Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 6, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMID DALY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING €O, C. J. PRYOR. G. E. CARSON. Entered In the Postoffice at Bemid)l, Minnescta, as sscond class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE —_— THREE “ROCKS” IN THE BUSINESS WORLD There are three great rocks ahead of the practical young man who has his feet upon a ladder, and is be- ginnining to rise. First — Drunkenuess, which, of course, is fatal. There is no use wasting any time on the young man who drinks liquor, no matter how exceptional his talent. Second—Speculation. The busi- ness of a speculator and that of a manufacturer or man of affairs are not only distinct, but incompatible. The manufacturer should 2o forward steadily, meeting the market prices. When there are goods to sell, sell them; when supplies are needed, purchase them, without regard to the market price in either case. We have never known a speculative manufacturer or business man who scored a permanent success; he is rich one day, poor the next. The third rock is akin to specula- tion—endorsing. There are emerg- encies, no doubt, in which men should help their friends, but there isa rule that will keep one safe: Noman should place his name on obligation of another if he has not sufficient to meet it without de- triment to his business. “UNDESIRABLE” IMMIGRANTS. Jas. ]J. Hill, in an address before the Canadian club at Winnipeg, warned the members against trying to get immigrants who have to be recivilized, says the Princeton Union. Mr. Hill knows full well that the veriest scum of the earth in the form of human beings has no difficulty whatsoever in gaining admission to Canada. From Canada these foreign undesirables—or many of them—lose no time in sneaking across the bor- der, where the wages are higher, and thus does this country become pol- luted by the riffraff of all nations. —_— CAUSTIC COMMENT. [A. G. Rutledge.] If the skirts at the dance Are fashioned like trousers, As mentioned in style's newest notes, Will petticoats, too, Be novel and new— Will they be called neat panticoats? Drink and the world drinks with you; swear off and you swear alone. In spite of Dr. Elliot’s five-foot limit to the bookcase, the Congres- sional Record continues to measure off literature by the furlong. The wife of a Los Angeles journal- ist has “mislaid” a $30,000 pearl necklace. That’s the trouble with belonging, even by marriage, to so wealthy a profession—it makes one so careleas. J. J. Hill suggests that prosperity would be assured past question if congress would stay adjourned for three years. That would help some, doubtless, for in the interval voters would have a chance to elect anoher, and a different sort of congress. BALLINGER RETURNS FROM PACIFIC COAST Will Proceed fo Beverly fo Dis. cuss Alaskan Scandal, Washington, Sept. i—Secretary Ballinger of the interior department has arrived in Washington, direct from Seattle, making the trip in fow days and five nights. He went direct from the station to his offiice and im mediately engaged in consultation with Assistant Secretary Plerce and Assistant Attorney General Lawler. Mr. Ballinger said that he had come to Washington for the purpose of glving attention to the Cunningham Alaskan coal claims, but that there was also other business demanding his attention. The secretary expressed confidence in finding the conditions in his department in the best shape and he confirmed the report that after s brief time he would proceed to Bever 1y for the purpose of taking up with the president the matter of the Cun ningham coal entries. DROPS INTO LAKE ONTARIO Aeronaut Fails in His First Attemp to Cross. 'Toronto, Sept. .—C. Foster Willard, In the aeroplane Golden Flyer, mad¢ his first attempt to cross Lake On tario, but a sudden increase of wind and trouble with -the ballast mads the machine dip its bows at a terrifi€ pitch and he fell to the water when about three-quarters of a mile from the shore. He was picked up by the launches which had been waiting te see_the attempt. TALKS BRIEFLY OF EXPEDITION Dr. Cook Interviewed on Board Steamer. LIVED LIKE AN ESKINO Aseribes His Success to the Fact That He Made Use of Old Methods and That He Adopted the Native Mode of Existence—Lowest Temperature Recorded During the Trig 117 De- grees Below Zero. Skagen, Denmark, Sept. .—A news- paper correspondent who went on board the Hans Egede from the pilot steamer off here was able to obtain a few words with Dr. Frederick A. Cook. The explorer ascribed his success to the fact that he made use of the old methods, namely, Eskimos and dogs, and that he lived like an Eskimo him- self. The doctor then gave a hurried sketch of his expedition, in which he said: “Going northward I struck first & westerly course from Greenland and then moved northward. “I arrived at the North pole April 21, 1908, as already announced, accom- panied by only two Eskimos. #We reached the pole at 7 o’clock in the morning. “I took daily observations for a whole fortnight before arriving at the pole. “Returning we were forced to take a more westerly route and the first ten days I took observations daily and recorded them. I was unable to meas- ure the depth of the sea, as I had not the necessary instruments. “The lowest temperature recorded was 83 degrees centigrade below zero (117 dégrees below zero Fahren- heit). “I have ample proof that I reached the North pole in the observations I took, which afford a certain means of checking the truth of my statements. “Although I am proud of my achievement in planting the American flag on the North pole I look with much greater pride to the fact that I traveled around more than 30,000 square miles of hitherto unknown ground and opened up an entirely fresh fleld for exploration.” The Hans Egede was met in the North sea by the pilot steamer Polar Bear, aboard which was Captain An- drup, the well known Polar explorer, who was sent as a special representa- tlve of the Danish government to wel- come Dr. Cook. As the vessels ap- proached each other Captain Andrup led the cheers for the American ex- plorer. PREPARING TO GREET COOK Danish Government Showing Remark- able Actlvity. New York, Sept. ,—The expected arrival of Dr. Frederick A. Cook at Copenhagen from the epoch making trip to the North pole is the most im- portant news item on the horizon. The Danish government, which is showing remarkable activity in its prepara- tions to receive the explorer, has dis- patched a torpedo boat to meet the steamer on which he is a passenger on the high seas and act as a convoy of honor into Copenhagen. The Dan- ish minister of commerce has char- tered a vessel on which to take the newspaper correspondents of the world out to meet the Brooklyn ex- plorer and the Danish Geographical society will meet Dr. Cook on another vessel. Besides the fame that will endure for centuries which comes to Dr. Cook for his achievement he is destined also to reap a fortune. -His friends belleve that wealth awaits him through the writings which he is most likely to publish and through lectures. A well known vaudeville manager in this city has already cabled to Copen- hagen offering Dr. Cook $4,000 a week for ten weeks to appear in his various vaudeville houses and lecture on his Arctic experiences. STOCK EXCHANGE FIRM FAILS Freeman, Rollins & Co. of New York Suspends. New York, Sept. .—The suspen- slon of the firm of Freeman, Rollins & Co.,, members of the New York Stock Exchange, is announced. The firm has branches in Boston and Providence and was composed of Per- ley L. Freeman, the stock exchange member; Joseph E. Freeman and Charles H. Rollins. The firm began business on the New York Stock Ex- change Jan. 18, this year. A petition in bankruptcy against Freeman, Rollins & Co. was filed in the United States court here by James A. Anderson and two other creditors, whose claims aggregate $2,511. The petition gives the liabilities of the suspended firm as $200,000 and the assets as $100,000. Judge Holt ap- pointed Robert B. Oliver receiver with a bond of $50,000. Two Workmen Crushed to Death. Tlliopolis, IIL, Sept. .—While the Roman Catholic church here was be- ing moved some of the under pinning gave way and fell on workmen in the basement. Ferris Baldridge and Rob- ert Johnson were killed and Shelby Bennett seriously injured. SCORED WORLDWIDE SCOOP New York Herald Had Only Author- ized Story of Dr. Cook’s Trip. New York, Sept. \—The New York Herald mace the greatest scoop of re- cent years when it published Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s personal narrative of his journey to the North pole. The Herald had the only authorized ver- gion of the discovery, which was sent to it by Dr. Cook himself. The As- gociated Press and-many other papers used the story sent exclusively to the Herald, but full credit is due to the Herald ofily for it¢ enterprise in 6b- taining thé greatest newspaper scoop in many years. The thriiling story of Dr. Cook, so simply and yet so graphically told, re- vealing as it does the hardships en- dured in the successful quest to solye the fascinating mystery that for cen- turfes has lured men to their deaths in the vastness of the frozen North, cost the New York Herald probably $25,000. This may seem a big price to pay for a story, but the reward ot the Herald’s enterprise in obtaining this article from Dr. Cook was that it put’ that paper half a day ahead of every other paper in all the world. TRAIN CRUSHES STREET CAR Two Fatally and Eleven Serlously Hurt at Des Moines. Des Moines, Sept. .—Two persons were fatally hurt and eleven serious- ¥y Injured when a loaded Rock Island passenger train, carrying state fair visitors returning from the show grounds struck a packed Fort Des Moines street car and ecrushed it to kindling wood. The car was carried fifty feet on the cowcatcher of the engine and wrecked against the steel girders of the bridge across the Des Moines river, in momentary danger of falling into tbe river, twenty feet below. The passengers, who were literally packed into the car, fell out through the crushed sides, through windows and doors, bleeding and faint. CONTINUES AT HIS DUTIES Willis L. Moore Stops Long Enough to Have Broken Arm Set. ‘Washington, Sept. L.—While alight- ing from a car Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, fell and broke his left arm. He was conveyed to the office of a WILLIS L. MOORE. physician, where the injured member was set, and then, much to the sur- prise of his friends, proceeded to his own office, where he performed hig customary duties. FOUR HUNDRED ON BOARD Passenger Steamer Run Down in Eng lish Harbor. Portsmouth, Eng., Sept. |—There Wwas an exciting scene at the mouth of Portsmouth harbor when the Isle of Wight steamer Duchess of Kent wat run down by a government transport There were 400 passengers on board the Duchess of Kent and immediately after the collision she began to fill rapidly. The captain headed her for the shore and she was promptly beached. All the passengers gol ashore safely. MRS. PEARY DOUBTS DISCOVERY OF POLE Says Dr. Cook Must Furnish Proof of His Claims. South Harpswell, Me., Sept. —*“1 have been expecting to hear this re port ever since Dr. Cook started for the pole,” said Mrs. Robert K. Peary, wife of the explorer now in the Arctia territory. “It has been a standing joke at the Bxplorers’ club and in our set in New York. But please don’t quote me as being incredulous over the report. It would look too ugly coming at just this time. “If Dr. Cook has discovered the pole he will Have to bring back some of Mr. Peary’s records to prove he has been farther north. You know it's customary for all explorers to leave records in their own handwriting in cairns built of stone. The explorers following must copy that record, place the copy in the cairn and bring on the original. Recalls Mount McKinley Trip. “I can’t help recalling the story o1 Dr. Cook’s ascent of Mount McKin ley, about which he wrote his book. In that book he says he ascended the mountain, looked at his aneroid and then came down again. When the scientists wanted to know how high the mountain was he said he was in such a hurry he couldn’t stop to com- pute the altitude. “I heard that when Dr. Cook start- ed for the pole he sald he was going to sneak in on the ground floor. When he went up there and bought all the dogs he knew Mr. Peary would need later it showed what manner of man he was. “Omne reason 1 don’t put much faith in the story of the discovery is that Dr.: Ccok is quoted as writing he was lving on tallow. Now Eskimos don't live on tallow ,any more than we do and anybody that knows their habits and the Arctic regions knows that is true. As for confirmation of any re ports from Eskimos they couldn’t tell the North pole from'a barber pole.” SAYS DIRECTORS WERE NEGLIGENT Judgment Rendered Against Wealthy New Yorkers. ECHO OF BANK FAILURE Perry Belmont, George Gould, Stuy- vesant Fish and Others Held Liable for Alleged Reckless and Improper Loans Made by the President of the Trust Company of the Republio. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. .—Thirteen former directors of the Trust Com- Dany of the Republic are held respon- sible, in a decision made public by Justice Van Kirk, for losses sustained by the trust company through loans made in 1902 by its president, Daniel Leroy Dresser, from the company't funds on securities of the United States Shipbuilding’ company and for which restitution to the trust com: pany was asked in a suit brought by Charles H. Kavanaugh, a stockholder, against the directors. The action wag iried before Justice Van Kirk in this village during the greater part of June and July. Justice Van Kirk holds that the de- fendant directors—Perry Belmont, Charles D. Marvin, James McMahon, Thomas Crimmins, Charles W. Wet- more, Willlam D. Baldwin, Ballard McCall, Charles F. Brocker, George J. Gould, Elbridge 8. Snow, Herbert L. Satterlee, George C. Boldt and Stuy- vesant Fish—failed to perform prop- erly their duties as directors; that losses sustained by the trust company were due to negligence and that the individual directors are lable for the losses suffered by the company during their terms of office after Aug. 19, 1902, when, Justice Van Kirk decides, had they performed their duties they would have learned of improper and reckless loans being made to Lewis Nixon, president of the United States Shipbuilding company, and others. Up to this date, he says, nothing had occurred of sufficient importance to put the directors on their guard. In his findings the justice gives no total of the losses for which he holds the directors accountable. - The action ‘was brought to recover about $700,000. The judgment awarded will, with in: terest, reach about $350,000, according to the attorney for the plaintiffs. COURT RESERVES DECISION Motion to Dismiss Indictment Against F. Augustus Heinze. New York, Sept. .~—Counsel for F. Augustus Heinze asked Judge Hough in the United States circuit court to dismirs the indictment against Heinze which charged misapplication of $2, 250,000 of the funds of the Mercantile National bank of this city, of which Helnze was formerly president. Mr. Heinze’s counsel asserted that the in- dictment did not show that the al- leged misapplication was unlawful nox show intent to defraud the bank, United States District Attorney Wise declared that a willful attempt to de- fraud the bank for pergonal gain was charged. Jndge Hough reserved his decision. Judge Hough also heard arguments on a demurrer to the indictment charging F. A. Heinze, Arthur P. Heinze, Sanford Robinson, Calvin O. Geer and Carlos Warfield .with con- spiracy to obstruct due administra- tion of justice by removing, or caus- ing to be removed, the books of the United Copper company, which were ordered produced by the United States district attorney. Counsel for the ac- cused men argued that no conspiracy ‘was intended or planned. Judge Hough reserved his decision. MOTHER WILL SECURE CHILD Habeas Corpus Proceedings Now Pend- ing to Be Dismissed. Topeka, Kan.,, Sept. .—Marian Bleakley, the incubator baby, will be turned over to its mother, Mrs. Char- lotte Bleakley, at Kansas City within a few days, when the attorneys for Mrs. Stella Barclay of Buffalo, N. Y., charged with kidnapping the child, will ask that the habeas corpus pro- ceedings brought at Kansas City be dismissed. This announcement was made by attorneys of both sides. The baby is now in Kansas City in charge of the clerk of the juvenile court. TRACK LABORERS RUN DQWN Four Are Killed and Many Others Nar rowly Escape. Pittsburg, Sept. .—Plowing into a gang of track laborers west of the Radebaugh tunnel, near here, an ex- tra freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad killed four of them. A dozen others narrowly escaped. The noise of a westbound passenger train drowned the warnings sounded by the engineer of the extra freight train. Ten Thousand Melons Consumed. Rocky Ford, Colo., Sept. .—The greatest pile of watermelon rinds in the history of the world lay scattered over the fields of Rocky Ford, the re- sult of the celebration of “watermelon day.” Ten thousand watermelons were consumed, in addition to vast quantities of canteloupe. MEET AT ROCHESTER NEXT Letter Carriers Select Meeting Place for 1911, St. Paul, Sept. . .—Rochester, N. Y., ‘was chosen by the Letter Carriers’ association for the next blennial con- vention city. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, K. B. Kelly, Brooklyn, N. Y.; vice president, E. J. Gaynor, Muncle, Ind.; secretary, BE. J. Cantwell, Washington, D. C. George Duffy defeated George Mun- ger for re-election as treasurer. EVER WATCHFUL A Little Care Will Save Many Bemidji Readers Future Trouble. Watch the kidney secretions. See that they havé the amber hue of health; The discharges not excessive or} infrequent; Contain no “brick-dust like” sedi- ment. Doan’s Kidney Pills will do.this for you. They watch the kidneys and cure them when they’re sick. Mrs. Anna A, Buell, living at 613 Second St., Bemidji, Minn., says: “Isuffered from kidney trouble for several years, not severely at any time, but having dull pains in the small of my back, which caused me much discomfort. The kidney se- cretions were very unnatural in ap- pearance, and plainly showed that my kidneys- were not in a healthy condition. I finally made up my mind to try Doan’s Kidney Pills and procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. I received such beneficial results from their use that I pro- cured a further supply and am now in the very best of health. Doan’s Kidney Pills strengthened my back and kidneys and toned up my whole system. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. JAMES ADAIR PITTSBURG, PA. For Sale at The Pioneer Office NEVER. will there be a more favorable op- portunityto invest in city real estate than the present. Why not call on our local agent, H. A. - SIMONS, Postoffice Block, and let him show you / some rea/ snaps in business and- residence lots in the - city, or at Oak Beach, on the north shore of Beautiful Lake Bemidji. Write or call on us for detailed information re- garding the city as a business, residence or manu- facturing location. A Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. St. Paul Minnesota Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bulding 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 WO0OD St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN, Subsecribe For The Pioneer. Real Estate For Sale Below we offer a few of the many farms we have for sale. These are desirable for investments and the intending purchasers will do well to give them careful attention. No. 19. miles east of Northome. osition. No. 20. Five 40-acre tracts bordering on Blackduck lake; mostly hardwood timber; heavy soil; some meadow; all Prices range from within easy market. $10 to $15 per acre. No. 21. Minnesota. No. 23. farm. suit buyer. No. 25. $2400 will buy 160 acres well-improved hardwood land bordering on Turtle River lake and one mile east of We have many other $1280 buys 160 acres in section 19, township 161, range 27. This land is nicely located on good road five Good house and barn on place; soil excellent; part of timber on this quarter section is reserved. It will pay you to iavestigate this prop- $300 buys the most attract- ive two-acre island in Blackduck lake. This is one of the most beautiful spots for summer resorters known in northern $3200 buys a half section of land in town 150, range 30 (Town of Langor). This place is natural meadow land and will cut upwards of 100 tons of hay; not a foot of waste land; heavy soil equal to any land in the state. timber enough on the place to pay for the land. The land is located one mile from school house; has running water and would make an attractive stock Terms to suit purchaser. No. 24. $2000 buys a good 160-acre tract in section 22, township 146, range 34, Grant Valley. Good agricultural land bordering on two lakes; 25 acres broken; balance easily cleared. Within easy reach of good markets. Terms to village of Turtle River. 8 acres under cultivation; 1 mile of attractive lake shore. An especially good bargain for one who desires the land for summer resort. Terms, one-half cash. No. 26. $5 per acre buys good quar- ter tract of land in section 9 township 150, range 32. Good meadow, valuable timber; some improvements; terms, cash. No. 28. 400 acres in one body. Blackduck river rumnning through the land as well as school house in one cor- ner. Land partly improved; good level soil, tree from stones; not ome foot of waste land in the entize ground. Forty acres in crop and timber enough to pay for Jand. Timber can be delivered on the bank of the river. No richer land in Minnesota. $12.50 per acre. No. 29. $1,000 buys 160-acre tract east of Littlefork, in township 66, range 23. Saw timber has been sold and par- ties have eight years to remove same. No taxes to pay until timber is removed. This is good land for investment. Three fourths of mineral right go2s with land. Good land and geood prospects for min- eral. Terms: all or part cash. No. 30. Two 160-acre tractsfive miles north of Blackduck on the Cormorant river. House and other improvements on one quarter. Good land; good roads; a snap at $11 per acre, one-half cash. There is 40 acres one mile north of 15 acres nice stand of spruce timber—balance good land. Snap at $500 No. 32, 200 acres at north end of Lake Bemidji. $50 per acre. bargains and if you do not see in above list what you want, we have a large list of other lands for sale. Remember we buy for cash and sell on time. FARMERS LAND (0. Winter Block Bemidji, Minnesota l\ R gy S SRONE