Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1909, Page 2

S S————— | 1 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED RVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. C. J. PRYOR. G, B, CARS! A. G. RUTLEDGE, News Editor. Qatered in the postofice at Bemidii. Minn., second class matter. SUBSCRII’TION-—SFJ.IJO PER ANNUH MALICIOUS “JOURNALISM.” In a recent issue of the Pioneer, we had occasion to mention the “Change of Management” announce- ment made in the Sentinel, our local contemporary, wherein it was stated that one Andrew Rood would now assume the “management” of the Sentinel. In his announcement Mr. Rood, over his own signature, stated that the Sentinel henceforth would “endeavor to publish the news as concisely as space will permit, always endeavoring to be sure of the facts.” In commenting on the “change,” the Pioneer wished Rood every success, but told him we would be prepared to resent any altempt to carry out his boasted threat that he *“‘would make trouble for the Pioneer.” We did not think we would be called upon to so soon ‘“‘call” the ex-Crookston printer for his reckless prevarication and deliberate mis- leading of the public, but the last issue of the Sentinel contains such an abortion of the facts concerning the recent publication of the finan- cial statement of Beltrami county that the Pioneer trusts its many readers wlll thoroughly investigate the statements made on the first page of this issue, in which instance they will find that the new Sentinel manager is one who will not hesitate to wilfully mislead his few readers. Suck outlaw attempts to create prejudice against the Pioneer and sentiment favorable to Rood, if con- tinued, will eventually result in the man following the fate here, which has befallen him elsewhere, and which even his worthy relatives will not be able to ward off. Philanthropic iisers. In several remarkable cases real phi- lanthropy has beeu a miser’s motive in spending and saving to a grotesque degree. Thus when the first Pasteur institute was suggested In Paris to keep green the memory of the world famous scientist a poor wretch who Uved in utter misery came forward with a subscription of $300. And ‘when the city officials called upon him with a message of thanks they found him in an evil smelling slum behind the Cathedral of Notre Dame. When the door was opened the miser philan- thropist was found quarreling violent- ly with his miserable looking serv- ant for throwing away a match that had not been burned at both ends.. A similar case, but on a much larger scale, was that of Jacques Gurgot of Marseilles. Every one in the clty knew and hated him for his ineredibly sor- did life, yet when the old miser’s will ‘was proved all France was amazed to find he had left $250,000 to his native city especlally to furnish the poor with a good and cheap water supply. “I know,” the old man wrote, “that 50,000 of our citizens died of the plague during the epidemic of 1720, which was generated by the noxlous effluvia arising from filthy streets that were never cleansed.” —New York Tribune, The Poor Ensign. The following story of German mili- tary officialism is published in Lon- don: One Ensign Flugge claimed com- pensation for damage to kit caused by a mouse having gnawed a hole in his best tunic. The officer who had to de- cide the point dismissed the claim and ordered the ensign to be severely pun- ished on the ground that, contrary to orders, he had hung his best tunic on a nall when going on guard at night in an Inferior garment Instead of pack- ing it in his knapeack, thus enabling a mouse to gnaw a hole In it “without having to overcome the slightest im- pediment.” Ensign Flugge appealed, and on further hearing it appeared that the officer who first dealt with the case was mistaken in the facts, the tunic having been stowed in a knapsack at the time when the mouse defuced it and not hung upon a nail. The first decision was therefore set aside by higher authority, and Ensign TFlugge was ordered to be severely punished for having stowed his tunic in his knapsack instead of hanging it on a nail, thereby giving opportunity to the mouse to knaw a hole in it “un- der cover of the darkness.” The senti- ments of Ensign Ilugge are not re- corded. The Arab Mare. The Arab is regarded as the first of horsemen and the Arab mare as the perfect steed. The Arab’s idea of horse taming is of the simplest. The colt is treated from the first as a member of the family. It goes in and out of the tents and is so familiarized with the doings of that extraordinary creature, man, that there is never any need of breaking it in, The Bedouln 18 very careful of his mare. He does not mount Ler when he sets out to play his usual tricks upon travelers. He rides a camel to which the mare is tethered. .Not until the caravan is in sight does he mount the mare and glve chase. There is, by the way, an impression that the Bedouin is a bloody minded person who would as et take your life as not. This is un- fair to him. He is a thief of very peaceful inclinations and much pre- fers to effect any necessary transfer of property with as little bother as pos- sible.—London Graphic, CONFIDENT LEON IS MAN ARRESTED Police Expect Early Solution of Sigel Mystery. CHINAMAN MADE THREATS Celestial Suspected of Girl’'s Murder Called at Her Home the Day Before Her Disappearance and Warned Her to “Stop Going” With Chu Gain of He Would “Kill Him and Do Something Else.” New York, June 22.—Speedy solu- tion of the mystery of the death of Elsie Sigel is looked for as a result of the arrest of two Chinamen be- lieved to be Leon Ling, or William Leon, as he was known also, and Chung Sin, his associate, the first at Schenectady and the other nmear Am- sterdam, N. Y. Police officials having the case in charge said after communicating with the Schenectady police that they were satisfied that the man arrested in that city is Leon Ling, in whose room the body of Elsie Sigel was found. The description of the man under arrest ‘was stated to coincide in every partic. ular with that of Leon, except that he was a few pounds less in weight. As to the other Chinaman under arrest at West Galway the New York authori- ties did not feel so positive. When first interviewed in his cell after being examined by the detectives Leon was very cool and showed not the slightest concern, but when a newspaper man intimated to him that his trunk Had Been Found and Opened he became excited, though exercising a very evident effort to control him- self, and indignantly demanded by ‘what right his trunk had been opened. Up to that time he had firmly denled that he had a trunk. The fact that Leon Ling called at the Sigel home on Tuesday, June 8, the day before Miss Sigel disappeared, and threatened to kill Chu Gain un- less Elsie “stopped going with him” was made known by Paul Sigel, the father of the murdered girl. Mr. Sigel sald also that he believed Elsie was induced to visit Leon’s room under the representation that Leon was ill; that she was killed on the day she left her home and that she did not go to Washington. Mr. Sigel said that Leon was under the influence of liquor when he called and that Elsie told him she would have nothing to do with him while he was in that condi- tlon. “If you don’t stop going with Chu Gain T will kill Mim and do some- thing else, too,” Mr. Sigel quoted Leon as saying. NEGROES HELD FOR CRIME Two Brakemen Killed on Northwest- ern Road Near Vail, la. Denison, la., June 22.—Henry Clark and Chesley Hubbard, two colored men of Omaha, are in fall in this county charged with killing North- western Brakemen Lee C. Warner and Alva Bechtel, both of Boone, Ia., near the town of Vail. It is alleged that the men have both confessed. They say, according to the officlals, that the two brakemen tried to eject them from a car and the killing fol- lowed. Three witnesses, who were also stealing rides on the same car, are detained in jail here. ELEANOR ROBSON TO WED 8Said V/ell Known Actress Will Marry August Belmont. New York, June 22.—Miss Eleanor Robson, whose engagement to marry August Belmont, the New York bank- er, will soon be announced, according to reports from England, has been well known to theater goers as a star for the last ten years. She made her first appearance on the stage in 1897, playing a minor part, but soon won recognition by her talent, youth and beauty. She was born in Lancashire, Eng., in 1880 and came to the United States to live in 1885. Before going on the stage she had been a pupil in a Staten Island convent. ON DEATH OF REV. DR. HALE Communication From Newsboy Read in the Senate. ‘Washington, June 22.—Probably for the first time in the history of the senate a communication from a news- boy was read in open session. It was Mgned by Arthur Prague, manager of the Spokane Newsboys' association, expressing regret upon learning of the death of Rev. Edward Everett Hale. Senator Piles of Washington asked that the communication, which was written on & postal card, be read to the senate. The communication will be printed in the Cengressional Rec- ord, Woodrow Wilson for Governor. New York, June 22.—There i{s a strong possibility that President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton univer sity will be the next Democratic nom- inee for governor of New Jersey. His name has been announced in various parts of the state by Democratic lead- ers. An Impossibility. Jones (at side of friend killed in train wreck)—What were his last words, doc? Doctor (attending the vie- tims) ~There were none. His wife was present.—Bohemian Magazine, Had Time Enough. Barber—Hair's golng gray, sir. Lit- tle Binks—Expect it {s. Haven't you nearly finished? The worship that 18 most acceptable comes from a cheerful and flunkflfl beart—Plutarch. DEAD MOTORMAN IS BLAMED Ten Persons Killed in Indiana 'rrou;y Collision. Bouth Bend, Ind, June 22.—Ten| persons were killed and forty injured in the wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend railroad in Porter county when two of the big electric cars collided head on. . According to General Manager H. U. Wallace the wreck was due to a| disobedience of orders by Motorman George A. Reed of the eastbound car, who was killed. Reed received Instructions at Gary to wait at Wilson, a short distance west of Baileytown, the point at ‘which the disaster occurred, for the westbound car to pass. The impact of the cars was so great that they were reduced to a mass of wreckage. OCEAN RECORD AGAIN BROKEN Mauretania Clips y Minutes Off Previous Best Time. Queenstown, June 22.—The Cunard line steamer Mauretania has clipped another fifty minutes off the best pre- .vious eastward record, which also is her own. She accomplished her lat- est journey from New York in 4 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes, the best pre- vious heing 4 days, 18 hours and 11 minutes. The total run was 2,933 knots, made at an average speed of 25.88 knots an hour. The best pre- vious average speed was 25.70 knots an hour. OLD DISCUSSION PROMPTLY REVIVED Blll for Thirteenth Census Again Before the House. ‘Washington, June 22.—After having slept for several months in committee the bill providing for the taking of the thirteenth census was called up in the house by Mr. Crumpacker of In- diana. - = Immediately on the bill being laid before the house the old discussion as to whether the rule of geographical apportionment in matters of appoint- ments should apply was revived. Mr. Simms of Tennessee strongly con- tended for the senate amendment, which provided for such apportion- ment, while Mr. Hay of Virginia want- ed technical and scientific positions, certain private secretaries, stenogra- phers and chiefs of divisions exempt- ed from the law of apportionment. At the close of a lengthy debate a motion by Mr. Sims to recede and concur in the senate amendment was agreed to. All remaining amendments were disagreed to and the bill was sent back to conference. REITERATES HIS PROTEST American Charge d’Affaires Again Op- poses Chinese Loan. Peking, June 22.—Henry P. Fletcher, the charge d'affaires of the American legation, visited the foreign board and reiterated the protest of his govern- ment agalnst the efforts of German interests to. force Grand Councillor Chang Chi Tung to memorialize the throne to issue a ratification of the German-British-French loan of $27, 800,000 for the construction of the Hankow-Szechuen rallroad. He main- talned the position of Washington In this matter with firmness. British and French interests appar- ently are passive in Peking regard- ing this loan; only the Germans are trying to save the agreement. CLAIMS HER ACT JUSTIFIABLE @irl Given Three Years for Slaying Alleged Defamer. Trenton, N. J., June 22.—Declaring that she had killed him in defending her good name Pearl Paska, the elghteen-year-old Hungarian girl who was charged with the murder of John Lucas near here several weeks ago, in Mercer county court pleaded guilty to manslaughter. She was sentencel by Judge Reed -to three years in the state prison. In her statement to the court the girl claimed that Lucas had made defamatory remarks about her character and that she was justified in stabbing him. Due to Nervous Breakdown. Van Wert, O., June 22.—Frank M. Campbell, -manager of the Philadel- phia branch of the Jones & Laughlin Steel company of Pittsburg, shot and killed himself here. Campbell is said to have been suffering from nervous breakdown. Campbell was on his here with Mrs. Campbell’'s father, proprietor of the hotel. Sightseeing Auto Runs Wild. New York, June 22.—As the result of a big sightseeing automobile run- ning wild while filled with merry- makers on their way home from Coney Island six of the occupants of the vehicle are in hospitals with se- vere injuries and one young woman is expected to die as the result of her hurts. Karl Hau's Appeal Rejected. Karlsruhe, Germany, June 22.—The superior court has rejected Karl Hau'’s appeal for a new trial. Hau is the young German-American lawyer and professor who was sentenced to life imprisonment here in 1907 for the murder of his mother-in-law. The Bohemian. “Ah, once a bohemian always a bo- hemlan!” exclaimed the unscissored poet. “A bohemian never changes.” “No, not even his collar,” replied the ractical man, who had met a faw he- lemlans,—Chicago News. Wayside Communings. ‘Wareham Long—Wotlntted the hara times anyway? Tuffold Knutt—We. dlfl. ye ole fooll We wus sufferin’ with ’em long 'fore anybody else caught ‘em.— Ch!ugo Tribune. way West for a rest and was visiting | MATTER NOW UP T0 WICKESHAM Giv'en Task of Framing Cor poration Tax Amendment. PROPOSITION IS DIFFICULT Mazes of Corporation Control and the Numerous Ways of Absorbing Net Earnings in an Evasion of the Law Must Be Taken Into Consideration Belleved Proposed Tax Will Be Cut to One Per Cent If Adopted. ‘Washington, June 22.—Following . cg-ference with the Republican mem oS he senate finance committes Xd Senator Root of New York Prest dent Taft was in consultation with At torney General Wickersham for an hour and a half on the subject of-the proposed tax on the net earnings ot corporations. Mr. Wickersham, wha was not able.to be present at the White House conference, has been given the task of framing a satisfac tory amendment to the tariff bill em bodying the corporation tax idea. Both he and the president find themselves confronted by rapidly multiplying problems involved in the proposed tax. It is realized that any legislation af- fecting: corporations is difficult, but the proposition to levy a tax on net earnings, carrying with it the right of the government to open the books of the various corporations, presents dif- ficulties that will test genius. Considered Difficult Task. Mr. Wickersham is regarded as one of the best, fitted men in the country to undertake the task of framing a measure that will meet the wishes of the president. He is an authority on corporation law and has represented many of the larger corporations in New York. The mazes of corporation control and the many ways in which net earnings could be absorbed in an evasion of the law are propositions well calculated, however, to stagger even so thoroughly versed a lawyer as he. The attorney general gave no hint as to when he would have the draft of the law ready for the senate finance committee to introduce. The president has been told that there is growing impression among the sen: ate leaders that a 2 per cent tax as proposed by him fs entirely too heavy and there seems to be a strong proba- bility that if the law passes at all the rate of taxation may be cut in half. ADVOCATES TARIFF ON HIDES 8enator Warren Declares It' Will Ben: efit the Farmer. ‘Washington, June 22.—Senator War- ren of Wyoming continued in the sen- ate his advocacy of a tariff on hides. He declared the senate had been “in- jured and insuited” by the man who, SENATOR WARREN. in seeking free hides, had declared that the duty on hides had been put in the Dingley bill by some “mid- night” process. Senator Warren pro- ceeded to present facts Intended to show the value of the hide and to prove that a duty on that part of the bovine carcass would be of material benefit to the farmer. WHAT CONSTITUTES WHISKY President Grants Hearing to Various Interests Involved. ‘Washington, June 22.—President Taft has declded to grant a hearing June 28 to the various interests in the controversy as to what is whisky. On that day the attorneys for the various distilleries will present their argu- ments in opposition to the recent rul- ing of Solicitor General Bowers as to the meaning of the pure food law’s reference to whisky. Baby Antelopes From Roosevelt. New York, June 22.—Two baby an- telopes, sent by ex-President Roose- velt to his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, were brought here on the steamer Vaderland, arriving from Ant- werp and Dover. Captain Burman kept the little ‘animals on the bridge deck and had them fed with milk from a bottle on the way over. Moving Pictures. Moving picture cameras are remark- able pieces of mechanism. The filme are only three-quarters of an inchk wide, These are in rolls, sometimes 800 feet long. When taking pictures. the camera man reels off these rolls just e8 rapidly as they are unreeled when thrown upon the canvas for the spec- tator, at a rate of ten or twelve films & second. Moving pictures are simply & number of views thrown upon & ‘white sheet one after another so rapid- ?nt:lt the eye cannot detect the inter- N0 TRACE OF OTHER VESSEL Red Star Liner Zeeland Damaged Collision. Southampton, June 22.—It will take two or three weeks to repair the dam- age to the bows of the Red Star line steamer Zeeland, in collision east of Dever with an unknown vessel. The Zeeland was proceeding slowly through a dense fog when she struck another vessel amidships. Boats were $mmediately lowered from the steam- er, but no trace of the other ship eould be found. The liner sustained no damage Other than in the bows. Her passen- gers for the United States will be transferred to other vessels. Shields, Eng., June 22.—The British steamer Hartlepool arrived here bad- ly damaged. Her starboard bow had been cut down to the water's edge after collision with an unknown steamer off Dover. It appears certain that the Hartlepool is the vessel that collided with the Zeeland. DEAL IN MILLING PROPERTY Twelve Flouring Plants and Eighty Elevators Involved. Minneapolis, June 22—The Russell: Miller company of Minneapolis has absorbed a string of twelve flour mills and eighty elevators, extending over the entire Northwest. Although full details of the transaction have not ‘been announced by the company it is said that the deal represents a cap- ital of $2,500,000. The string of elevators covers the entire Northwest and includes several very valuable milling properties. The chief properties absorbed are at Beach and Billings, Mont., and at Bismarck, Dickinson and Mandan, N. D. MINISTERS WRANGLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS Gase of Professor Foster Again Considered at Chicago. Chicago, June 22.—Professor George Burman Foster and his writings were the center of an almost riotous ses- sion of the Baptist ministers’ confer- ence of Chicago. For four hours the ministers wran- gled. The veracity of some was called into question by others and hisses de- noted the intense feeling. pervading the meeting. Finally a resolution was adopted asking Professor Foster to withdraw from the conference. It was agreed also that at next Monday's gathering he should bhe formally asked to with- draw from the ‘Baptist church. Money for Minnesota Indians. ‘Washington, June 22.—The sum of $20,000 has been forwarded to the In- dian agent at Red Lake, Minn., with instructions to distribute it to the In- dians under his charge by July 1. The money was derived from the sale of dead and down timber at Red Lake. Son Pleads Self-Defense. Benton Harbor, Mich., June 22.— Bmil Tilley, a young man, is in jail here charged with the murder of his father, Ferdinand Tilley, on a farm mnear here. The boy claims he killed his father in self-defense, as he al- leges the father struck him first. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES | - Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, June 21.—Wheat— July, $1.29%; Sept., $1.09%@1.09%; Dec., $1.065%@1.08%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.33@1.33%; No. 1 Northern, $1.32@1.32%; No. 2 Northern, $1.30 @1.80%; No. 3 Northern, $1.28%@ 1.29%. Duluth Wheat .and Flax. Duluth, June 2.—Wheat—On track =No. 1 hard, $1.31%; No. 1 Northern, $1.29%; No. 2 Northern, $1.27%; July, $1.27%; Sept, $1.09%. Flax—To ar- rive and on track, $1.78%; July, $1- 779, Sept., $1.46; Oct., $1.40%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, June 21.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.75; fair to good, $4.50@5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.50@5.50; veals, $6.26@86.60. Hogs—$7.40@1.75. Sheep—Wethers, $5.00@5.35; yearlings, $6.00@6.50; lambs, $7.25@7.75; . spring lambs, $7.50@8.50. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, June 21.—Wheat—July, $1.14%; @1.14%; Sept., $1.08% @1.08% Dec., $1.06%@1.06%; May, $1.09%. Corn—1July, 515c; Sept., 69%c; Dec., B8% @58%¢c; May, 59%c. Oats—July, B1%c; Sept., 43%c; Dec., 44%c; May, 46%c. Pork—July, $20.60; Sept., $20.- 82%%; Jan.,-$18.50. Butter—Creamer- fes, 22@25¢c; dairies, 20@28%c. Eggs —1814@20%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 14c; chickens, 14c; springs, 20@26c. Chicago Unlon Stock Yards. Chicago, June 21.—Cattle—Beeves, $5.15@7.20; Texas steers, $4.60@6.15; ‘Western steers, $4.75@6.25; stockers and feeders, $3.60@5.50; cows -and heifers, $2.40@6.25; calves, $6.76@ 7.75. Hogs—ILight, $7.35@7.95; mixed, $7.50@8.15; heavy, $7.60@8.15; rough, $7.60@7.80; good to choice heavy, $7.80@8.15; pigs, $6:30@7.20. Sheep —Native, $3.75@6.00; yearlings, $6.00 @7.00; lambs, $5.00@8.20; spring lambs, $6.00@9.00. Different In Books. In the books this is the way they say it: “Qutside the wind moaned unceasing- 1y, its volce now that of a child which gobs with itself in the night, now that of a woman who suffers her great pain alone, as women have suffered sinct life began, as women must suffer. til\ life wears to its weary end. And min- gled with the walling of wind rain fell —fell heavily, intermittently, like tears wrung from souls of strong men.” Outside the books we say: “It’s raining.”—Atchison Globe. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock: at all times a com- plete line of lumber and building 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 W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. 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([, The Flathead lands are appraised at $1.25 to $7.00 an aore—the others not yet appraised. @ Registration for all these lands extends from July 16 to August 5, 1809, 2;':&"’1‘“131%‘ take place August ©,1909. Entries will not be made before For, tho Flathoad land, roglstration is at Missouls. Montana. For Goeur d'Alene land at Coeur d"Alens Gty idaho. For Spokane land at Spokane, Washington. For demlad information regarding lands etc., Wrtte to S, W MOTT, Gen. Bmig, Agont Northern Pacitio R'y. ST. PA For full information about S\u.'nmer Tourist and Home- saakers' fares and train service write to c A. WALKER lgunt anuoh & International Railway, Bemidji, Minn. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month T e e