Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 12, 1910, Page 2

i THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. G.E. CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, Editor. s second Enterad In the Postottics at Bamld]l, Minnesal class matter. SUBSGHIPTIUH---SE:I}B PER YEli\ IN ADVANGE The pole is beginning to lose its interest. People ask “why think about it when you can have the same fun right here at home?” Statistics published by the Im- perial Gazette show that in recent years has been a steady decrease in the number of deaths in Germany from tuberculosis, and especially from tuberculosis of the lungs. In urban centers the death rate per 100,000 fell from 226.6 1n 1903 to 192.12 in 1908. Northern Mirnesota can win and pulling together all the time will do it. If it doesn’t get what its after in a good representative on the State Fair board this year it will not stop pulling for Northern Minnesota by a long shot. We could not be repre- sented more ably, more tactfully and more enthusiastically, and could not imagine a more capable man for the position than is W. R. Mackenzie of this city. Menahga Journal. Our readers should keep their weather eye open for fakirs and swindlers, they are numerous and work every scheme to catch people. The latest swindle, worked by a sharper in one of the cities recently, is an apt illustra- tion of the ability of these lead beat fakirs to catch not only the ignorant but all others who are not coastantly on their guard. This swindler walked in to a jewelry store and selected a $125 watch, left a check for $600 drawn on an out-of-town bank, with instructions that the watch be regulated and that he would come after it and his change a week later. On return- ing he was informed that his check was no good. “Well, that’s strange,” he said. “'It’s the second time the bank has done that thing on me. But here’s the money for your watch,” and he counted out the currency and started for the door. “Oh, yes,” he said, turning round, “you’d better give me that check.” It was willingly handed over to him. On the back was the jeweler’s endorsement. With this the man went into a bank, gotit cashed and heard of afterwards. was never BY THE WAY. E. H. D. Think your swear words—TIs that what the preachers do? Its our idea of a good man. You find me the man who is try- ing to get rid of his wealth, because it don’t bring him happiness, and I’ll find you the man who will ac- commodate him. When a man stretches the truth does he necessarily break his word? Several men who have been keep- ing track of the matter with a notched stick report that Bemidji will be 15 years old in 1912. Un- less it brushes up it will look older than that, in spots. Stick to your tin whistle until you have the price of a horn, then blow. It’s better to tell less than you know, than to know less than you tell. Money talks—it has no occasin to use a magaghone. Lucky is the man whose wife is his chum. TO PREVENT RAIL MERGERS Representative Volstead of Minnesota Reintroduces Bill. ‘Washington, Jan. 11.—Representa- tlve A. J. Volstead of Granite Falls, Minn,, has reintroduced his bill to prevent overcapitalization of corpora- tions engaged as common carriers in Interstate commerce and to prohibit the payment of unearned dividends and the consolidation of parallel and competing carriers. The bill is along the general lines of the Taft recommendation. The new features are in reference to dividends and consolidations. Mr. Volstead’s bill provides that no dividends shall be made, declared or paid out of any- thing but money derived from the earnings received by such corpora- tion from its business after all the expenses of and incidental to conduct- ing transportation and maintaining the efficiency of the property shall have been paid or retained from such earnings. T0 PROBE HIGH COST OF LIVING Congress Likely to Order an Investigation, - PUBLIC DEMANDS INQUIRY Four Resolutions Authorizing a Re search Into the Reasons for the Ad vanced Cost of the Necessaries ol Life Now Pending in the Senate ana House—Revolt Against Existing Con ditions Said to Be Widespread. ‘Washington, Jan. 1 —There is t¢ be an investigation by congress intc the reasons for the advanced cost of the necessaries of life. Few of the leaders of congress want the investi- gation, hut the pressure of public sen- timent cannot be withstood. Independent Republicans and Demo- crats have made the assertion that the tariff and combinations are responsi ble for the increase which has out- stripped the raise in wages. Repub- lican leaders stoutly assert the trou- ble is due to the laws of supply and demand—that the production of the farm has not kept pace with the con sumption of the city. The people are not satisfied with explanations. They want the reasons They point to the desertion of the farms of the East as an argument against the prosperity of the farmer under ruling high prices and talk of the discontent with political conditions existing in the great agricultural states of the Middle West as evidence that some one other than the pro- ducer is reaping the profits from food products. Four resolutions for investigations into the increased cost of living are pending in congress. Senators Elkins of West Virginia and Crawford of South Dakota, both Republicans, have introduced them in the senate; Rep- resentatives Howland, Republican, and Hull, Democrat, have presented them to the house. Each of these resolu- tions has been held up by the powers that be because the question is charged with political dynamite. Consumers Are Organizing. A national league of consumers is being organized in Washington to boy- cott dealers in food products the prices of which have been forced to what is considered exorbitant. The women of the country are to be en- rolled as members of this league and the fight is to be carried into the 25, 000,000 homes of the country. It is promised the first fight sha]l come on beef. President Taft has become alarmed over the growing national revolt against living conditions that are rob- bing the savings banks and sounded a warning note against extravagance in domestic expenditures in his an- nual message. Every agency of the government has been pressed into service to gather statistics to show that his diagnosis of the public ill is correct. He says the country is “liv- ing in the automobile age,” which means that luxury and fast living is the order. Secretary James Wilson of the de- partment of agriculture has diverted his thousands of agents in the field to gather statistics as to the selling prices in various localities of all com- mon food products. Mr. Wilson be- lieves there are not sufficient farmers to produce all the food needed-by the consumers—that the urban population is outstripping the productive capacity of the land under cultivation. FATAL FIRE AT MINNEAPOLIS Sleeper In Livery Stable Overcome by Smoke and Fumes. Minneapolis, Jan. 1.—Albert Miller, twenty-seven years old, was suffocated in a small fire in Bardin’s livery stable and died on his way to the Minneap- olis city hospital. The watchman was aroused by the cries of Miller, who had been sleeping on the second floor, and called to him to jump, but he did not. ‘When the fire was extinguished Mil- ler was found dying, having been over- come by smoke and fumes. Forty norses were rescued. Interfered in Children’s Bahalf. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1L.—Isaag McLean, a merchant aged sixty-three, shot and killed Robert Kitchen, eight- een years old, in East Chattanooga, three bullets penetrating the boy’s body. McLean had ordered some small boys away from in front of his store and when Kitchen interfered in behalf of the children he was shot. McLean is in jail. Former Puliman Officlal Dead. Chicago, Jan, 1 .—George Francis Brown, retired from the Pullman com- pany, of which he formerly was treas- urer, died at the Calumet club. His death was not unexpected, he having suffered a long time from heart trou- ble, which f~rced his retirement from active business two years ago. Woman Battles With Burglar, Chicago, Jan. 1 .—Detected when he was leaving the house of Mrs. Bessie Shaw with diamonds and other jewels valued at $5,000, a robber fought a desperate battle in the hallway and escaped, leaving the woman uncon- acious on the floor. STUDENTS ESCAPE SAFELY Military Academy at Cornwall, N. Y., Destroyed by Fire. Newburgh, N. Y,, Jan. 1 .—The New York Military academy at Cornwall, N. Y, caught fire and was destroyed. Bard hall, used by the younger stu- dents, escaped. Nobody was hurt. ‘When the fire was discovered the cadets, with military precision, marched out, most of them in pajamas and bath robes. They lost all their personal effects. There were about 150 students in the academy. s ok e AT T o L, L S The buildings destroyed Wwere worth about $100,000. The academy has educated young men for West Point for forty years. FAVORS THE CONSERVATIVES Betting Odds on the British Parlia- mentary Elections. London, Jan. 1.—For the first time since the present campaign started the betting favors-the Conservatives, the odds offered on the stock ex- change being 5 to 4. Just before Christmas the odds were 5 to 7 to the Liberals and the change in sentiment is one of the most sweeping ever evi- denced in England. . King Edward’s signature to the for- mal dissolution of parliament has been affixed and immediately after dis- solution election writs were issued. The issuance of the writs marked the enforced suspension of participa- tion in the campaign by the peers, to the great relief of the Conservative leaders, as the peers’ utterances are generally believed to have done more harm than good. WILL FIGHT WAGE INCREASE Indiana Operators Expect Miners to Ask .More Pay. Indianapolis, Jan. 1'.—Mine owners throughout Indiana are looking to the convention of the United Mine Work: ers of America as certain to inaugurate a contest over the wage scale. The conventions open here on Jan. 18. The operators have been conferring with each other and with the operators of other states by letter and have prac- tically determined to present a solid front of opposition to the contemplat- ed demand for a wage increase. INSURGENTS TAKEN FROM PARTY R0LL Will:Not Receive Noices fo Af- fend Gaucuses. ‘Washington, Jan. 11.—John Dwight, Republican whip of the house, has taken the names of the Republican “insurgents” off the party list from which party notices are sent out; no- tices, that is, of the necessity of prompt attendance when important matters are to come up, ete. The list of names of those who have been thus disowned cannot be secured. It is understood that this will not be carried to the extent of barring these insurgents from the caucus Wednes- REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT. day night if they care to attend. The insurgents will meet shortly to consider what course they shall take, in view of the information they have received that President Taft is in full sympathy with the purpose of the Cannon organization to fight all in- surgents in their districts. The con- gressional committee’s literature sent out to the party newspapers all over the country for use this week contain- ing bitter attacks on insurgents and making 1t clear that they will not be regarded as Republicans is now de clared to have been submitted to the president before it was sent out ané approved by him. CAN YOU ASKED MORE? We are so confident that we can furnish relief for indigestion and dyspepsia that we promise to sup- ply the medicine free of all cost to every one who uses it according to directions who is not perfectly sat- isfied with the results. We exact no promises and put no one under any obligation whatever. Surely ncthing could be fairer, We are located right here where you live, and our reputation should be suffi. cient assurance ot the genuineness of our offer. ‘We want every one who is trou- bled with indigestion or dyspepsia in any form to come to our store and get a box of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. Take them home, and give them a reasonable trial, ac- cording to directions, They are very pleasant to take; they sooth the irritable stomach, strengthen and invigorate tke digestive organs, promote a healthy and natural bowel action, almost immediately relieve nausea and stomach irritation, produce healthy digestion and assimilation, and promote nutrition. Three sizes, 26¢c, 50c, and gr.oo. Remember you can obtain Rexall Remedies in Bemidii only at our store,—The Rexall Store. Barker's Drug Store. FOUND DEAD IN = CHICAGO RESORT Son of James H. Moore, Head of Extensive Interests. DEATH PROBABLY NATURAL While the Young Man Is Believed to Have Succumbed to Heart Disease an Investigation Will Be Made by the Police Department—Deceased Was a Lavish Spender and Was Well Known Along New York’s “White Way.” Chicago, Jan. 1 .—Heir to the vast estate of his father, James Hobart Moore, who, with his brother, W. H. Moore, controls the great Rock Island railroad system, the Diamond Match company and other extensive corpora- tions, Nathaniel Ford Moore, twenty- six years old and only three years a bridgeroom, lies dead, having been found lifeless at a levee resort. He apparently died of heart disease and the young woman inmate who discovered the body, as well as Vic- toria Shaw, owner of the resort, were not arrested. But the house was closed forthwith, One of the most pitiful incidents in the tragedy is the manner in which it was received by Mrs. Moore. The body was taken first to Jordan’s un- dertaking establishment. ~From there a group of police officials, accom- panied by a representative of the un- dertaking company, went to the Lake Shore drive to acquaint Mrs. Moore with the facts. She swooned and has been under the care of physicians since. Mrs: Moore was formerly Miss Helen Fargo of the family of the well known Fargos of New York. Meant to Begin at Bottom. ‘While living at the Lasalle hotel, incurring a daily living expense of at least $50, Moore announced his inten- tion of entering the service of the Rock Island railroad and working up. Following this came the announce- ment that he had been engaged in the shop for $40 a month. Perhaps the most startling enter- taining episode that the young man ever figured in was a dinner he gave in 1907 to fifteen couples in Rector’s in New York. Diamond sleeve but- tons and necklaces of pearls were the favors for his men and women friends. The cost of the dinner was estimated at $20,000 and took rank with the famous banquet of James Hazen Hyde. It was his twenty-third birthday anni- versary celebration. “Nat” Moore first became known from his early display of skill at golf when he was’a member of the Lake Geneva Country club. On yoting Moore’s twenty-first birth- day his father, the capitalist, placed $750,000 under his plate at a birthday party. Young Moore was a lavish spender and was known far better along Broadway in New York than in Chicago. WHILE - THAWING DYNAMITE Three Workmen Killed in Wisconsin Lumber Camp. St. Paul, Jan. 1 .—S. Solberg of this city was instantly killed, together with two other men, at camp No. 1 of the Hammond Lumber company, four miles from Winter, Wis., as the result of an explosion of dynamite. Solberg, with three other men, at- tempted to thaw out some dynamite in a bucket of water over a fire. - All were killed in the explosion which fol- lowed except “C. Lind, who told the story. The other victims, besides Sol- berg, were Sam Anderson of Colfax, ‘Wis.,, and George Cummings of Rice Lake, Wis. HOMESTAKE MINE TO RESUME Nonunion Men’s Offer to Operate Plant Is Accepted. - Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 1 .—The an- nouncement was made at the Home- stake plant that the mining property was to be started up again as rapidly as things can be put in shape. This ‘will probably req,\lire about ten days. The company has accepted the offer of the nonunion men to operate the mines and mills and a large force was put to work cleaning up the mills, re- adjusting the machinery and making preparations to start up at least two mills. The boilers were fired at the Ellison. MISSISSIPPI FILES BIG SUIT Demands Over Two Millions From Al- leged Monopoly. Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 1 —State Reve- nue Agent Wirt Adams filed suit against the Dunbar, Lopez & Dukate company, claiming for the state penal- ties to the amount of $2,225,000. He alleges that the company, in Septem- ber, 1908, formed a combination in re- straint of trade. The alleged combina- tion is said to control factories in Mis- sissippi. Railroad Officials Work in Yards. Chicago, Jan. 1| —Executive heads of railroads entering Chicago, donning old clothes, went into the yards of their different roads and worked with their subordinates in efforts to bring enough coal into the city to place the recently passed crisis beyond any chance of return. PETROSINO SLAYER KNOWR 8aid to Be Leader of American Black £ Hand. New York, Jan. 1'.—The identity of the murderer of Detective Joseph Pe- trosino, who was assassinated in Pa- lermo, Sicily, last year, it is said on excellent authority has been estab- lished. According to secret service men who have been working on the case since the well known Italian detective was shot down the murderer is an Itallan e e R S —— R organization in this country, who 18 now working in the mines at Carbon- dale, Pa. The secret service men are yet unable to arrest him because they cannot get any of the men who worked with the miner to go to the mines and identify the man. WORKING ALONG ST. CROIX New Soo Line to Meet Main. Route at Withrow, Minn. New Richmond, Wis,, Jan. :lL—A large party of surveyors, supposed to be employed by the Soo line, has been working in the territory between this city and the St. Crolx river dur- ing the past fortnight. They are run- ning a line straight west from this city through the town of Somerset to the river and taking elevations for 5,000 feet on either side of the line. The proposed new -line will strike the St. Croix about a mile and a half north of the present high bridge over the St. Croix and a few miles directly east from Withrow, Minn, on the main line of the Soo railroad. ERIN'S SONS PLAN HOMEGOING Association Expects. to Secure Special Rates for Pilgrims. ‘Washington, Jan. 1. .—Great interest s shown all over the country in the work of the Irish Homegoing associa- tion, which is now completing the de- tails for a great migration of the sons of Erin next summer. The “ould’ folks at home” are showing that they are keenly anticipating the many pleasures that will come with the re- uniting of old ties and the correspond- ence they are now conducting promises that nothing will be omitted.on their part. It is expected that all of the steam- ship lines will give special rates to the pilgrims. The excursions are not restricted to persons of direct or re- cent Irish extraction, but will be open to all. WILL REMEMBER THE WEST New Head of Forestry Bureau Dis- cusses Policy. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 1 ..—A. F. Pot- ter, on his way to Washington to suc- ceed Gifford Pinchot as head of the forestry bureau, said that his experi- ence and personal knowledge of West- ern conditions would bring the forest service and the West into closer har- mony than heretofore. “I expect my relations with the ‘Western interests to be most con- genial,” he said. “I desire to work in harmony with the live stock associa- tions to promote the fullest use of the national forest ranges, to foster the stock interests and to promote the general welfare of the West.” EMPLOYES OF SUGAR TRUST SENTENGED Men Gonvicted of Underweigh- ing Given Year Each. New York, Jan. 1. —In the United States circuit court Judge Martin sen- tenced Thomas Kehoe, Patrick J. Hen- nessey, John R. Boyle and Edward A. Coyle, former checkers on the Will- famsburg docks of the sugar trust, who were convicted of manipulating scales whereby false weights of im- ports of sugar were recorded and the government defrauded of duties, to one year in the Blackwells island peni- tentiary. . Oliver Spitzer, convicted with the above four and who was declared by the prosecution to have been the head and front of the comspiracy through his position as dock superintendent, will be sentenced on Feb. 1. He is now in the hospital suffering from a surgical operation recently performed. Judge Martin stated that if the men had confessed he would have suspend- ed sentence, but that in view of the fact that they challenged the truth by sticking to their original stories, al- though the evidence conclusively proved their guilt, there was nothing for him to do but impose the jail sen- tence. It is said the case will be ap- pealed. E REAGHING THE SPOT It Can Be Done, So Scores of Bemidji Citizens Say. To cure an aching back, The pains of rheumatism, The tired-out feelings, 2 You must reach the spot—get at the cause. In most cases ’tis the kidneys. Doan’s Kibney Pills are for the kidneys. Mrs. Mary A. Cochran, 1014 Mississippi Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: *I suffered from rheumatism for over ten years and I. never ex- pected to get relief. My kidneys were badly disordered and despite the many remedies I tried, I did not become any better. At last Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to my attention and I procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. I have been using them for some time and there is-a great improve- ment. Doan’s Kidney Pills helped me greatly and 1 am ‘now feeling much better,” : For sale by all dealérs. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.; Buffalo, New York, sole agents for ;he United |’ States. Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don’t farget, Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated, Easy to take.. Don’t forget. If your doctor says this is all right, then say it over and over again. LGV RCR: Don’t forget. ki Clothes Cleaned and Pressed Messenger Service at all Hours Ladies’ Shoes Called for and Delivered Clothes Called for and Delivered The Oriental Boot Black Parlor and Pantorium J.KEMP, Prop. CODIE BONDS, Mgr. Messenger Boy at your service Pthe 581 Hurry-up Service Who Drinks Bemidji’s Pilsener Beer ? The business man who finds it affords relief from the effects of too much mental strain. The mechanic and the laborer, because it gives them additional physical stamina. The housewife whose duties are arduous and make the use of a light stimulant at times quite a necessity. The convalescent. who needs at this time a food that is strength- Bfli:lg‘, and one that is easily digested and assimilated by a weakened system. These and many others use PILSENER-style beer because they find it both enjoyable and helpful. Try a case* Bemidji Brewing Co. Bemidji, Minn. Phone 2358 STATIONERY OF QUALITY Biggest Value for Your Money. The Famous Autocrat Linen. 12 Different Sizes and Styles. Only 40c a Box Come in and look it over while the line is complete. CORMONTAN & HANSON = Up-to-date Druggists How Postoffice Corner Bemidji, [ ..n. I—_J_—I The Coming of the “S00” has DOUBLY assured the future of Bemidji. EVERYBODY mow feels that Bemidji is a SURE WINNER We Know It—Consequently, are prepared to offer more liberal terms than ever to purchasers. Hereafter only 25 per cent of the purchase price will be required as first payment on lots sold by us— and the interest charge will be only 8 per cent. ‘We Know our security will be first ¢lass and for this reason make the above concession to new buyers of business and residence lots. Call on us for detailed information re- garding the City of Bemidji as a business, residénce or manufacturing location—or call up H. A. SIMONS, our local representative Bemid}i Townsite and Im- ° provement Company. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL, MINN. Remember the name—Doan’s— bad man and head of the Black Hang!and take no Ptlm. D) IN ON - by TELEPHONE PEO_PLE are not leaving so much to chance - in these days of umiversal telephone ser- vice. Instead of risking disappointment they lvellilnhll:e lubi idl (;lle facts. - ill schoo eld on a stormy morning, will your friend be in if you call, what does the weather man predict'and when does the train leave—are samples of myriads of questions con- stantly passing over the wire, and being mwered‘lty the proper authorities. There are abmnexfions to be asked about the telephone service, how somebody can be reached over the Bell Long Dis- tance Telephone and what it will cost, and similar questions,: which are being answered by the information operators. - Exchange Co. " Every Bell Telphone is the Center ofathe Syatem. NorthwesternTelephone e by