Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 16, 1909, Page 2

, ! USSR G FU————— THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER A A A A A A AN PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON. A A A A A A AN AN ANt BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. AN NN Tntered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter. A NSNS NN NNNS NN SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM ——— SUCCESS, BR’ER WATSON. Says Mary D. McFadden ("“News and Comment”) in the Duluth News- Tribune: “The Big Forks Compass has changed hands again. This news- paper was established and made famous far beyond the boundaries of Minnesota by Editor A. M. Greeley. It has been published and brought out in good shape by Editor Holler, who is now succeeded by Editor George P. Watson. Here’s success to him. He hasa hard pace to follow.” The writer has an especial inter- est in the success of Br'er Watson. He spoke the words that joined us together with our good wife, some years ago, and we shall watch his career with interest. While Mr. Watson may not be able to write many tear-provoking articles, he is a hustler, every inch of him, and is very liable to pursue the almighty dollar to its lair and get away with it, in a large measure. Here’s success to the new proprietor of the Compass. CONGRESSMAN STEENERSON MAKING GOOD* A recent issue of the Hawley Her- ald says of Congressman Steenerson and his acts in congress: *‘Congressman Steenerson is one of the 29 members of the house who signed and filed the petition asking that the committee of the house be appointed by.a committee on commit- tees, and not by the speaker,and that the members of this committee be selected according to geographical location, thus assuring equality; also that one day each week be set apart for bills on the calendar, assuring the consideration by the house of all bills. By showing his independence, which in fact he has always shown, he is serving his district and the whole country ‘in the way they wish to be served, and is-entitled to much credit for his stand, and it is to be hoped that the move to amend the rules will be successful.” BY MEXICO AND UNITED STATES Joint Intsrvention in Central America Imminent. IN INTEREST OF PEACE Last Pact Between Warlike Republics Was an Agreement to Refrain From Hostilities and Submit All Quar rels to Arbitration—Duty of Unitec States and Mexico to See Terms Enforced. ‘Washington, March 15.—The possi- bility of joint intervention by America and Mexico in the interest of peace in Central America is believed to be now under serious consideration. The question at issue is the exact extent of the obligation imposed upon the two larger republics under the terms of the last Central American peace pact. America and Mexico were not parties to this agreement, although they were largely instrumental in bringing it about. The five Central American republics agreed to refrain from hostllities and submit any quar- rels between themselves to arbitra: tion. Such agreements have been made before, but they never have had any very great binding force. To remedy that fault in preceding agree- ments in the case of the last conven- tion it was made the duty of America and Mexico to see that its terms were lived up to. It will be under that stipulation, if at all, therefore, that intervention will be based. A natural outcome of the with drawal of American Secretary of Le gation Gregory from Managua would he the retirement from Washington of Senor Espinosa, the Nicaraguan min- Ister to this capital. But of coursc he would rot be likely to act on his own volition in a matter of such impor- tance and so far has had no instruc- tions from his government. The mnaval strength of the United States in the vicinity of Nicaragua will soon be increased by the prese ence of the Dubuque at Bluefields. News is momeniarily expected by the state department from the govern- ment cf Mexico in relation to the proposition submitted by this govern- ment to the Mexican ambassador look- ing te a conference on the pending sit- uation between Nicaragua and Salva- dor. The Mexican ambassador has ‘telegraphed his government concern- ing the desire of the United States for a conference. The navy department is . co-operat- ing with the secretary ot state and is araguaon short nofice: There aro 500 marines at Panama and 200 at Guantanamo, Cuba, and these, it is felt at the department, will be able to meet the necessities of the case. Deny Existence of War. o New York, March 1j—The presl dents of both Nicaragua and Salvador deny that there has been any out- break of hostilities between the two countries. Messages of inquiry were addressed to (eneral Zelaya, presi- dent of Nicaragua, and General Figu- eroa, president of Salvador, cencern- ing the reporis of warlike activity be- tween the two republics. NEW YORK EXCHANGE PROBE Chairman White Says Wide Difference of Opinion Exists. New York, March 1)—Stock ex: change methods were again undef consideration at the session of the commission appointed by Governot Hughes to investigate the operations of the New York city exchanges. Pres- ident Thomas of the New York Stock Exchange and several members of the governing committee of that institu: tion appeared and were examined with reference to alleged practices of HORACE WHITE. some brokers in lending customers stocks and rehypothecating them for | more than the customer had borrowed on them. Chairman Horace White said after the session that wide differences of opinion over some of the matters un: der discussion had developed between the members of the committee and the stock exchange officials. | PARIS OPERATORS OUT ON A STRIKE French Capital Cut Off From Outside World, Paris, March 13.—The city of Paris is cut off from telegraphic communi- cation with the outside world because of a general strike following disor- derly incidents at the central tele- graphic bureau of the postoffice. The telegraph operators appeared for duty in the morning, but worked intermittently. Following a personal quarrel between a sub-chief and the operators 400 men left their instru- ments and walked out, calling “Strike! strike!” Several of the stations are now guarded by troops and trouble is feared. The government authorities intend to call in the militla. Threats are being made that M. Pataud, the secretary of the Electrical union, will Dplace Paris In darkness. INJUNCTION SUIT STARTED Hatters Say Some Union Men Desire to Resume Work. New York, March 1i—Papers in an injunction suit brought by the Samuel Mundheim company were served upon John A. Moffitt, president gf the Unit- ed Hatters of North America, at Or ange, N. J. Moffitt and sixty other officers of the United Hatters are or- dered to show cause on March 29 at Trenton why they should not be re- strained from fining and intimidating union members who, it is alleged, de- sire to return to work at plants where a strike is now in effect. A novel point raised by the hat man- ufacturers in their application is the contention that were they to comply with the demands of the United Hat- ters and use the union label in the hats they manufacture they might ren- der themselves liable to punishment for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The manufacturers in their pa- pers claim that the union label is used in - furtherance of a boycott of -un< labeled hats and that by consenting to the use of the label they might un- willingly become parties to the al- leged boycotl. = PREMONITION IS CORRECT Fearing Robbery Father and Son Guard Their Bank. . Beloit, Wis.; March 1j—Having a premonition that their bank and ele- vator at Roscoe, six miles south of here, was to be robbed Charles Whit- ing and his son Ivan stood on' guard. Shortly after midnight: they saw a flash of light in the office of the ele- vator, which also seryef as the bank. Mr, Whiting took: his:‘Stand on one side of the building and his son on the other. The elder man fired his gun. Five men ran from the building, the younger Whiting shooting at each one as they passed, using a repeating shot- gun. e believes he wounded one of the men, but all escaped. Well Known in Railroad Circles. Philadelphia, March 1 —Willlam 8. Taylor of this city, prominently known in railroad circles, pa!ficqbfly -In the.West, died at a hospital ing an cperation. - He was pres ent of the Entress Coal and Cuke com- Drepared _ to_send marineg_to . Nic- pany of this city. - CONGRESS MEETS T0 TALK TARIFF Extra Session Begun Today in Both Houses. BILL GOES TO COMMITTEE Latter Body, Having Held Hearings on Measure, Will Not Retain It Long—Speaker Cannon Re-Elected. He Shares Honors of the Day With Representative Payne, Father of the New Revenue Act. ‘Washington, March 13.—The com- ing together of the hands in the big clock in the hall of representatives at noon today and the fall of the speak- er’s gavel from the hand of Clerk Mec- Dowell marked the opening of the representatives” part of the extra ses- sion of the Sixty-first congress, called By proclamation of President Taft. Today’s proceedings in the house coasisted mainly of organization. The senate is a continuous body and never dies, but when the house adjourned before the inauguration it passed out of existence. It was necessary, there- fore, to attend today to such details as the swearing in of the members, the election of a speaker and other offi- cials, the assignments of members to committees and the drawing for seats. Although the president’s proclama- tion, issued on March 6, did not state the reason for the extra session his | message, prepared for transmission to the two houses at the beginning of the session, calls upon them to delib- erate over the advisability of prepar- ing and passing a new tariff law for the United States. In many previous utterances—notably in his inaugural address—President Taft has made known, his conviction that the Repub- lican members controlling the two houses should carry out the provision of the Chicago platform pledging the party to a tariff Jaw affording protec- tion to the industries of the nation “equal to the difference between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here.” For months the ways and means committee of the old house, most of whose members were re-elected, were busy with the preparation of a bill declared to em- bedy that idea. Speaker Cannon Re-Elected. Prebably first in interest and impor- tance among the events of today in the two houses was the re-clection of Speaker Cannon. The old Republican “war horse” has been too strong for the house “insurgerts” and his face wore a little smile of triumph as he ascended the rostrum after the an- nouncement by the clerk of the vote re-electing him and thanked the mem- bers for the honor. In accordance ‘with ancient custom the oath of office was administered ‘to the speaker by the “father of the house.” That honer nov; belongs to General H. H. Bingnam, who today began his thir- tieth year of continuous service in the house. Speaker Cannon had to share the honor of the most conspicuous place in the attention of the crowded gal- leries today with Representative Sereno E. Payne, chairman.of the committee on ways and means. Mr. Payne is the “father” of the new tariff bill and its unoflic[al title is “the Payne bill.” After the organization of the house and the adoption of the rules- the house’ programme included the offer- ing by Mr. Payne of the new bill, the fruit of long hours of work by him and his confreres on the committee. The bill goes for- consideration to the. new committee on ways and means, from whose hands it will soon emerge with the committee’s “O. K.” at- tached. The long hearings, during ‘which such prominent men as Andrew Carnegie, Elbert H. Gary, Charles M. Schwab and others appeared before the committee, convinced that body that the country would welcome & speedy report on the .bill and thé measure will therefore not be allowed to linger in the committee room. The Comittee Hearings. The committee hearings on the pro- posed new bill, which is now ready for- the consideration of -congress, filled - six- weeks and were, according to Bourke Cockran, one of the Demo- cratic members of the committee, “the most. extensive and the fairest that-were ever held for the purpose of revising the tariff.” More than 300 men iuterested in the revision of the tariff appeared before the committee. They - embraccd importers and - ex: porters, manufacturers, farmers and others. Included in their interests ‘were an exceedingly wide variéty of | businesses. Government experts and other statisticians were also called upon to furnish information to the committee. Probably the most-inter- esting~witness was Mr. Carnegle, who had declared in amagazine article his belief that the iron and steel.industry.|- of America no longer needed protec- tion. Judge Gary, chairman of the board of-directors of the United States Steel corporation, declared that the |7 independent manufacturers needed high .duties to protect them against monopoly. of the trade. Among the. other trades represented. at the hear- ings were the lumber, wool, paper, sugar and fruit industries. “In prac- tically every case arguments for and against the continuance of high pro- tective duties' were adyanced, placing on the members of the committee the burden of decision. The result, of their deliberations has been guarded Wwith great care, Despite forecasts of the contents of the bill, alleged to be authoritative, foew besides its authors know which schedules are to remain unchanged, which-are to be advanced |- and which are to be lowered. Senate Also in Session. - _The senate also convened today, but for. some time its sessions will not be: a8 important as_those of the house. B, Which 18 tho end ‘and alm of the extra session, must originate in the house and be passed by that body before it goes to the senate for ap- proval. ‘After it reaches the senate what that august body does to it in comumittee’ and in open session be- comes of importance and interest. The senate has been in continuous session since March 4, After the for- mal reading today of the president’s proclamation calling the two houses together a committee was appointed by Vice President Sherman to wait on the president and inform him that the senate was ready to receive any com- munication he might be pleased to send, A recess was declared until the president’s message should come. WESTON BEGINS LONG TRAMP TODAY Veteran Slafls From New York for San Francisco. New York, March 1)—From New York to San Francisco on foot is the long tramp planned by Edward Pay- son ‘Weston, the world’s most famous walker, who began his journey today at the New York postoffice. Today is. Mr. Weston’s seventieth birthday. His age is probably the most astonishing feature of his ven- to the Pacific coast in the time in which Mr. Weston promises to do it is one to tax severely the powers of a man half his age. He expects to cover the route, more than 4,000 miles long, in 100 days, excluding Sundays. It is EDWARD P. WESTON. a matter of principle with Mr. Wes- ton never to walk on Sunday. He de- votes the day to rvest and to deliver- ing temperance lectures. The ex- penses of his trips are paid from the proceeds of the lectures. Mr. Weston first attracted the world's attention as a pedestrian in 1867, when he walked from Portland, Me., .to Chicago in twenty-six days. In 1907 Mr. Weston repeated that walk, but bettered his record by twenty-eight hours. On his present trip Mr. Weston will be accompanied by journalists from various cities- and an attendant and his manager. “This is probably the first and only attempt ever made to cross America under surveillance during the entire trip,” said Mr. Weston, in talking of his venture, “and I intend to create a record for younger men to aim at in future years. “I belieye that I shall make this ttip In even beter time than the schedule. In préparation for the event I have been walking twenty-five to 'er:d months.” AUSTRO-SERVIAN SITUATIDN German offi lo Take:a More Pessi- | mistic View. Berlin,-.March 15.—A . more pessi- mistic.view prevails in official ¢ircles regarding the outcome of the negotia— tions: ‘between Austria-Hungary, -and Servia, as it is not- believed ‘that Ser- via’s. reply to. the 'Austro] -Hungarian communication-concerning a: commiér- cial -agreement will lead to.a fruitful outcome. Nevertheless, it is: probable Austrian patience will be extended to the consideration of further proposals after March'31. ~In’the meanwhile the Servian gov- -ernment has ordered a large quantity of -gunpowdor from-a Saxon.factory “for immediate delivery ‘and. it has 'placed an order ‘for 500,000 patent aseptic. bandage rolls for fleld hos- | pital use -with & Cologne manufac- t“.rer Landslides in Java Kill Hundreds of People. Wctm-ia, B. C.; March 1J.—News of “volving the ioss of hundreds “of lives, “probably more than 1,000, at Pendjolo, Ve, was brought here by the steam- -er Empraas of China, A part of Mount Ksnt Jana fell.. 3 ‘But one man, one woman and two children‘escaped to tell the tale. Tons of earth were slipping as the vessel eft. Crowds were flocking to see the ter- rible: sight,” while officials were es.try- ing out’ the: work of ‘recobtering the ‘bodies, mostiy buried deep below wn_s of enrth Pesulsnce was feared.- " WIll Be a Traveling cablnet. i3 ‘Washiagton, March 15.—If President sers sobn will become. known “as the “traveling cabinet.” Hxperience has taught: Lhe new. ‘chief executive According to_the Constitution the tar-I ture, since the walk from New York | thirty miles da}ly‘fu’r the past sev- THREE VILLAGES' BURIED‘ landslides bm'vl.ng three villages, “in- ASSASSINATED _ BY BLACK HAND New York Police Lientenant Murdered in Italy. TERROR TO EVIL DOERS| Was an Italian by Birth and Had Made Relentless War on the Grim: Inals of His Own Natlonality—Was Sent to His Native Land a Year Ago by His Superior on an Important Mission. Palermo, Sicily, March 1J.~Lieuten: ant Joseph Petrosini of the New York olice department was shot down and {lled near his hotel here. His as- sassins are unknown. He had come here on an important mission- which had for its object the protection of Ppeaceful Italians of America. New York, March 15.—Lieutenant Joseph Petrosini was the Black Hand expert of the New York police depart. ment and a terror toItalian criminals, It i3 said he had more convictions for murder to his credit than any five policemen connected with the detec. tive bureau.. In his work it is but naturai that he incurred the enmity of all Italian criminals and the report of his death in Italy leads to the be- lief that he at last fell a victim to those whom he had :so relentlessly prosecuted. He went to Italy more than a year ago to work on a plan suggested by Police Commissioner Bingham, the basis of which was to be the adoption of means to check the tide of unde- sirable Italians and Sicilians to this country and particularly to New York city. A native of Italy and a man of great experience on the local police force Petrosini was the best all around wman to accomplish the mis- sion. A private subscription was start- ed and $30,000 was raised. With this to defray the expense of the undertak- ing Petrosini left for his-native land to establish bureaus through which it ‘was hoped to keep such complete rec- ords that the news: of the departure from Italy or Sicily of any criminals could be flashed to this country al- most immediately so that the authori- ties here could be on the alert and prevent their landing or place them under arrest. Prominent Italians in the city say there is no doubt that the detective met death among his countrymen as a direct result of his untiring efforts to suppress the Mafia, the Camorra and the Black Hand. MINERS CALL CONVENTION Will Decide on Future Action in-An: thracite District. Philadelphia, March 15.—The tri- district convention of the anthracite miners {o take up the matter of a new agreement with the operators will be held in Scranton Tuesday, March 23. This convention will receive the re. port of the full scale committee which met the operators here and which is composed of the executive boards of the three anthracite districts and will adopt plans for making further efforts to obtain from the coal companies a new agreement to take the place: of the present working arrangement, which- expires March 31. Following the convention there will be another conference with" the operators. The time between now and March 23 will be' spent in strengthening-the union and electing delegates to the conven-| tion. There is nothing on"the surface to indicate any change in the situation. The miners will make no further move until, the convention meets and the operators are simply waiting on the miners. INSURRECTION IS IMMINENT Situation in Persia Analn Attractlng Attention. - : St. Petersburg, March 15.—The sit- uation in Persia again is attracting at- tention in St. Petersburg. The gov- érnment s sending a division of Cos- Sacks to Teheran and it has ordered the consuls at Resht and Astrabad to summon Caspian warships in the event of outbreaks threatening the interests ‘of Russia. The Novoe Vremya pub- lishes a Teheran dispatch saying.the situation is critical, that an’ insurrec- “tion {s imminent and that only a strong military. detachment can pre- :vent the sacking of Teheran. the Caucasus has just reviewed the Russian troops at Baku, which would |. “be ‘the natural ‘base of departure for 'an expedition into Persia. Dies at Age I\)f 104, Alpena, Mich., - March 1‘.——Iohn Charborneau, a hunter and trapper, ‘who was born at St. Ignace, Mich.,. is dead st his home twelye miles’ from here, aged 104 years. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester paid the aged trapper a call at his home in the It is significant that the viceroy of |- ‘woods several years ago when they ‘were ou g trip’ through Michigan. Russian Paper_Confiscated. % - St. Petersburg, March 15—The ‘newspaper Russ. was confiscated for' publishing extracts from Count Leo “Tolstol's last work, “Chrlnlmty Anfl the Death Penalty“‘ WDI.INDED ENGINEER A HHO -Runs Traln Twenty. Mi WNI Hll 'rhroat Cut. an engineer whose run on the Omaha raflroad between here and Merrillan, made himself ‘s he Bearly at the expense: of ‘hisg lite, ‘was forcing his engine at a an heur pace through the huze sm:w- drifts which have almost completely blnck “traf ‘the. three ‘cab was' lmnn by contact with the ‘anow, wind and fice, hurling a piece of the broken glass violently against hi» throat, cutting & deep gash and nearly severing the jugular vein. wm: one hand on the throttle and other holding shut the wound to -(om the. profuse flow of blood: ha “his’ train safely to Granton, - d tdfice of twenty miles.. There, nearly dead from the loss of blood, he was taken to a hospltal, where it is ;| believed he will recover. HILL GAINS CONTROL - OF GANADIAN ROAD ‘Buys S!ock uf Crows Nest Pass Rallway Company. Toronto, Ont., March 15.—At the] annual meeting of the Grows Nest Pags Coal and Railway company it Was announced that James J. Hill had secured control of the road. It was said that Hill was able to obtain con- trol through ‘the sale to him by Sir Henry Palleto of a large block of stock. ; Detalls of the transaction are ‘withheld. St. Paul, March 15.—When - asked about his reported purchase of the control of the Crows Nest Pass Coal and Railway company Chairman J. J. Hill of the Great Northern said: “It’s_ all rubbish. I know where Crows Nest Pass ig and I know there are some railroads up there, but I don’t know whether they run east or west or north and’ south.”: -~ LABOR LEADER GOES T0 JAIL Writs of Mandamus Refused and Sen- | tence Carried Out. Manila, March . 15—The writs of mandamus for habeas corpus, sought -for by counsel for Dominador Gomez, who was sentenced. to four months' imprisonment in_ Bilibid for inciting a strike, have been denied and the convicted labor leader has been taken to the prisod. * Large crowds gathered at the po Hee headquarters, but there was no demonstration on the streets. How’s This? 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