Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 2, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON. BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. C. J. PRYOR. G E. CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, News Editor. Eatered in the postofiice at Bemidii. Minn., second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM IF IT HAD BEEN THE PRESIDENT. Suppose, for a moment, that it was the chief executive of the American state instead of the chief of the English state whose race horse had won the greatest racing event in his own country. We do not believe that even Mr. Canfield of Saratoga and New York would receive the news with- out a little shock to some dormant instinct within him. And from most of the 90,000,000 rest of us there would arise a howl of disap- probation that might empty the White House of its tenant. Vet few of us think worse of the King of England because he chooses to in- vest some of his fortune in demon- strating the ability of one horse torun faster than another horse. Nor do we utter one word of pro- test because the president of France elects to spend every pleasant Sun- day afternoon in the “government box” at the race track. All of which indicates, perhaps, that the republic is shaking itself free from the annoying habit of consistency and adopting more freely the gospel of live and let live. CAUSTIC COMMENT. LA. G. Rutledge.] Fortunately, Mars will never know that this little world is too mean to spend a big $10,000,000 to give him the top o’ the mornin’, Young Turkey refuses to punish Abdul Hamis further thanto send him into exile from Constantinople, accompanied by eleven wives. Two would answer the ends of justice. A New York mother’s club wants to establish a father’s day, a day on which father can freely enioy him- self. And no doubt mother is will- ing to go along and help him enjoy it In an address before a Chicago club, recently, Minister Wu Ting Fang declared for woman suffrage in this country. It is worthy of note, in passing, that Wu makes his home and casts his vote in China. Plunge Sixty Feet Down Canyon. Pasadena, Cal, June 2.—Descend- ing the Santa Anita trail down Mount Wilson Mrs. A. S. Wilson of Los An- geles lost her footing and seized the arm of her husband fn an endeavor to save herself. The latter had no time to brace himself and both plunged sixty feci down the rocky canyon. When found both were unconscious and probably fatally injured. Darage to Airship Serious. Berlin, June 2.—Count Zeppelin has sent a telegram to the reichstag say- ing that he regrets that he must post- pone his invitation for members to make ascensions in his new model afrship inasmuch as the restoration of the damaged parts will reqnire six weeks. Hill-Harriman Agreement. New York, June £.—The agreement between the railroads controlled by E. H. Harriman and those controlled by James J. Hill for joint use of the tracks leading into Seattle has heer signed, sealed and delivered. The Complete Alpinist. The young millionaire had climbed the Jungfrau, Monck and Eiger. “It is more dangerous work than mo- toring,” he said, “and, dear me, how the climber is loaded down. He re- sembles a peddler more than anything else. He carries wood to make a fire with. He carries nails for his boots. He carrles a lamp. He also has an ax ‘wherewith to cut steps for himself in perpendicular ice walls, and he has a cord wherewlith to rope himself to his companions, and he has a staff to help him up and down the steeps. In the sack on his back there are all sorts of things—tubes of concentrated soup, tea, coffee, candles, socks, extra shirts, gloves, pins, brandy, meat extract, smoked glasses. And dangling be- tween his shoulders is a pair of snowshoes, without which in the hot August sun he would sink in the soft snow quite up to his knees at every step.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Wanted the Other One. A handsome and neaily dressed young ‘woman was walking down the street the other day, followed by her favor- ite dachshund pup. It was market day, and the pavement being some- what crowded caused the dog to get some distance behind its mistress. Pearing it would lose sight of her, she called, “Come along, sir!” A would be wit who was near step- ped up to her and with great politeness #aid, “Certainly, miss,” “Ab,” she exclaimed as her pet came running up, “you have made a mis- take! This is the puppy I called.”— London Tit-Bits. s 1314156174819 2021222322526 27282930 | WANTS BERTH PRICES EQUAL Interstate Board Hears Charges Laid by St. Paul Man. ‘Washington, June 2—The inter- state commerce commission heard oral arguments in the case of George F. Loftus of St. Paul against the Pull- man Palace Car company, in which the question of rates for sleeping car berths between St. Paul and Chicago and St. Paul and the Pacific coast is involved. The point to be determined is whether the rallroads shall be per- mitted to charge as much for an upper as for a lower berth. The commission also heard argu- ments in the case of James Manahan against the Northern Pacific and other railroads operating between tae Twin Cities and Duluth, involving al- leged excessive charges for the trans- portation of hard and soft coal from the lakes to the Twin Cities. In this ease it is charged that the people of the Northwest are being mulcted of about §750,000 annually because of the imposition of high rates. MRS. KAUFMANN FACES JURY 8econd Trial of Woman Accused of Murder. Flandreau, 8. D., June 2—The sec- ond trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufmann, wife of a wealthy Sioux Falls brewer, who is charged with one of the most brutal murders of recent times, has begun here. The alleged victim was Miss Agnes Polreis, a nineteen-year- old domestic in the Kaufmann family. The girl went to work for Mrs. Kauf- mann on Feb. 18, 1906. On June 1 of the same year she dled in the Sioux Falls hospital, her head and body cov- ered with wounds. Mrs. Kaufmann was arrested on a charge of murder and tried in June, 1907. She was con- victed of manslaughter, second de- gree, but appealed and was granted a new trial. Mrs. Kaufmann has been out on $25,000 bail. MUST FACE ANOTHER TRIAL Further Prosecution of Chicago Labor Leaders Planned. Chicago, June '.—Further prosecu- tion of Martin B. (Skinny) Madden and his assoclates, M. J. Boyle and Fred A. Pouchot, who were convicted on a charge of extortion, Is to be pushed by State’s Attorney Wayman. No date has been set for beginning the trial of the labor leaders on one of the other Indictments, but Mr. Way- man said it would not be earlier than slx weeks, as he had other work to attend to and because of the difficulty in getting a jury while public atten- tion was centered on the case. New York Broker Ends Life. Honolulu, June |—Starr Hoyt Nich- ols, a broker of New York, committed suicide by taking chloroform in his apartments at the Royal Hawailan hotel Nichols, who was seventy-four years old, had been troubled with in- somnia. Postoffice Safe Robbed. Couderay, Wis., June 2—The post- office at Birchwood, Wis., a village near here, was robbed by burglars, who foreced an entrance through a window and worked the combination to the safe, getting away with $200 in currency and some stamps. This is the third postoffice robbery at Birch- wood within three years. Blaze in Parochial School. Detroit, June 2.—All of the pupils of St. Casimar’s parochial school es- caped in safety from a fire which broke out on the second floor of the school. About 350 of the 900 pupils were in the building. They rushed down the stairs and fire escapes with- out injury. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, June 1.—Wheat—July, $1.30%; Sept., $1.10%; Dec., $1.08%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.34@1.24%; No. 1 Northern, $1.32@1.33%; No. 2 Northern, $1.31@1.31%; No. 3 North- ern, $1.281%@1.30%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, June 1.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.321; No. 1 Northern, $1.31; No. 2 Northern, $1.29; July, $1.29%; Sept., $1.11. Flax —To arrive and on track, $1.75; July, $1.74; Sept., $1.521%; Oct., $1.43%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, June I—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.00@6.50; fair to good, $4.50@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@4.00; veals, $5.25@6.00. Hogs—$6.76@17.15. Sheep—Wethers, $6.25@6.75; yearlings, $7.00@7.25; lambs, 7.50@8.25; spring lambs, $8.00@9.00. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, June 1.—Cattle—Beeves, $5.16057.25; Texas steers, $4.75@6.40; Western steers, $4.75@6.30; stockers and feeders, $3.60@5.60; cows and heifers, $2.60@6.45; calves, $5.25@ 7.50. Hogs—Light, $6.80@7.25; mixed, $6.95@17.85; heavy, $7.00@7.45; rough, $7.00@7.15; good to choice heavy, $7.16@7.45; pigs, $5.80@6.75. Sheep —Native, $4.00@6.60; yearlings, $6.25 @7.40; lambs, $6.25@8.65. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, June 1—Wheat—July, $110% @1.19%; Sept, $1.00%; Dec. $1.07%@1.07%. Corn—June, 75c; July, 71% @713c; Sept., 68%c; Dec., B8%c; May, 69c. Oats—July, 63% @ B4c; June, B68c; Sept., 44l%c; Deo, 44% @44%c. Pork—July, Sl?.s?%: Sept,, $19.50. Butter—Creamerles, 22 @25%0; dairles, 209240, Eggs—19% @21%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 18c; chick- ems, 14c; springs, 20@808. —r— EFFORT TO END MARINE STRIKE Seth Low Meets State Boards of Arbitration. IN SESSION AT CLEVELAND President of National Civic Federa- tion Asked to Bring Influence of That Body to Bear Upon the Lake Carriers’ Association to Treat With the Strikers—Latter Ready to Con- fer With Employers. Cleveland, June 2—In an effort to bring about a conference between the representatives of the Lake Carriers’ association and representatives of the various labor organizations employed on the Great Lakes, with a view to settling the lake marine strike, mem- bers of the state board of arbitration from six states met here with Seth Low of New York, president of the National Civic Federation. The .members of the various state boards, who recently met in Detroit and there arrived at a mutual under- standing as to the details of the strike, the various claims and what attitude shall be taken by the arbitra- tion boards, prevailed upon President SETH LOW. 0 Low to have the Civic Federation bring its influence to bear upon the Lake Carriers’ association to treat With the strikers. It is asserted that the representatives of the striking seamen are ready to confer with their employers. The strike of the seamen, which began about May 1, has been lacking in violence, but effective to a large degree. The ‘union employes simply have remained away from the boats and thus have handicapped, to a large degree, the freo operation of the boats. Quite a number of vessels have been unable to move owing to the lack of a crew. Comparatively little ore and coal is being handled upon the lakes. The strike is direct- ed agalnst the vessels controlled by the Lake Carriers’ assoclation only, which represents upwards of 90 per cent of the lake marine interests. Late last year the association decided to adopt a “welfare” plan of handling its employes, which included the “open shop” policy. The policy is considered by the seamen to be a blow at unfonism. This is their only grievance. Wages are not being con- sidered. CEREMONY OCCURS ON SHORE Mississippians Present Silver Service to Battleship, Pascagoula, Miss, June 2—With the big battleship Mississippi riding at anchor twelve miles due south of this port several thousand citizens of the state whose name the vessel bears gathered on the shore here and presented to her officers and crew the sflver service which the people of this commonwealth purchased through popular subscription. It was originally planned to make the presentation on board the battle- ship, but fast running seas made navi- gation for small excursion boats dan- gerous. Fearful of storms and other dan- gers that might arise Captain Fre- mont was unwilling to leave his ship in the high seas and the silver serv- ice was accepted by Lieutenant Com- mander Benjamin J. McCormick in the name of Captain Fremont, the officers and crew. Commission Pian in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.,, June 2—The senate bill permitting cities of the second, third and fourth classes to adopt the commission form of government was passed by the assembly branch of the ‘Wisconsin legislature. Two assembly bills, one classing benzoate of soda a deleterlous substance and prohibit- ing its use and another fixing primary election day for the second week in September, also passed the assembly. To Guard Negro Murderer. Centerville, Ia,, June 2.—Adjutant General Logan, commanding the Iowa national guard, is here with the local military company in readiness for pos- sible action when the case of John Junkin, accused of murdering Clart Rosen, goes to the jury. It is report ed that two companies are coming from Des Moines on a special train. STRENGTHEN THE OLEO LAW Campaign to Kill It Probably Will Be Nipped in Bud. ‘Washington, June 1.—Representa- tive Davis has received information that an organized -and carefully planned “campaign is to have re- pealed the existing oleomargarine law. He has started out to defeat the project in-the Interest.of the dairy- men of his district and will urge the strengthening and perfection of the cuil ana providing heavier penalties. The dairymen’s assoclations through- out the country are urging that oleo- margarine be put up In small sealed packages that may not be broken by the retailer and must go to the con- sumer plainly stamped with the gov- ernment seal intact. One Postal Clerk Killed. Topeka, Kan, June 1—Santa Fe passenger train No. 9, westbound, known as the California fast mail, was- wrecked at Peabody and H. C. Thompson, postal clerk, of Kansas City was killed. WOMAN DISCUSSES LYNCHING 8ays Awful Record Discloses Hypoc- ricy of Mobs, New York, June 2—That 3,284 men, women and childiren have been lynched in this country in the last quarter of a century was the asser- tion of Mrs. 1da Wells Barnett at the national negro-conference in this city. Asking why this was permitted by a Christian nation Mrs. Barnett quoted John Temple Graves as saying that the mob stands as the most potential bulwark between the women of the South and such a carnival of crime as would precipitate the annihilation of the.negro race. All know that this is untrue, Mrs. Barnett said. “The lynching record,” she added, “discloses the hyprocricy of the lynchers.” Describing the riots at Springfield, N1, Mrs. Barnett sald it was all be- cause a white woman said that a ne- gro man had criminally assaulted her. Later, Mrs. Barnett said, the woman published a retraction, but the lynched victims were dead. Mrs. Barnett, who has spent several years in the investigation of lynching through the South and West, brought a proposal to the conference that it maintain a permanent bureau for in- vestigation, with attendant publicity, of all lynchings. Publicity, she said, was an effective safeguard. GERMANS ANGERED BY SENATE CHARGES Information Gomplained of Was Sent by Request. Berlin, June 2.—The charges made at Washington by various American senators that the German government was endeavoring to influence tarift legislation in the United States by supplying official information regard- ing wages, which upon” examination proved them to be much higher than the wages attributed to German man- ufacturers in the hearings before the ways and means committee of the house, has caused a disagreeable im- pression in governmental offices here. This is especially the case at the min- istry of the interior and the foreign office, where the information in ques- tion was prepared in reply to a re- quest sent in by the state department. The German government has been subjected during the past two months to attacks by German trade journals for having supplied America with German trade secrets. This knowl- edge of German wages, it is alleged, made ft possible to adjust the new tariff to a level where German goods could not be exported to the United States. The abstract of the forelgn office’s communication through Am- bassador Hill to the state department appeared in these dispatches March 29 and was later reproduced in the German newspapers. It brought out savage attacks on the government for yielding to the “impudent demands of the Yankees” for official reports on wages, thus arming Germany’s com- petitors with vital information. German officials have been endur- ing attacks at home, but they are amazed at the accusation from Amer- ica that they acted “impertinently” in complying with the request of the American government. STEEL STOCKS GO UPWARB 8how Advance in Price on Heavy Transactions. New York, June 2.—The price of common stock of the United States Steel corporation opened at a sharp advance on ‘the stock exchange. Fif- teen thousand shares, which changed hands In the initial transactions, sold at 65% to 651, a gain of over a point. An edvance of a full point alsc was made by the steel preferred shares on the first sales and all other steel stocks were active and strong. The activity was attributed to the appli- cation to list United States Steel com- mon stock on the Paris bourse. Madman Slays Five. Blibao, Spain, June 2—A madman in the neighboring town of Arrufa, after half killing his mother and set- ting fire to the house in which she took refuge, ran through the streets with an axe, with which he killed five people. The assassin disappeared for a while, but the police placed a cor- don around tho town and arrested him, Decision Against Commission. ‘Washington, June 2.—The test case of the -Southern Rallway company #gainst the interstate commerce com- mission, involving the right of the commission to fix the charge for the reconsignment of hay shipped through East St. Louis, was decided by the supreme court of the United States against the commission. Aid for Tornado Sufferers. Langdon, N. D, June 2.—Twenty thousand dollars has been contributed locally- to the relief fund for the suf- ferers from the tornado that struck Langdon Saturday evening, killing five people, injuring twenty others, demol- ishing seventeen houses and wrecking and damaging thirty others, Dozen Buildings Destroyed. Reranton, Pa., June 2.—The town of Dupont, near here, was threatened with destruction by fire, nearly & dozen buildings heing destroyed. THIRTY-EIGHT - m DE IN STORM Several Others Fatally Hurt at Zephyr, Tex. T FIFTY HOUSES DEMOLISHED Cyclone Sweeps Section Three Hun- dred Yards Wide and Less Than a Mile in Length, but Its Fury Is Con- siderea the Most Terrific Ever Ex- perienced in That Portion of the Country. Temple, Tex., June .—Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the little town of Zephyr, which was partially destroyed by a cyclone, and a number of others are fatally hurt. Over a score of injured have been brought to the Santa Fe hospital here. The storm, which formed a half mile southwest of Zephyr, swept down upon the village, cutting a wide swath directly through the residence portions of the city. Nearly fifty houses were entirely demolished. Lightning struck a lum- ber yard and started a conflagration which destroyed one entire business block. No effort was made to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims demanded all atten- tion. The storm was 300 yards wide and swept the earth for less than a mile. Its fury is considered the most ter- rific of -any tornado ever experienced in this section. The cyclone was preceded by a hail storm, which awoke the residents, who, as they tumbled from their beds in an effort to reach the street, were caught between falling walls and in a short tlne there were wild scenes of excitement. Weeping women and children, clothed in the scantiest of attire, rushed about In the ruins seeking loved ones or looking for places of shelter from the storm. EIGHT VICTIMS OF TORNADO North Dakota Storm Also Causes Heavy Property Loss. Grand Forks, N. D, June {—Re- ports from over the state indicate that outside of Langdon and Ypsilanti there was no ioss of life in the cyclone of Saturday. Small losses of property are reported from various sections of the state, but the loss in Langdon overshadows all others. Another death has been added to the number of victins in Langdon. Dolondo Sheehan, a little girl, who was terribly injured, passed away, making the total number of dead five. The other dead at Langdon are: Mrs. Joseph P. Boyd, wife of a mer- chant; Joseph Powers, aged twelve; the Infant son of Joseph Bain and Mrs. J. Blakely. Mrs. George Graves and her two daughters were killed at Ypsilanti. Many persons were injured at Ypsi- lanti and Langdon. # Residents of Langdon, dazed by thelr misfortune for a brief spel!, have bravely responded to the needs of the unfortunate people who lost their all in the disaster. No help from outside the city will be required, it is an- nounced. On the total loss, which conserva- tive estimate places at $175,000, there was not more than $5,000 of insur- ance. The path of the cyclone extended for a distance of five miles. Before the Methodist church and parsonage were struck the pastor, Rev. BE. S. Benjamin, took the members of his family into the cellar. Although the residence was lifted from fts founda- tion and wrecked completely they all escaped uninjured. A $10,000 brick residence occupied by Michael Sullivan is a total loss. KNOW T WELL. Familiar Features Well Known to Hun- dreds of Bemidji Citizens. A familiar burden in every home, The burden ofa “bad back-” A lame, a weak or an aching back Tells you of kidney ills. 3 Doan’s Kidney Pills will cure you. Here prove. Mrs. J. C. 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Before leav- Ing here Jeffries said: “l am going to Europe, primarily to take the baths at Carlsbad and inci- dentally to fill a few theatrical con- tracts which 1 signed recently. When I return to America, which will be about the middle of the summer, I am going direct to California and start hard training for my fight with Johnson, “When T return I will sign articles to meet Johnson and, take it from me, the fight will take place in this coun- try if T have anything to say. Of course, [ prefer to fight in California, but if better inducements are made by other promoters T am willing to accept.” Succumbs to Old Injuries. Denver, June 1—Charles E. Jack, well known tackle on the Colorado college football team a few years ago, dled here from the effects of injuries received in the Thanksgiving day game in 1906. Stomach Trouble. _Your tongue is coated. Your breath is foul. Headaches come and go. These symptoms show thaj your stomach is the trouble. 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