,000 and 6,000, This information was conveyed in belated reports to the government. The districts of Burujurd and Selahor, in Luristan province, were the center of the greatest violence and here the heaviest casualties occurred. Several villages are reported to have been completely engulfed. The destitute survivors are fleeing into the town of Burujurd, from whence appeals for as- sistance are now reaching the govern- ment. San Juan, P. R, Feb. 18.—Heavy earthquakes were felt throughout the island of Porto Rico. The inhabitants were awakened by the oscillations and their alarm was great. No dam- age, however, was done.” The vibra- tions lasted for at least. twenty sec- onds and the movement was from east to west. “Smyrna, Feb. 18.—A strong earth- anake was registered here, but there was no local damage. Reports from Phocea and Menemen, where earth- quakes last month did much damage, say that a dozen houses collapsed, but there was no loss of life. BEFORE RETIRING BOARD Colonel Tucker and His Estranged Wife Meet. * Chicago, Feb. 18.—A dramatic scene,” the , particulars of which probably never will be known outside the circle of participants, took place in the fed- cral building when Colonel W. F. Tucker and his wife met before the army retiring board which is consid- ering Colonel Tucker’s case. Mrs. Tucker was present as a witness against him. Colonel Tucker had been for some time before the board before Mrs. Tucker entered. Colonel Tucker is said to have half risen from his chair when his estranged wife. appeared, but to have said nothing. This alone of what happened was learned, as the deliberations of. the board are secret. Colonel Tucker has the privilege of cross-examining witnesses, including Mrs. Tucker. The tenseness of the situation reached a climax when Mrs. Tucker fainted on the stand. This incident, ‘became known by a hurried rush to an edjoining room for a glass of water. Her indisposition was of brief dura- tion. CEMENT SHOW IN CHICAGO Exhibition of New Building Material s Opened. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Demonstration of the possibilities of concrete as a building material is the purpose of the second annual cement show, which was opened here today and will remain open for seven days. More than 260 manufacturers, representing _capital of $250,000,000, have exhibits ‘in the show. - The rapid advance of concrete in public favor is strikingly exhibited in the show by the figures stating that in 1896 only 150,000 barrels of cement were produced in the United States, while the output in 1907 was 49,000,- 000 barrels. The enthusiastic pro- moters of the use of cement in build- ing declare that its use will solve the lumber problem and that its general adoption will mean the saving of most of the immense annual loss by fire. Among the features of the show is the Hdison exhibit of castings, by which it is possible to pour and-cast a complete residence in twenty-four Rours. They are the invention' of Thomas A. Edison, who is greatly in- terested in the show. Crew Taken Off Safely. New York, Feb. 18—The four-mast- ed schoonmer Miles M. Merry went ashore near .the-lifesaving station at Moriches, L. I. She carried a crew of twelve men, all of whom were taken off in the breeches buoys by the crew from the station. The schooner was bound from Boston for Norfolk, Va., and was unloaded. Shg was ashore at the same point on: Long Island last year. Wright in Critical Condition. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 18.—Dr. Car- roll D. Wright, president of Clark col- lege and former United States com- missioner of labor, 13 in a critical con- dition in his home here suffering from a mental and physical breakdown, All hopes of his recovery have been aban- dcned by OIES A PRISONER. OF WAR Ghief Geronimo Passes Away at Fort $if}, Okla. Lawton, Okla., Feb. IB—Gemnlmq, the noted Indian chief, 1 dead at Fort oni, Where ba hed been gornfived as 3 pflsoner of war for a number of years. Geronimo died of pneumonia atter two days’ illness. He will be burled in the Indian cemetery near the fort. Whe funeral will be conducted by " _. QERONIMO. Christlan missionaries, the decedent having professed religion three years ago. Geronimo was the war chief of the Apaches. He was captured with his band at Skelton canyon, Ariz., twenty- two years ago, having surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles, who, with his soldiers, had pursued him for months. Believed to Be an lowan. Des Moineg, Febh. 18.—Lester Van Amberg, who is believed to be in the Kansas City jail accused of hclding up Lawrence Jones, was reared in Cherokec county, Ia., from infancy. His father was a prominent farmer of the soutliern portion of the county &nd died six years ago. Van Amberg’s wife is living in Washta. Freight Train Hits Hand Car. Marshalltown, Northwestern freight train. 1 | HAMILTON| - WATCHES | Our stock of Hamilton Watches is large and complete. - } We also carry a large line i of all the cheaper. makes of 3 g watches. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Prices given on any make or grade of watch upon request. Ask to see the Bemidji Special, the finest watch made for the money. Fine and complicated watch repairing, dlamond setting, hand engraving. Jewelry re- paired and manufactured. Watch Inspectors M. & | l.and B. F. & I. F. Rys. ! GEO. T, BAKER & GO, Located in City Drug Store. 116 Third St. ; : Near the Lake " In, Feb. 18—One [ONE CENT A W & dead and four injured are the results ORP L = of a railway accident near Ringsted, la., when a hand car, containing five HELP WANTED. citizens of the town, was struck by a The men | WANTED—At International Hotel were on their way to Fenton to attend three steady girls—for dining- a dance when the accident occurred. room, second cook and dish- ’ washer. Wages $20 -per month. Five Killed; Scores Injured. Wi 9 rite or apply at International Valencia, Spain, Feb. 18.—Five per- sons were killed and seventy-eight in- Hotel, International Falls, jured, twenty-elght seriously, by the [WANTED—GI collapse of a floor in a hall where lots-| " j; o oou o ] f&:;;“;‘;;::‘ nd were being drawn for conscription. quire. Box 692, Blackduck, Minn, He Preferred Mules. HELP = WANTED—Experienced 3 One of the pet hobbies of Senator | cooks Inquire at Park Hotol. iR Christopher Magee was his newspaper, the Pittsburg Times. He kept the pa- per well to the front, and it was a credit to modern journalism. One morning the Times had been scooped on a railway wreck. “Senator,” asked” an intimate ac- quaintance, “how do you console your- self on the loss of that wreck story this morning?” “By congratulating ourselves," he an- swered quickly, “that we are among the number who missed that Il fated train” On another occasion as the senator was_approaching the Times building on Fourth avenue he noticed a crowd gathered about a wagon which was filled with huge rolls of newspaper. A wheel was caught in a deep rut in the pavement and could not be budged. “Senator,” laughed a friend, “they managed at last to get your paper into rut.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Magee, his eyes twinkling with good humor, “and I'm not trusting to men to get it out again, but to, mules.”—Philadelphia Press. Vanity of Men. In a woman's club, over tea and clgarettes, a group of ladies cited many, many instances of the foolish vanity of males. - “Take the case of bees,” one said. “Because the queen bee rules the hive, because she is the absolute mistress of millions of subjects, man up to a few hundred years ago denled her sex. He called her the king bee. “Pliny wrote somewhere, ‘The king bee 1s the only male; all the rest being females’ And Moses-Rusden, beekeep- er to Charles II, stoutly denled in or- der to please his royal master, thst the large bee, the ruler of the hives, be- longed to the gentler sex. “Even Shakespeare couldn’t bear to think that the bee of bees, the largest and wisest and fairest, the hive's ab- solute lord, was a female. No, all the proofs notwithstanding, Shakespeare called her‘a male. Don't you remem- ber the lines— “Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom, They have a king and officera of sorts.’ —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Casualties Expected. During one of Speaker Cannon’s bit- ter political fights In his district in Il nofs the opposition resorted to desper- ate tactics. Among other things friends of Uncle Joe were summarily dismiss- ed from positions they held in the p\lb- He service.. Some of his friends be- came alarmed at this, and one of them called on the speaker at his, residence and said, somewhat excitedly: \ “Joe, Smith and Jones have Just. lose their positions-in the postofice. What are we going to do about 1t?” ° Uncle Joe took another puff at his cigar and then answered, with a benev- olent smile: “Nothing. If you go into battle, you have got to expect to have Yome dead and wounded.” ‘A Precaution, “Young man,” said her hther. “T don’t want you to be too attentive to my daughter.” “Why—er—really,” stammered the timid young. man, “I hnd hoped to marry her some”— “Exadtly, and I'd like to haye you marry her, but if you're too attentive to her you won’t have money enough to do it~ 3 FOR SALE. 2 | FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. . - LOST and FOUND 'LOST—A silver belt buckle. Finder please return to Miss Gladys Kreatz, 419 Minnesota avenue. ? MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Satulday( 2:30t06 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to -9 p. m. also, Library in_ basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarians WANTED—Balsam lath bolts. Will pay $3.00 per ‘cord for Balsam lath bolts delivered at our mill, Douglass Lumber, Co., Bemidji. 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