Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 3, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. C. J. PRYOR. @, B. CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, News Editor. Wotered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM WHO WILL BE OPPOSING CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR? The Minneapolis Tribune of re- cent date contained the following bit of political gossip concerning two of the leading characters in the ranks of the democratic party of the state: *“Senator S.D. Works, of Mankato, was a capitol visitor Saturday and had a long conference with Frank A. Day. Just what conclusions they reached are not known. Mr. Works has been ambitious to succeed W. S. Hammond in congress, should the St. James man be made the candidate of his party for governor. “The news that Frank Day might be a candidate for congress from the second district in the same con- tingency, is said to have come in the nature of a shock to the Man- kato man, and he came up to St. Paul at once to see about it Neither would tell the result of their conference, after it was over, but Mr. Day stoutly refused to deny that he might enter the congressional race.” Frank Day is not one who “gives away” much information of a reli- able character concerning his own personal intentions or acts; and just what the governor’s private secre- tary may be planning is known only to himself and possibly one or two members of the famous “kitchen cabinet.” Along the line of prognosticating for the future, it might not be among the impossibilities that Day would be the democratic candidate for governor, allowing that Gover- nor Johnson will ““stick” this time to his oft-repeated assertion that he will not again be a candidate for governor. Day has stood the brunt of thtee campaigns and has always been in the front fray for his party, and there be those who profess to believe that he would do just as well in the role of principal as manager for a candidate. Friends of “Bob” Dunn have stated that the Princeton man would be an active candidate for the repub- lican nomination for governor, if Governor Johhson does not do the “Moses act” for the democrats and run again. And if Day should be hauled into the race by the demo- crats, there would be a battle of old- time politicians the like of which the state has never before seen. However, it is likely that Day would consent to run for governor, although the “favorable mention” is not distasteful to the Fairmont man. During the next three months, therewill be developmentsamong the “big guns” of the two old parties of the state that will have muchto do with the campaign that will be waging a year hence; and there are liable to be some genuine surprises sprung on the “unsuspecting public,” relative to who will be the opposing candidates for the governorship, in 1910. CROOKSTON TIMES “ABSORBS” CROOKSTON JOURNAL. The advertised merger of the Crookston Daily Times and = the Crookston Daily Journal has been consummated, and now only the Times is being issued, the paper that reaches here at noon being dated the same morning, a deception which the Times management should “cut out,” asthe paper is really printed the evening before, the date line being changed from evening to next morning and the press con- tinued on the same edition. The name of N. S. Davies appears as managing editor of the Times, under the new ‘‘deal,” while J. P. Dotson is publisher. “Non.” Davies is a good writer and agood fellow, and he will “make good,” ifgiven the proper opportunity. Dotson is a unique personality among northern Minnesota pub- lishers. From the writer’s experi- ence with the gentleman, he is rather unappreciative and “chilly,” and is not much of a “mixer” with the other “quill-divers” of this part of the hemisphere. Now, if the Times will discon- tinue the practice of stealing bodily columns of matter, without giving credit to the original publisher, there will be nothing but peace and harmony ahead for the ‘‘merger”’ daily of the “Queen City,” which town deserves the best that the pub- lisher and editor can give .the good fellows down there. PANAMA LIBEL CASE DELAYED Government Given Time to - Submit Evidence. COMMENT BY THE COURT Beclares Public Had Right to Ques- tion Conditions of Transfer Because of William Cromwell’s Course Before Senate Investigating Committee—Hitchcock and Mack to Be Called to Testify. Nelson Indianapolis, June 3.—Frank Hitch- cock, chairman of the Republican na- tional committee; Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee; members of the office staff of J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. of New York and certain officials in the departments of the government at Washington are to be produced as wit- nesses for the government in the prosecution of Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the Indianapolis News, charged with crim- inal libel in publishing intimations that there was enormous “graft” in | WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL. the purchase of the Panama canal by the United States from the old French companies that owned the property. The government’s attorneys, after the Indictment of Messrs. Smith and Will- lams by a grand jury in the District of Columblia, made application to the United States court of this district for the removal of the defendants to the District of Columbia for trial. This order the court refused to make until satisfied that there was probable cause for the indictment and that the libel contained express malice. Prosecution Asks Continuance. Stuart McNamara of the depart- ment of justice at Washington and United States Attorney Miller of this district, at the opening of court, asked for a continuance, saying that since the court had decided to hear evidence on the merits of the case the matter had taken a wider scope than they were prepared for. The court de- murred, saying that counsel should have anticipated his action and should have been prepared. Commenting on the Panama situation in general Judge Anderson sald he thought the public had a right to question the conditions of the transfer of the canal because of William Nelson Cromwell's course before the senate investigating com- mittee. “This forty million of dollars,” said the court, “that was paid for the canal was the public’s money, you must re- member. A part of it was my. money, a part of it was your money.” The government attorneys then stated that they wished to produce Messrs. Hitchcock and Mack and prove that each of the chairmen had announced that the charges of corrup- tion in the Panama transfer had been disproved. Counsel expected to show that the Indianapolis News had pos- session of these facts when editorials appeared in the paper furthering the allegations of fraudulent dealing by Douglas Robinson, Willlam = Nelson Cromwell, C. P. Taft, J. P. Morgan and others and that this was malicious libel. Members -of J. P.- Morgan’s staff were to be summoned, counsei stated, to show the receipts the com- pany gave to the United States for $40.000,000, the purchase price of the canal, and the receipts given by the French companies for the payment of the securities sold to the United States. Counsel held that these two sets of receipts would show that no “go between” received a cent of profit and that the deal was a clean piece of business, as Mr. Cromwell told the senate committee after he had de- clined to reveal the names of the sub- scribers to a. corporation that previ- ously had been planned to “Amer- icanize” the Panama canal, but had been dissolved because the purchase seemed at that time impracticable. Despite protests of the defense Judge Anderson consented to a con- tinuance and the government will in- troduce witnesses here Oct. 11. Degrees for Wilson and Pinchot. Washington, June 3.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Gifford Pin- chot, chief of the forestry service, have left here for Montreal, Can., where degrees of doctor of laws will be conferred upon them by McGill university. MANY WOMEN AT ‘AUCTION Government Begins Sale of Smuggled Finery. New York, June 3.—A novel sale of women’s gowns, all of the latest Paris- ian cut, was begun here with the gov- ernment of the United States in the role of salesman. The accumulation of finery, which was being smuggled into the country and was selzed by customs ‘inspéctors in March and April, is estimated to be worth $50,- 000. The sale was at auction under the direction of United States Mar- .| Hogs—§6.95@7.20. shal Henke! and brought out & large attendance of women, who expressed the greatest admiration at the display that was spread out in one of the upper rooms of the customhouse. The goods consisted mainly of women's clothing of fine quality and delicate workmanship, including upwards of 200 gowns, many of them beautifully embroidered and trimmed with high priced lace. DELAY IN ROBINSON CASE New Yorker Given Two Days to An- swer Charge of Contempt. New York, June 3.—Danford Robin- son, a director of the United Copper company and counsel for F. Augustus Heinze, its president, was given two days to answer to a charge of con- tempt of court made against him by United States District Attorney Wise. Judge Lacombe, in the United States circuit court, granted the adjourn- ment on application of counsel for Mr. Robinson. Time to consult with the counsel was the ground urged for delay. The accusation against Mr. Robin- son is a development in an attempt of District Attorney Wise to obtain possession of the books of the United Copper company for use in proceed- ings against F. Augustus Heinze. SAFE BLOWERS VERY GLOSE TO $50,000 Scared Away When Cash Was Almost in Sight, Newport, Ky., June 3.—With nitro- glycerin burglars blew open two safes, one of which contained $50,000 in cash. The explosions were heard by residents in the vicinity, who poked their heads out of windows and went back to bed again, thinking the noise was made by workmen blasting rock. The burglars saw the heads appear- ing at many windows and fled. The postoffice clerks found that the safes were blown and behind a thin Inside steel partition in one safe there lay the $50,000 in cash. The burglars failed to get a cent. GERMAN ANARCHISTS MEET Congress at Leipsig Is Largely At- tended. Leipsig, June 3.—The anarchists of Germany are in conference here and the attendance is large. The congress adopted a motion declaring that mem- bership in any church or religious sect was contrary to the principles of mnarchy and calling on all anarchists to cease membership in churches. Dr. Friedeberg of Berlin read a paper in which he said that the cultural goals of anarchy should be fought for by cultural methods. The congress came to an end with the adoption of a resolution to at- tend in large numbers the interna- tional anarchist congress at London in 1910. The discussions were purely aca- demic and the police consequently did not interfere. SAY REACTION IS SETTING IN Brewers Declare Prohibition Wave Has Reached its Height. Atlantic City, N. J., June 3.—Declar- ing that the “professional advocates of the Anti-Saloon league have over- shot the mark and that their state- ments are grossly exaggerated where they are not purposely misleading” the board of trustees of the United ‘States ' Brewers’ association, which opened its forty-ninth annual conven- tion at the Hotel 8helbourne, went on record with the additional declara- tlon that the so called “prohibition wave” has reached its height and that “reaction is already beginning to set in.” These statements were contained in the trustees’ annual report, which was placed before the convention with the reports of a number of committees. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. ‘Minneapolis, June 2.—Wheat—July, $1.29% @1.30; Sept, $1.10%@1.10%; Dec., $1.08%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.38% @1.34%; No. 1 Northern, :$1.- 32% @1.33%; No. 2 Northern, $1.80% ©1.31%; No. 8 Northern, $1.28%4@ 1.50%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, June 2.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.32%%; No. 1 Northern, $1.31; No. 2. Northern, $1.20; July, $1.29%; - Sept., $1.11%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.77%; July, $1.761%; Sept., $1.62; Oct., $1.44. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, June 2.—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@86.00. Sheep—Wethers, $6.25@6.75; yearlings, $7.00@7.25; lambs, $7.25@8.00. €hicago Grain and Provisions. cago, June 2.—Wheat—July, $1.199,; BSept, $1.10%; Dec, §$1.08. Corn—July, 71%@172c; Sept., 68%@ 887%c; Dec, 63%0; May, 59%. Oats —July, B3%@53%¢c; . Bept., #%@ 443c; Dec., 443c; May, 46%@47c. Pork—July, $19.47%; Sept., $19.60. Butter—Creameries, 22@25%ec; dair- fes, 20@24c. Eggs—19@21%o. Poul’ try—Turkeys, 16¢; chickens, 14c| springs, 20@30c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, June 2.-—Cattle—Beeves, $5.10@7.20; Texas steers, $4.70@6.30; Western steers, $4.66@6.26; stockers snd feeders, $3.60@8.55; cows and heifers, $2.60@6.40; calves, $5.560@ 1.50. Hogs—Light, .$6.80@17.32%; mixed, $6.95@7.46; heavy, $7.05@ 7.50; - rough; $7.05@7.20; good te choice; heavy, $7.20@7.50; pigs, $5.85 @6.85. Sheep—Native, $4.00@86.50; yearlings, $6.25@7.40; umim, $6. xm 8.50. MADE 600D BY STOCKHOLDERS Big Defalcation in Idaho Bank Alleged. NO ARRESTS MADE AS YET Case Has Been Placed in Hands of Comptroller of Currericy, Who Will Decide Regarding Prosecutions—Na- tional Bank -Examiner Authority That Shortage Exists, Which Is Said to Amount to $137,000. Lewiston, Ida, June 3.—National Bank Examiner Claude Gatch is au- thority for the statement that a short- age has been discovered in the funds of the Lewiston National bank. Be- yond the fact that the stockholders have made the alleged shortage good Mr. Gatch declines to discuss the sit- uatfon. It is said that the alleged de- falcation amounts to $137,000. The alleged embezzlement has, it is stated, extended over a period of the last five years and it was made pos- sible, it is understood, by manipula- tion of the adding machine used in computing the daily balances. Immediately after the condition be- came known to the bank officials a meeting of the stockholders was called and the entire defalcation made good by them. The deposits of the Lewiston National at the present time are about $900,000, of which $450,000 is subject to check. The cash on hand is $200,000. The case has been placed in the hands of the comptroller of the cur- rency, who will decide whether any arrests will be made. NEGRO HURRIED TO PRISON Although Sentenced to Death Mob Violence Was Feared. Des Moines, June 3.—Negro John Junkin was found guilty at Centerville of the murder of Clara Rosen, the Ot- tumwa choir singer, on Feb. 5 last, and was sentenced by Judge M. A. Roberts to be hanged on the last Fri- day in July. There was an Immense crowd awaiting the result of the trial and as the last words were read by the clerk a shout went up which was taken up by the crowd fin the courthouse square. Junkin was taken to Fort Madison for safekeeping till the day of the execution. Junkin’s crime was one of the must atrocious in Towa. He confessed kill- ing Clara Rosen on the night of Feb. 6 last with a stone while she was re- turning from the home of her sister. Her body was found by a searching party the next morning. CHINESE CLANS STILL AT WAR Trouble Began Three Years Ago Over Abduction of Bride. Amoy, China, June 3.—The fighting among the clans in the Heuwah dis- trict continues and there is promise of further disorders. The Lim clan recently raided a village in the Chin- kilang district, seven miles from An- bai, and tock ten prisoners. Reprisals and bloodshed are expected. The Lim clan is the strongest faction in the district and includes thirty villages and 5,000 men. The four weaker clans, Ngo, Tiu, Choa and Chang, compris- ing forty villages and 7,000 men, have united to resist their aggression. This trouble among the clarns of the Heuwah territory began three years azo because of the abduction of.a Tk s s —_ bride and has continued intermintentiy ever since. Troops succeeded in re: storing order last summer, but this improvement in the situation was only temporary. FOURTH SUSPECT ARRESTED Alleged Omaha Train Robber Cap- % tured in Denver. Denver, June 3.—James Shelton, be- Heved by the police here to be the fourth member of the band of train robbers who recently held up and robbed a Union Pacifie passenger train near Omaha, was arrested here In'a Curtls street rooming house. Shelton, according to Chief of Po- Meo Armstrong, came to Denver sev- eral days ago and has been trying to raise funds for the defense of the o¢ mep under arrest at Omaha. A reward of $6,000 for his arrest and conviction is outstanding. Eillian Stevenson, who says she Is Shelton’s wife, was also placed under arrest. Chief of Police Armstrong is positive she is the woman in the “automobile group photograph” dis- eovered by the Omaha police. LITTLE CHANGE IN SITUATION Conditions Quiet in the P:hiladelphin Street Car Strike. Philadelphia, June 3.—The fifth day of the strike of the street railway motormen and conductors opened with conditions quiet and practically un- changed. The company operating the lnes claims that 612 cars are in op- eration, ninety-six more than the pre- vious day. In normal times the com- pany operates 3,300 cars. The strikers are hopeful that a movement on foot looking to arbitra- tion of the matters in dispute will oroduce results favorable to them. CAUGHT BY FALLING WALLS Five Members of “Millionaire Fire Company” Injured. Philadelphia, June 3.—Five mem- bers of what is known as the “million- afre fire company” were seriously in- jured while fighting a fire which de- stroyed a large barn owned by Dr. E. ‘W. Powell at Bryn Mawr, a fashion- able suburb. The injured were taken to a hospital. All will recover. The fire was belleved to be under control when the walls of the struc ture collapsed on the men. They were rescued by comrades and rushed to the Bryn Mawr hospital. Severa! very wealthy men are members of the volunteer fire company, with which the injured men are connected. Shea Released on Bail. New York, June 3.—Announcement s made by the hospital authorities that Alice Walsh, formerly of Chi- cago, Is on the road to recovery from the wounds which Cornelius P. Shea, formerly president of the Teamsters’ union, is alleged to have inflicted upon her. Shea was taken from the prison where be had been confined and ad- mitted to bail in the sum of $3,000. Three Trainmen Killed. Pittsburg, June 3.—Three trainmen were killed ‘when an engine, running lght, crashed into a freight train at Mars, Pa., on the Pittsburg and West- ern branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The accident was due to a dense fog. - $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at_least one dreaded disease that science has been_ able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catrrah. Hall's Catarrh Curg Is the only positive cure now kndwn to medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitu- tlonal treatment. Hall's Oatarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direc'ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the discase, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and asissting nature in doing itfs work. The proprietors have so much faithin its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of lestimanlals 2 F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sald by Dru glsts. Take Hall's family i tor constipation, Ghe Bemidji Decorators J. L Hoff Pearl Barnell J. C. Hand Paintihg,,paberhanging and decorating done neatly and promptly. First class work - guaranteed. ' onable (ifice 315-4th Street Prices reas- Phone 202 Build Now While Lumber, Lath and | Shingles are cheap . .. .. Lath $1.25; Shingles $2.50 Would like to figure with you on f ; Cedar Posts and Poles at Low Prices your requirements Douglass Lumber Company Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles BEMIDJI Mill and Office on Lake Irving. MINNESOTA Telephone 371. Clothcraftis Almost Too Good. To Be True You must not judge CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES by their low prices. ‘When we say $10 to $25 some wonder how CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES can be as good as we claim, This is where the famous CLOTHCRATT GUARANTEE comes in. It is an absolute protection as to style, all-wool, shape- holding qualities, workmanship and durability. But the Guarantee doesn’t explain the low prices. And ex- planation is what makes belief easier, - Clothcraft Clothes 59 Years of Honesty Here is the explanation : Three generations of honest men have devoted their lives to the study of one thing—how to make good, stylish, all-wool clothes that can sell at medium prices. CLOTHCRAFT is the result of 59 years of scientific study of one idea. ‘These years have shown how to eliminate waste. They have brought forth mar- velous processes known to no other factory. You Are the Gainer ‘They have seen the output grow until the cost of each individual garment has been reduced to a minimum. Thus several dollars is actually saved in the cost of each and every garment. And this saving is what pays for the better woolens and better tail- oring in these clothes. You are the gainer. Remember This is the only line of all wool clorhm in America that sclis at from Schneider Bros. Clothing House AKOTA A modern school, 9 teachers, 600 pupils, 400 positions flled last year, USINESS Full course in Actual Busi- ness, Bookkeeping, Penman- ship, Shorthand, Banki JOLLEGE Summer_ Schoo INow. Fall Term Sept. 1. Cat- alogfree. F. L. Watkine Fargo, N.D. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwlding material of all descriptions. Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB WO00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. City Property g We still have a number of choice building lots in the business section of the city which we will sell on reasonable terms. Bemidji is bound to grow and real estate investments increase in value. For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A, SIMONDS, Agt., Swedback Blk., Bemidji The Royal Typewriter Building 412 Second Avenue South _ OYAL Standard Typewriter $65.00 THE ACKNOWLEDCED STANDARD OF TODAY Will turn out more neat, perfectly aligned work, with less effort and with less wear on its working parts than any other typewriter made. You can PAY more, but you cannot BUY more Royal Typewriter Co. New York Minneapolis, Minn. Subscribe For The Pioneer.