Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1910, Page 6

OIL TRUST MERGES BANKS Combination Being Formed in Opposk- tion to Morgan Interests. New York, Jan. 3.—The Standard Ofl speculative group of financiers, it is learned, has added the Carnegie Trust company, the Van Norden Trus! company and the Nineteenth ano Twelfth Ward banks, which the Van Norden owners controlled, to the chain of great down town bank and trusi companies which they are forming in opposition to the Morgan insurance in terests. The consolidation of the Carnegie Trust company and the Van Norder Trust company with the two state banks, which has been pending for several months, is to be effected, it is understood, within six weeks. The resources of the combined in stitutions will be $42,000,000. ALL TO WORK FEWER HOURS: New England Law Directed at Women, Hits Men Also. Boston, Jan. thousand operatives in mills and fac ! tories of Massachusetts and Rhode| Island have begun on a shorter sched ule of working houls in consequence of the new fifty-six- 3.—Several hundrea| Ing effective. While the new statute applies only to women and minors the manufacturers find it impossible tc separate the departments so that the men can work longer than the .womer and children and therefore have brought all their operatives under the new schedule. In Rhode Island it is estimated tha 20,000 operatives affected will lose 8 total of 2,080,000 working hours a year REORGANIZING WALSH ROADS Chicago Clearing House Banks to Con- trol Properties. Chicago, Jan. 3.—Plans for a finan- clal reorganization of the railroads owned by John R. Walsh, the convict- ed Chicago bapker, which will put the Southern ' Indiana ‘and the Chicago Southern into the complete control of the clearing house banks of the city, are being worked out by representa- tives of the banks and the protective committee of the first mortgage bond- holders of the Southern Indiana. New securities are to be-exchanged for present issues, it is announced, and as soon as possible the roads will | be taken out of the recelvership into | which they were thrown in August, 11908, when the interest on the bonds defaulted. The properties are to be operated as an Independent line until a pur- chaser is found who will pay a price that will let the banks out on the amounts they advanced to the Chicago National bank, the' Home - Savings bank and Equitable Trust company, when these institutions were closed in December, 1908. TOWNS ARE NOT ALL DRY Northern Minnesota Saloon Men May Fight Johnson’s Order. St. Paul, Jan. 3.—Reports from the towns ordered closed by Federal In- spector W. E. Johnson indicate that some of the towns are disobeying the mandate of the law. At Frazee five out of eight saloons are open and sup- posed to be selling soft drinks. At Park Rapids eight places are open @nd selling drinks. Ulen-and Detroit, however, are, closed.: Reports from Cass Lake and Mahnomen indicate that blind pigging is being carried on to quite an extent. It is said a meet- ing will be held in the near future to consider means to fight the order in the courts. ATTEMPT TO WRECK BRIDGE Several Men Arrested on Charge of " Conspiracy. Baltimore, Jan. 3—Following an at- tempt to blow up the Gay street bridse of the Baltimore and. Ohlo railroad three men were arrested on a chargs of conspiring to dynamite tne bridge | and the Mount Clare machine shops of the railroad company. The bridge ‘wa3 not seriously damaged. William B. Shipley, Hamilton W. Lightner and William H. Zimmerman, all machin- ists, were later taken Into custody. Detective . Captain: Humphrey claims to have evidence directly implicating the men. He says Shipley had dyna- mite in his possession when taken and practically admitted that it was his purpose to place the explosive in the railroad shops. GUESTS FLEE PANIC STRICKEN Woman Terribly Burned in Presence of Hundreds of People. New York, Jan. 3.—Swathed in bandages Mrs. Charles E. Ellis, who was burned almost to ‘death before hundreds of -merry guests celebrating the birth of the new year at the Cafe Martin, is lying at the New York hos- pital in a stupor under the influence of powerful drugs administered to quiet her agony of pain. Her neck, shoulders, face and hands were scorched almost to a crisp by the flames, which' formed a pillar about the screaming woman in & bal- cony corner of the great cafe, while terrified guests rushed to her aid or fled in panic from the room. Phy- sicians and nurses are exerting every effort to save her life. A Monster of Learning. 3 The famous Cardinal Mezzofantl knew an amazing number of languages and dialects, Perhaps he is best known tosthe modern English reader from the eulogy to be found In one of Byron's memoranda, published by Moore. “Your literary everyday man and L” says Byron, “never went well In company, especlally your foreigner, ‘whom I never could abide. - I don’t re- member a man among them whom I ever wished to see twice, except per- haps- Mezzofantl, who s & monster of learning, the Briareus of parts of speech, a walking polyglot and, more, ‘who ought to have existed at the time of the tower of Babel as universal in. terpreter. He is indeed a marvel—un- assuming also. I tried him in all the tongues of which I knew a single oath (or adjuration to the gods against post. bbys, savages, Tartars, boatmen, sail ors, pilots, gondoliers, muleteers, camel drivers, vetturini, postmasters, post- horses, post houses, post everything), and, egad, he astounded me, even to my English.” - Wigs and Trousers. The wig went out and gave place to the natural hair, powered. and pig- talled, a8 & result of the movement back to nature which accompanied and preceded the French revolution. But why did the wig come in? Some say that Louls XIII started the fashion when he began to grow bald, the court Imitating him out of a desire to please the monarch. Be that as it may, the wig “citught on” as few articles of costume have ever done, and those who have begun to despair.of the mascu- line leg ever belng emancipated from the trouser may find comfort In the fact that wigs prevailed for consid- erably more than a century in Eng- land, whereas tronsers scarcely existed a hundred years ago, to say nothing of being the universal wear.— London News. He Would Return, “Fifty dollars is the price,” said the magistrate, “and I hope, sir, never to see you here again.” “Never to see me here again? Why, you’re not resigning, are you?" 'And with a nonchalant laugh Toor- Ing-Karr threw a crisp fifty dollar bill to the clerk, entered his walting ninety horsepower racer and set out to break another speed law.—New York Press. Tim was a protege of Mr lemk, a well known Boston lawyer. He was often in trouble, but by versonal influ- ence with the courts Mr. Blank man- aged to have him let down easy, 8o it became a matter of ‘4alk, the Green Bag says, that he did not suffer greatly n being arrested. “How s it, Tim,” some one asked one day, “that you are arrested very often, but never go to jall or pay any fines?” “It's just this way,” Tim replied. . “T have Mr. Blank for me lawyer, and what he doesn’t know about the law I tells him.” Good Clothes a remarkable bargain. Lot 1. ance. Underwear, best 50c we're going to sell this week at,, the Lion brand Shirts cleaning up all of our $1.25 and $2,00 Shirts at. Just because we're dxseontmumg Nothing Else Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx Three Great Lots We've divided these suits and overcoats into three big lots, on the basis of our regular figures and marked them at these sale prices—$15, $18 and $22. Any of them will prove to be values, 29¢ we re $1.00, 65¢c anette this week., Men’s heavy all wool Under- wear, the $1.25 kind, ribbed and heavy plush back, there’ll be some livel selling at.. o A bunch of white hemstitched -Handkerchiefs, mercerized linens fancy weaves aud Jap zuc ' 65¢ At $22 Suits and Overcoats that were $30 and $35 Lot 2. At $18 Suits and Overcoats that were $25 and $28 Lot 3. At $15 Suits and Overcoats that were $20 and $22 i When we offer such goods as Hart Schaffner & Marx suits and overcoats, and other good things to wear; at under prices, you'll understand that it’s a very special occasion. The value is in the goods just as much as it ever was; the change in prices merely in- creases the value of your investment; you get better returns for it; more value. $12.00 and $15.00 Overcoats, for.sharp tlearance, $8.85 in derby . week Boys long Pants that are good values at $2.00 and $2.50 this week at We're going to sell this oleproof Sox at : A lot of silk N eckwear, fo ur-in- hand shupes, a big slmp ab i s $1.50 15e ‘A bunch of 20c up to $2 00 at A lot of fine Neckwear well ‘be enapped up this, week, values to $1.00, at...... _that have been sel]mg 45¢ 50 dozen men’s hsle Suspenders, they're good values at 50c this week at....... Beys’ plain knee Pants in 35c sxzesAto 16, 76¢ values... silk lined Gloves 95¢ Just because we're cleaning house we will sell a big lot of men’s gats that were $2.00 $1 15 There’s no better time than just now for us to give our customers, and anybody else’s customers, a special benefit by reducing some of our prices on these fine clothes that you know we have here, and we know you want. They're Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes We're willing to give you this added value; if you never bought Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes before it will be a good way to get you acquainted with them; the experience will be the most valuable one you ever had in clothes; it will make you a solid convert to the best clothes on earth. If‘iyou’re a wearer of Hart Schaffner and Marx cljothes‘j‘ikéii’r'e already a customer of ours; i we’re glad to give you a little extra for the good-will we feel toyou and that you feel to us. = —_—————————————————————— 2 - y M ' ’ [ Unusual Reductions in Boys’ Suits With the idea 6f beginning now to weed out broken lots in our line of boys’ “Best Ever” suits we shall present upwards of 300 suits in single or double breasted Norfolk styles, Knickers, or.plain pants. sizes 7 to 17. The showmg embraces velours, cassimeres, serges and tweeds. Our usual $5, $6 and $6.50 Suits at $3.95 Our usual $7, $7.50, $8 and $8.50 Suits at $4.65 Here's a Sensational One-Week Sale---For This Week Only We’ve put unreasonably low prices on these goods to effect a quick, sharp clear- Better come early; we doubt if some of these goods will last two days 60 dozen men's Fleece lined -30¢c Money Cheerfully Just because we need the room ' we will sell a big lot of men’s worsted and cassimere Pants; broken lots of $2.40 and $3.00 values at About 100 odd ‘vests; worsteds, cheviots and cassimeres,; sizes 86 to 44, values to $2.00 this week Refunded $1.45 75¢