Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1909, Page 4

“The caly high-chs ::;;:wder old at a moderate price. IN CONFERENCE WITH TAFT Messrs. Dickinson and Nagel May Join His Cabinet. Cincinnati, Feb. 22.—The presence here of J. M. Dickinson, general coun- sel of the Illinois Central railway sys- tem, and an immediate conference with President-Elect Taft is believed to indicate that a decision is near as to Mr. Taft's secretary of war. Mr. Dickinson has been under considera- tion for this position for some time.} Mr. Taft, however, maintains silence and Mr. Dickinson will not discuss the matter. The presence here also of Charles Nagel of St. Louis is likewise regard- ed as the opportunity for an offer to hirh by Mr. Taft of the commerce and | labor portfolio. The treasury department head, ac- cording to all that can be learned here, 1s perhaps the remaining one place in the cabinet regarding which no de- cision has been reached. INAUGURAL DAY PARADE More Than Thirty-one Thousand Men Will Be in Line. ‘Washington, Feb. 22.—More than 31,000 men will march in the inaugural parade March 4, according to official reports made to the inanguration committee. There will be approxi- mately 22,000 soldiers, sailors and marines of the regular service, na- tlonal guardsmen and independent military bodles, including the cadets from West Point and Annapolis, in the military division. Up to date forty-five organizations, of which nine are colored men, have applied for positions in line, as well as one body of Indians. These, with thelr musicians, will number about 9,000. PIN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH ON TONIGHT Best Men of New York and Cleveland fo Roll. = New York, Feb. 22—The opening games in the match between the bowling champions of New York and Cleveland, O., will be rolled on the Grand Central alleys in Brooklyn to- night and the popularity of the alley game in New York is showing itself in the interest taken in the match. Jimmy Smith, the new York cham- plon, is to meet Louis Franz, the best bowler of the Ohio city, in a home and home tournament. Thirty games are to be rolled, -the first fifteen in Brooklyn tonight and the other fifteen in Cleveland on March 12. Franz has been champion of Cleve- land for three years. He is as good & bowler when working in a team as in singles, as he proved lately when he and Charley Gilbert won an inter- city match rolled against Will Flenner and Gus Steele, two of Chicago’s best men on the alleys. Cleveland bowlers are enthusiastic about Franz’ ability, declaring that he will prove himself the best bowler of America. A num- ber of them have come on here to see him roll against Smith. The latter is generally considered the best bowler of the metropolis. In a recent work- out in preparation for tonight’s match he rolled an average for nine games of 233, beginning with a 300 score. It 1s reported that he has done even better. The match is for $500 a side, in addition to a share of the gate re- ceipts. BIG FLEETIS HOME AGAIN Battleships Anchor Today in Hampton Roads. WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT He Reviews Homecoming Vessels on the Mayflower—Crowds on Excur- sion Boats Greet Sperry and His Men—Much Powder Burned in Sa- luting—Festivities Planned for Offi- cers and Bluejackets. Fort Monroe, Va., Feb. 22.—Our fleet is home again. Riding safely at anchor in the waters of Hampton Roads after a welcome such as never before warmed the hearts of returning sailormen are the sixteen “bully” ves- | sels that have sailed around the world. It is impossible to resist the tempta- tlon to say that they look as “fit for a fight or a frolic” as they did when they sailed away from here more than fourteen months ago under the com- mand of Admiral Evans. ‘When the Mayflower, bearing Pres- ident Roosevelt and his invited guests, Admiral Dewey, Secretary Newberry and others, sailed down the harbor \ today the guns of Fort Monroe told the thousands of visitors to these shores that the welcome to the fleet would begin soon. Immediately the smoke began to rise from the stacks REVRISHT O WALTON FAWEETT ... ADMIRAL DEWEY. of the scores of excursion vessels chartered to bear the thousands of visitors out to sea to welcome the fleet. Turning their bows eastward they steamed slowly after the May- flower and took up their positions as near the presidential yacht as safety and the naval regulations would per- mit. Saluting the President. ‘When the Mayflower reached the position selected for her off Thimble shoal light her anchor was cast and the party aboard prepared to await the coming of Admiral Sperry and his ships. Word was sent to the admiral that his commander-in-chief was wait- ing for him and the Connecticut hoist- ed the signal for the fleet to follow the flagship in. Steaming at a fair rate the Connecticut moveq past the Mayflower, her guns booming out the presidential salute. The Mayflower responded and the great naval review was on. From that time until the last of the twenty-five returning warships had sailed past the Mayflower and paid its respects to the president in noise and smoke there was a continual roar of artillery that shook the Virginia hills and made conversation on the excursion steamers a difficult task. The civilian vessels added to the din with sirens and whistles, amid which the cheers of the visiting thousands anxious to do their share in the noisy welcome was all but lost. It was a pandemonium such as was never be- fore heard in this historic harbor. __While the fourteen_ vessels of Sper- y's fleet that have made the oircuit | of the world, covering more than 42, 000 miles since they left here in De- cember, 1807, received the greatest amount of applause the two battle- ships which joined the fleet on the Pacific coast and the vessels of Ad- miral Arnold’s convoying squadron re- celved their due share of attention. Probably the greatest amount of ap- plause greeted the appearance of the Connecticut, which was the flagship of the fleet throughout the cruise, and the Nebraska, which made its first appearance on the Atlantic seaboard. Twenty-five Warships in Line. In reviewing the fleet tlie May- flower occupied almost exactly the same position she did when the presi- dent bade godspeed to the sixteen bat- tleships at the beginning of the cruise. The fleet which saluted him today, however, presented a more imposing appearance than the outbound arma- da. Then sixteen warships sailed wouth; today twenty-five war vessels, including twenty battleships, passed in review before the commander-in- chief. When the last ship had passed the Mayflower the presidential yacht ‘weighed anchor and turned to take up her position between the Connec- tlcut and the Louisiana, Hardly had she cast anchor again when boats were cleared from the sides of the vessels of the fleet and Admiral Sperry and the commanders and ex- ecutlve officers of the ships were rowed to the Mayflower to pay their respects to the president. After these official calls were paid and the naval men had returned to their own ves- sels the president visited in turn the flagship of each division and met and greeted the assembled officers and the representative enlisted men sent to pay the respects of the jackies to him. Tonight will be memorable in the history of Fort Monroe, Newport News and the surrounding towns. The focus of the receptions to the returning sailors will be in the Chamberlin ho- tel, where the Navy league will give & dinner to Sperry and his command- ing officers. The dinner will be fol- lowed by a ball and for several days there will be a round of gayeties here. BLEDSOE GETS THIRTY YEARS Attempted to Extort $7,0001 From Millionaire. PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIME Declares He Had No Intention of Ex- ploding the Bomb With Which He Threatened His Would Be Victim. Latter Asserts That After Capture * Bledsoe Bewailed the Fact That It Did Not Go Off. Kansas City, Feb. 22.—Robert B. Bledsoe of Dallas, Tex., who on Tues- day last entered the home of Law- rence M. Jones, a millionaire mer- chant of this city, and attempted to extort $7,000 from him, was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. Bledsoe entered a plea of guilty to the charge of -attempted robbery. Judge Ralph W. Lathshaw of the erim- inal court, before whom he was ar raigned, sald he regretted that he could not sentence Bledsoe to a long- er term. He said the near crime was the most diabolical cne he had ever heard of. In answer to a question from the | court Bledsoe maintained that he had no confederates, nor did he have any intention of exploding the bomb with which he had threatened Mr. Jones and the latter’s wife and son, who came fo his assistance. - He merely used it, he sald, to intimidate the millionaire. Mr. Jones, however, told the court that after he had captured Bledsoe the man kept crying “Why didn’t the thing go off?” CHURCH BOARD UP IN ARMS Wisconsin Methodist -Minister ereed Basketball Game. Reedsburg, Wis., Feb. 22.—Because Rev. A. E. Friedrich, formerly a resi- dent of Madison and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, refereed a basketball contest between the Mad- ison and Reedsburg military com- panies he may lose his position as pastor of the Methodist church at Ironton, Wis. The churck board is up in arms, but Friedrich says he will referee another game if he gets the chance. He was formerly a member of the Madison company in the na- tional guard. Last sufimer Friedrich was pitcher for the Ironton baseball team. He is the youngest member in the West- ‘Wisconsin Methodist conference. ROBIN COOPER ON STAND Relates Events Leading Up to Shoot- " g of Carmack. Nashville, Tenn.,, Feb. 22.—Robin Cooper, co-defendant with his father, Colonel Duncan B Cooper, and John D. Sharpe, charged with the murder of former Senator Carmack, was the first witness called for the defense. Cooper said he was twenty-seven years of age and related in detail the early events of the day on which the shooting occurred. He told of the at- tacks made by Senator Carmack in his newspaper on Colonél Cooper and of the anger of the latter caused thereby. On the day of the shooting an emissary was sent to Carmack warning him to desist, but the lattet would promise nothing and was re ported to be in an ugly mood. PEACEFUL PICKETING LEGAL Court Denies Judgment for Damages Resulting. Odkland, Cal, Feb. 22—It is mnot illegal for a union labor organization to picket a place of business that has been declared “unfair” if the picket- ing is done in a peaceable manner, ac- cording to the decision of Judge Ells- ‘worth, given here in the case of Jos- eph Davis, a local restaurant man, against the Cooks and Waiters’ alli- ance. Because the union posted two pickets in front of his place of busi- ness the restaurant man declared that Most of them, of course, will be re- served for the officers, but the enlist- ed men have not been forgotten. They will have a ball and reception of their own on Feb. 27 in the sail loft of the Norfolk navyyard. ). EDWARD BRITT AGAIN He Fights Johnny Summers in Lon- don Ring Tonight. London, Feb. 22.—Patriotic Amer- ican sports in London will celebrate ‘Washington’s birthday by going to see Jimmy Britt, the California light- weight, fight Johnny Summers, the Englishman, at the National Sporting club—that is, if they have the price, for the National Sporting club is one of the ancient institutions of the Brit- ish capital and admission within its doors comes high. The Yankees here are sure, of course, that Britt will make Sum- mers’ seconds throw up the sponge, but there may be a surprise coming to them. Summers is a clever, hardy little serapper who has whipped some good Americans and Britishers and he may take Britt's measure tonight. The fight is scheduled to go twenty rounds for a purse of $4,000, in addition to a side bet of $500. BOSTON DOG SHOW TODAY Some of Country’s Best Known Ca- nines Placed on Exhibition. Boston, Feb. 22.—The last of the three great dog shows of the East was opened here today. Although the Boston show is not as large as the New York and Philadelphia exhibi- tions it is of great interest to lovers of the canine. The show will last four days. Some of the best known animals in the country are on exhibition and visitors are expected from many states. The present is the twenty-fifth annual bench show of the New England Ken- nel club. Ref- Caught in Burning Tenement. New York, Feb. 22.—Ten persons were trapped in the basement of a burning tenement on Henry street and three of them were overcome by smoke before the firemen could break their way into the building. ‘Thirty other families in the building were dilume ke the street by the flames. he had suffered a loss of $250. The The “Eagle Russet” Fountain Pen The Best Dollar Fountain Pen on the Market The Pen is always ready for use and may be -carried in any position without danger of leakage Ask for Russet Fountain Pens at The Pioneer Office . court.admitted the loss, but contend- ed inasmuch as the union had not brought it about by unlawful means damages could not be imposed HEAVY RAINS EXPOSE GOLD V-Iuahlo Nuggen Found Lying on Surface in California. San Francisco, Feb. 22.—A special dispatch from Placerville, which is located in the heart of the district where gold was first discovered in this state, conveys the news that the excessive rainfall this winter has ‘washed out many pockets and exposed nuggets running in value-as high as $125. They have been found in plain sight on the top of the ground where the surface dirt has been washed away. Hangtown creek is again the scene of active mining, the rushing flood wa- ters having deposited the fine yellow dust in paying quantities. Two Perish in Hotel Fire. Tower, Mich,, Feb. 22—Duftey La France and Peter Eno were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Figan, a two-story frame build- ing. The bodies of the two men were found in the ruins of the barroom, where they were spending the night. SAYS HE COULD NOT REFUSE Bryan Would Accept Fourth Nomina- tion if Offered. Denver, Feb. 22—"Hverybody who knows anything or who has any sense at all knows how I stand in the mat- ter of being a candidate for the presi- dency a fourth time,” said W. J. Bry- an when asked if he would again be a candidiate. “I haye made myself clear on this subject time and again,” he continued, “and _if -the people <haven't _sense % e e = o enough to Undérstand 1T Why, what’s the use of explaining it all over again? “I am not an-out and out candidate, but if the people of this country, if my own party, should demand that I make the race again, standing for my well known principles and ideas, why T do not very well see how I could re- fuse. “Still, four years is a long time and meanwhile I have other important ‘work to do.” ANTI-TREAT BILL IS LAW South Dakota Legislature Knocks Out Long Standing Practice. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 22.—The old fel- lows who hang around saloons wait- ing for an invitation will have to wait in vain if any attempt is made to en- force the provisions of the anti-treat law, which finally passed both houses, The bill contains a provision like that in the license law voiding the license of any dealer who is found guilty of allowing treating in his place of busi ness and the saloonmen are taking chances if they wish to keep up old customs in their places. RESULT OF GUT IN PRIGE OF PRODUCTS Securifies of Steel Corporation| Decline in Value. New York, Feb. 22.—The announce- ment of a decision to cut steel prices by Chairman Gary of the United States Steel corporation’s board of directors was reflected in the stock market. Offerings of 12,000 shares of United States Steel corporation com- mon stock at from 47% to 477%, a drop from 48%, was the feature of the opening. United States Steel pre- ferred declined a full point. The gen- eral market was lower in sympathy, with here and there a few fractional gains. During the second hour another drive was made against United States Steel common, forcing the price down to 46%. The stock was heavily dealt in and much of it was apparently of- fered at forced sale. United States Steel preferred and the sinking fund b per cent bonds were also affected, as was the entire active list. Assurances that the price of steel rails will not be cut as a result of the price cutting in finished steel products were given by men in high authority in the steel manufacturing business. The representative of a leading steel producer said that there were only five rail producing mills in this country and that they are op- posed to a reduction in the price of rails. ECHO OF GOEBEL MURDER Pardon Asked for Former Governor Taylor and Others. Louisville, Feb. 22 —Kentucky’s most vexatious political and penal problem has emerged again with a petition presented to Governor Will- son by Caleb Powers for the pardon- ing of former Governor W. 8. Taylor, former Secretary of State Charles Finley and John L. Powers. The pa- per was signed by 15,000 citizens of Kentucky regardless of politics and the governor replied that he would consider the matter in its turn. Powers, who is a former secretary of state of Kentucky, who, with Jim Howard, freed by Governor Willson’s pardon some months agb. The three men for whom Powers seeks the par- dons were charged as accessories to the murder of Governor Goebel, all having fled to Indiana, where extradi- tion has been refused. JAPAN AT SEATTLE SHOW Plans Biggest Exhibit Ever Made in Foreign Country. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22—T. Take- sawa, commissioner for Japan for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, has arrived here from Tokio. He states that plans for the biggest exhibit ever made by Japan abroad will be com- menced here immediately. Mr. Take- sawa declared that reported disfavor of the exposition by reason of anti- race feeling on the Pacific will in no way Interfere with the plans already made. No consideration need be glven sentiment expressed from Ashi- kaga by the Weaver league. The com- munity is a small one and had not been expected to participate with an exhibit. Court Wipes Out Saloons. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 22—The Ne- braska supreme court has wiped all saloons out of Hastings, Neb., holding that Councilman Alexander, who tied the vote on the issuance of licenses, thus allowing the mayor to cast the deciding “wet” vote, was disqualified because of having signed a saloon pe- tition and that the anti-saloon ele- .ment had, in effect, a majority in the council. Two Boys Burned to Death. Holyoke, Mass., Feb. 22.—Two boys, aged respectively six and five years, ‘were burned to death in the home of their father, Adam Kurtz. Mrs. Kurts had left the house on an errand while her children were at play. When she returned she found her home in flames and could not enter. The building ‘was destroyed. Roosevelt Willing to Serve. ‘Washington, Feb. 22.—President Roosevelt has informed Chairman ‘West of the committee on permanent organization of the recent conference on the care of dependent children that he would serve as president of such organization when perfected. Robbers Loot Texas Bank. Bl Paso, Tex, Feb. 22.—Robert blew open the vault of the State bank at Kilgore, Tex., and escaped with -$8,400. Bloodhounds from the state Denitentiary at Rulk have been put on their trail. SON TO RENEW. CONTEST Proposes to Continue Fight on Cnl;ml 8nell's Will. Decatur, Ill, Feb. 22—In suite of the decision of the supreme court up- holding the will of the late Thomas Bnell of Clinton, IlL, his son, Richard ‘Snell, will make another attempt to break the will. The contention this time will be almost solely that Colonel Tom Snell had insane delusions as to his son and that these delusions were unfounded. A rehecaring before the supreme court will be asked. The estate amounts to $1,500,000. Mabelle Snell McNamara of Kansas City, Mo., whose letters to Snell formed a fea- ture of the case, is & beneficiary of the will. NEW BRITISH DREADNOUGHT Vanguard, Blnnnt of His Majesty's Battleships, Launched Today. Barrow, Eng, Feb. 22—The Van- guard, the latest addition to King Ed- ‘ward’s battleship fleet, was launched here today. + The Vanguard is the seventh vessel of the Dreadnought class to be con- structed for the British navy. When completed she will be the largest, heaviest and most heavily armored battleship in the world. Her keel was laid down April 1, 1908, and the con- tract calls for her completion within two years from that date. Her total cost will be more than $9,000,000. Cooking With Sunlight. Bun cooking—roasting and boiling by sunlight instead’ of coal or gas—has been going on for 300 years. There are sun stoves that roast a sirloin or boil a soup to perfection. They are only used, however, by scientists. A sun stove consists mainly of a mirror— a spherfcal mirror on a joint. - There is also a reflector. The place for pot or plate is 50 gituated that the mirror's rays can be focused on it accurately. A German, Baron Tchernhausen, was the first sun cook. He began in 1687 to boil water, and in 1688 he had very good success at baking eggs. Sir John Herschel and Buffton are other fa- mous names associated with sun cook- ing. In California various sun cooks have boiled a gallon of water in twen- ty minutes, roasted meat in two hours and poached eggs in fifteen minutes— quite as good time as the ordinary fire makes.” An odd thing about meat roasted by sun rays is that it has an unpleasant taste. This is avolded by .| the insertion of a plate of yellow glass between meat and mirror. In all solar ures.—Cincinnatl. Enquirer. = Queer English Laws. “No statute law of England ever can be obsolete,” a legal journal says. “‘Once enacted, it continues in binding force until repealed.” If such be really the case, there for several classes of the communif For instance, what will builders have to say to the act which penalizes any person who erects a house without at- taching to it at least four acres of Bess' ” laws, and it has most certainly never been repealed. By another unrepealed statute, which dates back to the first year of King James L, 1t is enacted that not more than a penny may be charged for a quart of the best old ale nor more than small beer. The penalty for each in- fraction of the act is 20 shillings, so that if it-were rigldly enforced it would not need, apparently, a licensing bill to ruin the brewers. Then, again, a Catholic owning a horse is still legal- 1y obliged to sell it for £5 to anybod, who chooses to offer that sum for it.— London Graphie. The Cheerful Undertaker. A most amusing thing occurred one evening upon our arrival at a small town in New Zealand. We found awaiting®us at the station the local carrlage and pair, with the local un- dertaker as footman. He was garbed in his usual funereal suit of black, but he had substituted a white tie in or- der to relleve the situation somewhat, and, evidently with a desire to dispel any morbid impressions he might oth- erwise have created, he commenced to Wwhistle a selection of the most cheer- ful tunes he knew, while he held the door open for us and Hhelped us into the. carriage.—Clara Butt in Musical Home Journal Legal Fictlon. Says Sir Henry Maine in his “An- clent Law:” “A legal fiction is the as- sumption which conceals or affects to conceal the fact that a rule of law has undergone alteration, its letter remain- ing unchanged while its operation has been modified. The fact is that the law has been changed; the fiction is that it remains what it always was.” Frenzied Financlering. Columbus Washington Johnson Smith —W'at’s de price er dem watermelons, Mr, Jackson? Mr. Jackson (cunningly)—Ten cents erplece and I picks ’em; 20 cents er- plece and you picks ’em, Mr. Smif. 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