Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1910, Page 3

MANY TWIN CITY - LINES MULCTED Probe Reveals Vast Extent of Pass Frauds. SCHEME EASILY WORKED Employment Agents Alleged to Have Furnished Passes Indiscriminately to Men Desiring to Go to Nearly Every Locality in the West—Estl- mated That the Roads Involved Lost Half a Million Annually. St. Paul, Jan. .—That nearly ev- ery rallroad running through the Northwestern states has suffered from frauds perpetrated by the employment agents to the same extent as the Great Northern is the belief of those interested in the investigations being conducted under the personal direc- tion of President L. W. Hill of the latter road. Special Agent Al Ray has discovered that office collusion on the part of a Great Northern employe made the plots of the labor agents easy to carry out on that road, but it is understood that the other com- panies have suffered to a great extent for lack of investigation. Estimates of the amount of money sald to have been lost to the North- western rallroads through the manip- ulations of certain employment agents in all parts of the country run as high a8 $500,000 annually. The past three or four years have seen much new railroad construction in the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho and Washington. In addition to the new work several mil- Mon dollars have been spent by the companies in improving the track beds, laying new rails, straightening curves and other similar work. The demand for laborers has exceeded the supply at all times and every appli- cant who appeared at a local employ- ment office was given transportation to some point in the Northwest. ‘Wholesale arrests along the line of the Great Northern as far west as Spo- kane are expected. False pretenscs and violations of the federal anti-pass laws will be the charges laid. Plan of Employment Agents, The plan under which the employ- ment agents are sald to have worked was to secure a contract with the railroad companies by which the agent agrees to furnish so many labor- ers, usually for track work, which re- quires only common labor. The agent does not have to make an examina- tion of the man; anybody will do to work on a railroad grade. That makes it easy for him to accept any person who enters the office. A man who desires to go to Mon- tana for any reason can go to the em- ployment agent and tell his troubles. The, nearest railroad work is selected and the man is ostensibly hired to work for the company at that place. He is given a pass by the agent, which takes him to the point desig- nated. After he arrives there he for- gets to appear at the railroad office and goes to the point for which he started. All he paid for his trip was the office fee of the employment agent, which varied with the appli- cant. The roads which are the principal sufferers in the Northwest are the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Soo and the St. Paul. Each of these lines enters the grain fields of Western Minnesota and the Dakotas. The farm laborers annually imported to harvest the crops are hauled by the railroads and it is estimated that less than 10 per cent of the laborers pay even the reduced rate put into effect by the transportation companies. TEST GROSS EARNINGS TAX Important Suit Begun by County Offi- cial at Duluth. Duluth, Jan. .—An action that is expected to precipitate one of the Breatest test cases ever known to the courts of Minnesota has been taken by County Auditor Odin Halden, who has placed on the assessment rolls of the city of Duluth, as omitted prop- erty, all property, real and personal, of the two telephone companies oper- ating in Duluth. Mr. Halden’s action is based on the fact that the so called wide open tax amendment to the constitution, adopt- ed in 1906, expressly repeals the pro- vision of the constitution relating to the taxing of telephone companies on their gross earnings. Section 1 of the wide open tax amendment provides that the amend- ment adopted in 1896 be repealed. That amendment gave the state the right to tax telephone compacies on a gross earnings basis, all of the taxes going to the state. Under the system a8 inaugurated by Mr. Halden the taxes will go to the cities, countles and other municipalities, the same as other taxes. It is expected the action will be strenuously opposed by both the state and the telephone com- panies. i Tree Saves Aeronaut's Life. Mourmelon, France, Jan. .—While making an aeroplane flight here M. Blerone fell to the top of a large tree. The tree probably saved the aviator's Mfe. He disentangled himself from his wrecked machine and climbed down the tree unhurt. His machine vas damaged. WAIVES INVENTORY PROVISO Internal Revenue Office Rules on Cor poration Tax Law. ‘Washington, Jan. —“Where a cor- Poration through its books or other wise can ascertain its income suf ficiently for the officers to make oath o the return as true this will be re Barded as equivalent to an inventory and a physical inventory need mot be taken. “It 18 realized, however, that In the eases of many corporations income for the calendar year cannot be ascer tained without taking a physieal in ventory at the end of the culendat year and the law being explicit both as to the period and the income, where such income cannot be ascertained without a physical inventory, this will have to be taken.” These are the views expressed by the internal revenue office in response to inquiries from corporations who are finding themselves embarrassed in making returns in cases where theit fiscal year is not identical with the calendar year. LIQUOR PLANTS ARE CLOSED Tennessee Law Forced Breweries and Distilleries Out.of Business. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. .—Distillers and brewers closed down their plants at midnight, when the new Tennessee law forbidding the manufacture of in- toxicating beverages in this state be- came effective. Prominent whisky manufacturers say that the new law will be tested in the courts. Nash ville, Knoxville and Chattanooga have one brewery each and there are two in Memphis. There are forty-one dis- tilleries in the state, most of them small, ramshackle plants with a capac- ity of one to a half a dozen barrels daily. SPENCER TRASK KILLED IN WRECK Prominent Financier Victim of Railroad Collision. New York, Jan. .—Spencer Trask, one of the leading financiers of the United States, was killed by a freight train running into the rear of the New York Central passenger train on which he occupied the drawing room section at the rear end of the last car. The accident occurred near Croton, N. Y. One other passenger was seri- ously injured and the negro porter of the sleeping car was also severely hurt. Mr. Trask, who was coming into the city from his home at Saratoga, was dressing in his compartment when the freight train plowed into the heavy passenger train, which is known as the Montreal express. When his torn body was removed from the wreckage it was found that he had only partly dressed himself. The express had been stopped by a block signal and why the freight be- hind it was not stopped has not been explained. The freight struck with such force as to demolish the rear end of the last sleeper, telescoping the front end, with the sleeper ahead. Many of the occupants of the five sleepers had not fully dressed and they were precipitated, half-clad, into the snow banks with -the temperature | for below the freezing point. ESTRADA OPPOSED TO MADRIZ Continues Preparations for Attack on Managua. Bluefields, Nicaragua, Jan. .—Gen- eral Estrada remains firm in his de- termination not to recognize the presi- dency of Madriz. He holds that the election of the latter by congress was illegal and that the people of Nicara- gua have not spoken. He has refused the offers of peace through compro- mise from Managua and is continuing his preparations for a campaign against the capital. General Mena has arrived at Chile, after capturing a number of the gov- ernment soldiers and a supply of am- munition. The prisoners with their supplies were on their way to rein- force General Gonzales when the bat- tle at Recreo was fought. OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR HIM Chicagoan Threatens to Blow Up Unit- ed States Senate. Chicago, Jan. —A letter to a Chi- cago newspaper from a writer signing the name “C. Hodges,” threatening to blow up the United States senate with nitroglycerin, aroused the federal au- thorities and caused a hurried search throughout the city for the author. “C. Hodges” wrote that physicians had given him but six months to live and that at first he had intended tak- ing morphine to end his existence quickly. He changed his plans, he said, when he read an article charg- ing corruption existed in the senate and he determined to blow up the body with nitroglycerin and end him- self at the same time. Milwaukee Losing Her Prestige. Milwaukee, Jan. * —In the last four months there has been a falling off of nearly 80,000 barrels in the output of Milwaukee beer as shown by the tax receipt records in the office of the in- ternal revenue collector. In the fiscal year ending July 1, 1909, there is shown a decrease of 321,265 barrels of beer from the amount sold in the pre- vious year. LAKE TRAFFIC mcREASES Statistics Show Great Galns Over 1908 and 1907. ‘Washington, Jan. .—The volume of commerce on the Great Lakes dur- ing the month of November was near- 1y 2,000,000 tons greater than for the corresponding month last year and more than 1,000,000 tons in excess of that for November, 1907, according to figures of the department of com- merce and labor. The total amount for the season to the end of Novemper is given as 79, 040,407, with 59,333,823 and 82,365,841 net tons reported for the correspond- Ing periods of 1908 and 1907. The total for last season shows a loss of nearly 3,000,000 tons from 1907. Woman Burned to Death. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. .—Mrs. Charles E. Spencer, wife of a railroad engineer and mother of four children, was found burned to death after a fire had destroyed a shed at the rear of her home. The police have started an investigation to determine how the ‘Woman’s night clothing caught fire. T0 ORGANIZE STEEL DOZEN PERSONS TRIST W GANADA " pRBBL Y DEAD | English Pmmuter to Pool Do- minion Iron Industries. Ottawa, Ont, Jan. .—That it is the intention of Canadian financial in- terests to form a huge steel trust ri- valing in a modest way the United States Steel corporation was the an- nouncement made in Windsor by Rob- ert Fleming of London, Eng., who Is in Canada representing British finan- clal interests. The companies which are sald to be involved in the Canadian merger are: The Dominfon Iron and Steel com- pany and the Dominion Coal company, both of Nova Scotia; the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal company, the Superior Consolidated company, the Atikokan Iron company of Port Arthur, the Montreal rolling mills, the Hamilton Steel and Iron company, the Canada Foundry company and the National Iron Works company, which has just been floated in Toronto, The capitalization of the Canadian steel trust iz placed at $500,000,000 and much of tne money to carry out the flotation is coming from British investors. PERMANENT RELIEF PLANS Fifty Thousand Set Aside for Widows of Cherry (lll.) Victims. Chicago, Jan. .—Plans are being made by Ernest P. Bicknell, national director of the Red Cross, to call a meeting of the foreign consuls in Chi- cago and the executive committee of the United Mine Workers to adopt a permanent relief plan for pensioning the widows of the Cherry mine disas- ter, whose bread winners lost their lives in the St. Paul mine fire. The Red Cross society has adopted & plan whereby the widows will be given a sum every week until the question of permanent relief is sanc- tioned by the consuls and the United Mine Workers. There is a fund of $50,000 set aside for permanent relief of the Cherry families and Bicknell says it will be equally divided, and that none will be forced to want for anything for several years to come. MAY END ABUSES IN CONGO King Albert Accepts Resignation of Leopold’s Staff. Brussels, Jan. 1.—An authoritative but unofficial announcement declares that King Albert has accepted the resignations of the entire civil and military staffs of the late 1ing Leo- pold, including that of Baron Wahis, governor general of the Belgian Congo. This action by the new king is ac- cepted as the preliminary step to the outstamping of the old regime in the Congo and putting an end to the Congo abuses that have for so long shocked the civilized world. Albert is sald to consider that all of the late king’s advisers were impli- cated in there abuses. FOR AGED PEOPLE Old Folks Should be Careful in their Selection of Regulative Medicine. With advanced age comes inact- ive bowel movement and sluggish liver. Nature is unable to perform her proper functions and requires assistance. -Otherwise, there is con- stant suffering from constipation and its attendant evils. Old folks should never use physic that is harsh and irritating. We have a safe, dependable and altogether ideal remedy that is par- ticularly adapted to the require- ments of aged people and persons of weak constitution who suffer from constipation or other bowel disorder. We are so certain that it will com- pletely relieve these complaints and give absolute satisfaction in every particular that we offer them with our personal guarantee that they shall cost the user nothing if they fail to substantiate our claims. This remedy is called Rexall Orderlies. Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy. They have a scothing, heal- ing, strengthening, tonic and regula- tive action upon the dry mucous lining and the relaxed muscular coat of the bowel. They produce a natural, successive contraction and relaxation of the muscular fibres of the bowel walls, generating a wave- like motion which forces their con- tents onward and outward; thus simulating nature in perfect bowel movement. They tone up and strengthen the nerves and muscles and restore the bowels and associate organs to more vigorous and healthy activity. They may be taken at any time without inconvenience; do not cause any griping, nausea, diarrhoea, excessive looseness, flatulence or other disagreeable effect. Try Rex- all Orderlies on our guarantee: 36 tablets 25 cents, and 12 tablets 10 cents. Remember you can bbtain Rexall Remedies in Bemidji only at our store,—The Rexall Store. Bar- ker’s Drug Store. e e e e e Serious Wreck on the Rock Island in Missouri. P . — SLEEPING CAR' CONSUMED Flames Destroy Crowded Coach and Many Occupants Are Believed to Have Perished—Rescuers Enter the Burning Chair Car and Drag Half 8tunned and Bleeding Passengers to Places of Safety. Trenton, Mo, Jar = .—Imprisoned in a tourist sleeping car and burned to death is believed to be the fate of perhaps twelve passengers ' on the westbound California special on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail- road, three miles east of Trenton. The number of victims may be larger, but the facts will not be known till the debris of the car has been searched. The cause of the wreck is not known. The engine suddenly jumped the track, and, plowing through the soadbed, landed upside down. ‘When the chair car, the tourist and the first of the Pullman sleepers reached a point opposite the disabled engine they left the track and piled up. The cars at once caught fire from the engine. The second stand- ard sleeper and the observation car ‘were practically undamaged. The first shock of the wreck over, passengers began clambering through windows, while farmers living nearby Tan to the scene. Men entered the burning chair car and dragged half stunned and bleeding passengers to safety. Tourist Car in Flames. Flames prevented the rescuers from entering the tourist car. From the ‘windows of this car two or three pas- sengers are known to have made their escape unaided. The fate of the oth- ers could only be conjectured. From beneath the burning wreck- age of the engine other rescuers dragged the body of Fireman Linin- ger burned and mangled almost be- yond recognition. ‘When the wrecking train arrived from Trenton the cars on each side of the three fated cars were drawn out of the reach of the flames. The tourist and the first Pullman ‘were soon reduced to a pile of twisted iron and ashes. . In the belief that the destroyed tourist car held the bodies of perhaps a dozen or more persons the passen- gers that lined the tracks stood by in awed silence. The injured were hurried to Tren: ton and given first aid at the local hotel, being transferred later to Kan- sas City. PROMISES TO BE INTERESTING Coming Investigation of Ballinger- Pinchot Controversy. ‘Washington, Jan. .—The congres- slonal investigation into the Ballinger- Pinchot controversy promises to be one of the most interesting events of the present session. Immediately after the holidays, when congress reassem- bles, investigation will be ordered and a joint committee of the senate and the house of representatives will be authorized to take testimony and to report. It is expected that a large number of witnesses will be called. The investigation is likely to take sev- eral weeks and a report is not expect- ed before March or April. Secretary Ballinger apparently welcomes the in- vestigation. The investigation is not welcomed by Republican representatives in con- gress whose districts are close or doubtful. They realize that it will accentuate an issue that has already threatened the Republican party in the West and Middle West and is cer- tain to make matters worse, regnrd- less of how it is finally decided. BANK ROBBERS AMBUSHED One Killed and Another Fatally ‘Wounded. Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. .—One robber was killed, another fatally ‘wounded and a third escaped when the Oklahoma City police endeavored to capture yeggmen who attempted to rob the State bank at Harrah, a small town twenty miles east of here. The plan to rob the bank was dis- closed to the police here and a detach- ment of officers was hurried to Har- rah. They waited concealed near the bank., After midnight three men ap- proached the bank building and tried to force open the door. The officers gprang from their hiding place and with revolvers drawn ordered the rob- bers to surrender. The men, startled by the sudden ap- pearance of the officer, ran, and the police shot. Two of them fell, but the third man was unharmed by the show- er of bullets that fell around him and -escaped. Left Millions to Charity. Chicago, Jan. .—The will of Thomas Murdoch, former president of Reid, Murdoch & Co., wholesale gro- «cers, who died here Christmas day, ‘has been made public and disposes of an estate estimated at approximately $4,000,000, of which from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 is bequeathed to religious, -educational and charitable institu- ‘tions. CASE SENT BACK FOR TRIAL Congressman Tawney Wins Libel Case on Appeal. St. Paul, Jan. .—Congressman James A. Tawney won in the supreme oourt in his libel suit against the Al bert Lea Tribune. The court reversed the district court of Freeborn county, which dismissed, on the pleadings, Mr. Tawney’s suit for $10,000 damages, growing out of an editorial in the Albert Lea Tribune, based on some comment in the Phila delphia North American on Mr. Taw: EN oS B AL ney’s course in congress. The supreme court holds, as a mat ter of law, that the language used by the paper concerning Tawney Wwas lbelous per se and that for that rea son the trial court should have per mitted the case to go to the jury tc¢ determine the amount of damages that may have been suffered. , HASSAN TASHIM PASHA SLAIN Governor General of the Yemen Vil ayets As: inated. Constantinople, Jan, i—News was received here of the assassination of Hassan Tashim Pasha, governor gen- eral of the Yemen vilayets, while he was on his way from Sana to the Red sea. Hassan recently made charges that the Young Turks’ leaders were respon- gible for the granting of valuable con- cessions and franchises to foreigners without sufficient return to Turkey. As a result of this he became in- volved in a serious squabble with the Young Turks’ party and his assassina- tion is directly attributed to this. Ray Lamphere Dies in Prison. Laporte, Ind, Jan. .—Ray Lam- phere, aged thirty-eight years, the con- victed murderer of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her children, is dead in the Michigan City penitentiary, where he was serving an indeterminate term for arson. Lamphere on April 28, 1908, set fire to the Gunness home near La- porte and incinerated the family. Morgan in. Nitrate Trust. Valparaiso, Jan. .—An uncon- firmed rumor says J. P. Morgan, allied with the Deutsch bank and a powerful British firm, has organized a huge ni- trate trust with a capital of $250,000. The trust, it is said, will acquire the majority of the nitrate flelds and manu- facturing plants and also control the world's consuraption. KEEP THE KID- NEYS WELL Health is Worth Saving, and Some Bemidji People Know How to Save It. Many Bemidji people take their lives in their hands by neglecting Better stir up yeur liver a little! Not too much, just a little, just enough to start the YourLiver: bile nicely. One of Ayer’s Pills at bedtime s all you need. 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