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

THE BEMIDSE DALY PIOREER PUSLISSED EVERY AFTERHOON BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. C. J. PRYOR. C. E. CARSON. t Bemid]l, nlnmnll, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---S5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE Entored In the Postoffic THE “GOOD SAMARITAN.” One day last week, while sad and dreary, weak and weary, across the unswept floor, we heard at first a gentle tapping, then it became an earnest rapping, rapping at our sanctum door. “Come in,” we said, while we pondered, and in silence still we wondered what for us could be in store. Then the doorbolt softly turning, in he walked; our cheeks were burning, thought of crimson gore, “Are you the man what does the writing?” (what will rhyme with this but fighting? quickly thought we o'er). ““Sir, we are,” we gently told him, nodding to the boys to hold him if he tried to beat us sore. “Then you will please give me credit, opposite that little debit, a dollar and half more. “I like your paper and will take it as long as you will strive to make it as good as it has been before.” We jumped. He dodged, thus we missed him, or we would have kissed him. even if the boys did roar. So seldom treated in this manner we felt inclined to shout hossaner— only that, and nothing more. Selah. for No complaint is made about short measure when we have “ a peck of trouble.” We are forcibiy reminded that the melancholy days are come” by the amount of golden leaves that are piling indiscriminitely about. If “father’s pride and mother’s joy” will direct half the energy he dis- plays in a game of football to raking up the aforesaid leaves and burning or otherwise destroying them it will take about twenty-four hours to make the lawns about town present a marked difference in their appear- ance. « CAUSTIC COMMENT. (A. G, Rutledge.] The Fosston man who tried to swallow a porter-house in'a single mouthful made a fatal misteak. ““Home rule has been given to Ice- land,” says a press dispatch. Itsa pity that the “c” isn’t an “r,” now, isn’t it? The New York World is worrying over whether the American mother is a failure. Not as long as the shingles hold out. The $500 “kitty” in one of the Duluth poker games bas been stolen. We fear this is one of the cats that won’t come back. “There is nothing elevating about a cat,” says a critic of felines. Guess he never noticed a cat’s back when a dog happened along. UNUSUAL INTEREST - Belleved Railroad Securities Will Be Held in Trust, o New York, Sept. h —The will of B. H. Harriman will be filed this week, according to Robert S. Lovett, who has been elected chairman of the Union Pacific executive committee to succeed Mr. Harriman in the admin- istration of the vast Harriman rail- road interests. Mr. Lovett, who was believed to have been closer to Mr. Harriman than any other man, would not dis- cuss the contents of the will, but said it had been drawn by Charles A. Pea- body, president of the Mutual Life Insurance company, and that it was in his possession. This will, which is perhaps exciting more interest than any similar document in many years, will probably be filed for probate at Goshen, the county seat of Orange county, which includes the large Har- riman estate at Arden. For legal pur- poses a copy may be entered in the courts in this city and it is under- stood that the first announcement of the will's details will be made in this city. Among Mr.. Harriman’s intimate friends the bellef prevailed that the enormous Harriman railroad holdings are not to be divided for a long period and that the will creates a trust for their administration, the income going to the heirs. It is also sald that while the rail- road and commercial Interests will be held intact through a trusteeship the will gives to Mrs. Harriman the mag- nificent estate at Arden and also the town house in Fifth avenue. IN HARRIMAN WILL ' Arctic club, with plausible ground for ONLY WHITE MAN T0 REAGH POLE Peary Telis Correspondent He Can Prove It NO DETAILS AT PRESENT Again Declares He Will Withhold His Proofs Until Dr. Cook Has Issued His Full Authorized Says He Is Done With Active Field Work, but Will Continue to Take an Interest in Arctic Exploration. Statement. Battle Harbor, Labrador, via wire- less telegraphy to Cape Ray, N. F., Sept. 1i—“I am the only white man who ever has reached the Novth pole and I am prepared to prove 1t.” This statement was made by Com- mander R. B. Peary in reply to a ques- tlon on the Peary-Cook controversy put to him by a newspaper man who reached hera2 from Sydney on the tug Douglas Thomas. The commander’s greeting was cordial. “This is a new record in mowspaper enterprise,” he said, “and 1 appreciate the compli- ment.” The correspondent at once began questioning the explorer regarding the merits of Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s claim to have reached the pcle. The commander declared positively he would not further discuss this sub- Ject until the main point, whether Dr. Cook had actually reached the North pole or mot, had been decided by oth- ers. He then dictated the following statement: “I am the orly white man who has ever reached the North pole and I am prepared to prove it at the proper time. I have already stated publicly that Cook has not been to the pole. This I reaffirm and I will stand by it, but I decline to discuss the details of the matter. These will come out later. I have said that Dr. Cook’s statement that he had reached the North pole should not be taken seri- ously and that I ‘have him nailed’ by concrete proofs to support my state- ment. Whole Story in Six Months. “In six months you probably will get the whole story. It weuld not be pol- fey for me to enter upon a full debate of the subject as it now stands. To do so I would be giving out much in- formation of which other uses could be made. I intend to wait until Dr. Cecok has issued his full authorized statement. Up to the present time there have been only newspaper ac- counts of Dr. Cook’s alleged polar trip and these may or may not be accu- rate. When Dr. Cook has time to issue a complete authorized version of his Journey it will be the proper opp formation which I have. After that the jury—in other werds the people and the scientific bodies of the world —will pass judgment on the matter and there will be nothing left of Dr. Cool’s claim but his own assertions that he has reached the North pole. In the meanwhile it is my determina- tion not to deal with details for the reasons already stated.” Commander Peary was then asked if new land could have heen discov- ered in latitude 84, longitude 86. In reply he shrugged his shoulders and said it was quite possible an unknown continent existed further west. He referred to the land discovered by himself on previous trips that had not yet been explored Commander Peary is dore with ac- tive exploring. He will continne to take an interest in Arctic and Antare- tic explovation, but from his home, and he deciared he wonld withdraw from field work. ARGUMENTS FAVdRING BOTH Latest Developments in North Pole Controversy. New York, Sept. 1 .—Developments in the North pole controversy contain arguments in favor of both Comman- der Peary and Dr. Cook. The oft re- peated charge that Peary made use of Cook’s stores is denied by Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary of the Peary refutation. On the other hand the supporters of the Brooklyn physician have been quick to seize upon the in- telligence that only one Eskimo stood by the naval officer’s side when he treme top of the earth. The backers of Commander Peary point out that while Allan Whitten, the bhoatswain of the Peary auxiliary steamer Erik in 1905 and 1908, de- clared that Peary’s people took Dr. Cook’s stores at Btah and Annotok, ‘Whitten admits not knowing whether the removal was by arrangement with Rudolph Francke, Cook’s steward, who bad been left in charge of the sup- plies. Mr. Bridgman says Francke was picked up by Peary’s men in North Star bay between Cape York and Etah while Francke was trying to return to civilization from the post where Francke had been left by Cook. Francke, says Mr. Bridgman, said that he was physically unfit to remain Peary’s surgeon had confirmed this statement I'rancke was given money by Peary to enable Francke to reach home. MOTIVE REMAINS A MYSTERY No Explanation of Shooting of Chil- dren at Utica, N. Y. Utlea, N. Y., Sept. 1i.—Although a reward of $500 has been offered for information that will lead to the ar- rest of the murderer of Theresa Pro- copio, seven years old, and Ferdinando Infusino, aged two and one-half years, the police are still without a clue. Fauny Infusino, the six-year-old sister erm, is feverish and so weak from the loss of blood that it has been Im- tunity for me to make public the in- | raised the American flag at the ex-} longer in the extreme North and after | of the little boy, who was shot in the | possible to question her closely and even were she able to talk it {8 doubt- ful whether she could glve a recog- nizable description of the man who, in a culvert under Eagle street, shot her and her two little companions. The motive for the triple crime re- mains unsolved, as the parents of the children say they know of no enemies who might have sought yevenge and that they have had no letters from the Black Hand demanding money. : HAS AEROPLANE OF DIMINUTIVE SIZE Santos-Dumont’s Machine Very Siriking in Appearance, Paris, Sept. 1.—The reappearance in the world of aviation of Santos- Dumont with his remarkable perform- ance here, when he fled in an aero- planc at a speed of about thirty-five miles an hour, has attracted much at~ tention on account of the diminutive size of the machine. The aeroplane of Santos-Dumont weighs, together with the pilot, only 118 kilograms (229.6 pounds). It has nine square yards of surface, as against twenty- two square ¥ards in the Curtiss aero- plane, twenty-six in the Bleriot and fifty-three in the Wright machines. A two-cylinder motor developed thirty horsepower and ran at the rate of 1,800 r(,vmm.lm\s a minute. The most | striking feature in the appearance of this aemwhnp is the short and broad wing, tilted at a high angle. It has ne tail and its general appearance is that of a quail. DENIES HIS WIFE'S CHARGES Major Hanson Blames Theosophy for Marital Troubles. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. U.—Theosophy Is blamed by Major J. F. Hanson, president of the Central of Georgla railroad, for the marital trouble which led his wife, Mrs. Cora L. Hanson, to { bring suit recently for divorce. Mrs. | Hanson charged cruelty, neglect and too much attention on the part of the major to Mrs. “Jack” Horner, now Mrs. James McVickar, a beautiful young society woman of New York. Major Hanson’s answer contains twen- ty-one pages of printed matter and categorically denies each of his wife’s charges. WILL VISIT ENGLAND SOON King Manuel’s Betrothal to Be An- nounced at That Time. Lisbon, Sept. 1 .—King Manuel will leave Portugal for England, where he is to visit King Edward, on Nov. 20. He will stop four days in Madrid to return the visit of King Alfonso. It is generally understood here that King PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. Manuel's betrothal to Princess Alex- andra, daughter of the Duke of Fife, will be announcad from Windsor cas- tle and that King Edward will confer the Order of the Garter upon King Manuel in honor of the engagement. BIG CRANE BLOWN TO ATOMS Third Attempt to Wreck Railroad Bridge at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 15.—The third attempt to blow up a railroad bridge with dynamite in this city within a short time occurred when the huge crane of the S. J. McCann Construc- tion company of Mercer, Pa., running on the open shop principle, was blown to atoms. The engine and boiler used to op- erate the crane were demolished and many windows in the vicinity were broken. No one was hurt. The crane was stationed at the con- struction work on the New York Cen- tral viaduct over Elk street. Protest Against Censorship. Madrid, Sept. .5—The Liberal newspapers of Madrid have published a protest against the continuance of government censorship and they threaten to strike unless this restric- tion is removed. The editors have de- cided to appeal to King Alfonso. Pleads Guilty on 8Ix Counts. Marquette, Mich., Sept. 1/—B. T. Larson, former cashier of the defunct First National bank of Ironwood, pleaded guilty to six of the eight counts agalnst him when arraigned in the United States court. The other two counts were waived by the dis- trict attorney. Sentence was not pro- nounced. PASSING OF NOTED PEOPLE CAPTAIN THOMAS PHELAN, who gained fame in the late sixtles by en- gaging in a Fenian raid into Canada, is dead at Bremerton, Wash., aged seventy-six. FRANK E. BROWN, Omaha treas- urer of the Union Pacific Railroad company, is dead. He had been an employe of the road for forty years. HILL PREDICTS TROUBLE AHEAD Sees Danger in Decrease in Farm Population. AGRICULTURE DECLINING Declares the Idea That We Feed the World Is Being Corrected and the Question of a Market for Our Prod- ucts Abroad Will Soon Give Way to the Question of a Food Supply at Home. i Chicago, Sept. 1/—"“The idea that we feed the world is being corrected and unless we can increase the agri- cultural population and their product the question of a source of food sup- ply at home will soon supersede the question of a market for our own produets abroad.” This was the warning given by James J. Hill at the convention of the American Bankers’ association during a discussion of the decline of agricul- ture and its consequences. Mr. Hill's subject was “National Wealth and the Farm.” “We have,” said the speaker, “al- most reached a point where, owing to increased population without in- creased production per acre, our home food supply will be insufficient for our own nee‘;\ls within ten years, pos- sibly less, we are likely to become a wheat importing nation; the per- centage of the population engaged in agriculture and the wheat product per acre are both falling; at the same time the cost of living is raised every- where by this relative scarcity of bread, by artificial increase in the price of all manufactured articles and by a habit of extravagance which has enlarged the view of both rich and poor of what are to be considered the necessaries of life. These plain facts should disturb and arouse not only the economic student but the men who are most intimately reclated to the wealth of the nation and most con- cerned that it shall not suffer loss or decreases.” Sign of National Disaster. Mr. Hill declared that never yet has enhanced cost of living, when due to agricultural decline and inability to supply national needs, failed to end in national disaster. Mr. Hill said the farm is our main reliance and that every other activity depends on that. He asserted, however, that the major- ity of people fail to realize practically the declining status of agriculture in |{ the country. “They are misled by the statistics of farm values and products, mount- ing annually by great leaps, into think- ing that this absolute increase implies a relative advance of this industry as compared with others,” said he. “Ex- actly the opposite is the case. I refer not merely to the quality and results of our tillage, but to the setting of the human tide away from the culti- vated field and toward the factory gate or the city slum. This is some- thing whose consequences for evil are as certain as if the aggregate depos- its in all the banks of this country were decreasing by a fixed percentage every ten years, while their loans were increasing by another percentage Just as stable. You would know what catastrophe that assured by and by. “It means the same thing, in kind and consequences, when the agricul- tural population, the producers and depositors in the great national treas- ury of wealth, is declining year by year, while the city population, which thrives only by drawing drafts upon the land and cannot live a year after these cease to be honored, rises at its expense. Yet not only Is such a crisis appreaching, but it is being hastened by legislative stimulation in favor of other industries while overlooking this.” SEVENTEEN ARE INDICTED Sensation Caused by Graft Exposure at Youngstown, O. Youngstown, O., Sept. 1/.—A sensa- tion was created when the names of seventeen business men, indicted by the special grand jury which has been Investigating charges of bribery and grafting, were made public The indicted men include some of the most wealthy and prominent men In the state and it is learned from the prosecutor’s office that their op- erations will come close to $600,000. RESTRICT DEATH PENALTY Premier Stolypin Sends Instructions to Governors General. St. Petersburg, Sept. . Premier Stolypin has again sent a circular to the governors general of the districts under martial law instructing them to festrict the application of the death penalty as much as possible. They ere to resort to courtsmartial only in cases of exceptional importance, sub- mitting all ordinary crimes to the civil courts. Fail to Get Into Safe. Minneapolis, Sept. 15.—Bank rob- bers, after failing to crack the safe of the State bank of Robbinsdale, left with but $30 for their toil. This money had been Jeft in the cash drawer out- side the vault. HAD BEEN ILL SOME TIME Prominent New York Financier Ends His Life. New York, Sept. 1,.—Intimate friends of John W. Castles, president of the $70,000,000 Union Trust com- pany, declared his suicide in the Grand Union hotel was due to a nerv- ous breakdown caused by overwork. John W. Castles was one of the best known financiers in the East. In 1908 at the close of the panic he became president of the Union Trust company and the great amount of work that fell Gpon Hlm Th clearing up condi- tions broke his health. For six months he has been under the care of phy- #icians and has done no active work. He was a great friend of the late B. H. Harriman and a director in a number of Harriman railroads. No Wonder. Jack—Yes, poor John may have had his faults, but his heart was on the right side.” ‘Wagge—Is 1t possible? No wonder ho dled. FIVE THOUSAND ~ DELEGATES ATTEND Annual Gonvention of American Bankers’ Association, Chicago, Sept. 1.—Bankers from every state in the Union, together with representatives of financial institu- tions in Cuba and Hawaii, joined in the opening session of the thirty-fifth annual convention of the American Bankers' association here. The con- vention was called to order by the president, George M. Reynolds, presi- dent of the Continental National bank, Chicago, in the Auditorium theater in the presence of almost 5,000 delegates. Reports of the various committees and officers of the association, to- GEORGE M. REYNOLDS. gether with the addresses of welcome and the responses, filled the morning session. The principal address of the day by James J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad on “National Wealth and the Farm” was delivered at the afternoon session and was preceded by an ad- dress by Comptroller of the Currency L. O. Murray on “Problems of the Comptroller’s Office.” A prominent feature of the day's sesslon was the discussion of prac- tical banking questicns by different delegates. Sz oF Outo, Oty or ToLevo, | Lucas County, pcs Frank J, Cheney makcs oath that he i senior partner of the firm of:lY. J. Cheney I Co.. doing business in the Uity of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED OLLARS for cach and every e Cotarin that cennot bo cured by tho Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRAN KT o Sahca It in m presence, this6th day of T Dccpmher A, D186, (SeAL) W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Oatarrh Cure is taken Infernally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur- faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. ¥.J. OHENEY & 00., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, Tc. Take Hall's Family Pills !for constipation, Marfield, Tearse & Noyes (Incorporated) GRAIN Consigned Grain Our Specialty Correspondence Invited MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE DULUTH CHICAGO Address all correspondence to Minneapolis office, 511 T Chamber of Commerce In the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, Sixth Division. In the Matter of Michael A" Downs and Fred . O'Leary. individually and as co-partners s Downs & O'Leary, Bankrupts. In Bankruptey. To the creditors of Downs & O'Leary of Bemidji, in the County of Beltrami, in said district, Rankrupts: Notice is hereby given ',hat on the 9th day of September, A. D. 19 e above named fichacl A. Downs and’ irea” b, OT.oars. individually and as co-partners as Dowus & O'Leary, were duly adjudicated bankrupts, and that the first meeting of their creditors will be held at the office of the undersigned referee in bankruptcy, in the City of Crookston. in the County of Polk in said dis- trict, on the 30th day of September, A. D. .’ at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, af which time said creditors may attend, and prove claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such other business s may properly come before said meeting. Dated Sept, 9, 1909, OLEJ. VAULE, Referee in Bankruptey CAMP HOUSES. Minnesota State Sanatorlum. Walker. Sealed proposals will be received by the State Board of Control at their office in the State Capitol BuildIng, St. Paul, M until 12 m., Wednesday, September 22nd, 1509, fo the erection and completion of Camv Hunse& at the Minnesota State Sanatorinm, Walker. Minn., including the general contract work, heating and plumbing, and electric work and fixtures, in accordance with plans and speci- fications furnished by Clarence H. Johnston, Architect, No. 715 Manhattan Building, St. Paul, Minn. Bids to be submitted only on form'supplied by architect: no other form of bid will be considered. ' Bids must be accompanied by a certified check for £ per_cent of the amount of bid, payable to the State Board of Control. which checks will be returned when the building contract is executed. osoples of the above plans and specifications seen on and after Wednesday, B ombor tin 160, at sho " Inatitation. ot the Builder’s Exchange, St. Paul, at the Builders Exchange, Minneapolis, and at the office of State Board of Control, St. Paul, Minn. Extra copies of plans and specifications may be obtained on application to the archi- tect and on payment of the cost for the use thereof. ~Plans and specifications must be rettirned to architect when bid is submitted to the Board of Control. Successful bidder musc furnish owner a surety company bond in amount equal to 75 e cent of amount of contract. 3 Lhe Tight Is reserved to accept or reject 25 any or all bids. Have only one doctor—just one! No § sense in running from one doctor to another! Select the best one, then stand by him. No sense in trying this § One Doctor v doctor about Ayer’s Cherry Pec- thing, that thing, for your cough. Care- lomlyf':: throat and lung troubles. Doclon fully, deliberately select the best cough hoae prescribed it for 70 years. §:.S; Ayex,Co. medicine, then take it. Stick to it. 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SIMONS, Postoffice Block, and let him show you some real 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. Bemidji Townsite and Im provement Company. St. Pa.ul Minnesota Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwilding 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. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month i 3