Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 13, 1910, Page 4

Lt WHERE 1S DOGTOR GOOK? NORTH POLE HERO SEEN Madison Wisconsin it is Said Was His Choice as Spot in Which He Would Like to Settle Down. The following is an interesting article clipped from the Wisconsin State Journal as to the whereabouts of Dr. Federick A. Cook. “Was Dr. Federick A. Cook in Madison yesterday? People who arrived on the North- western noon train declare the erst- while pole hero came in on that train, that there was no mistake about it and that the Brooklyn doc- tor had to stand up on account of the large crowd in the car. This circum-tance afforded opportunity for study of the face, and the declar- ation is made that it was the same countenance as that which looked out from the stage of the Fuller on the occasion of Dr. Cook’s lecture in Madison some weeks ago. It is considered exceedingly doubt- ful whether Dr. Cook was the man whom passengers on the noon train yesterday observed. At any rate, careful inquiry failed to locate the much-wanted man, although search- ing efforts were put forth as soon as the report of his arrival had become cuarent. “If by any possibility the declara- tions of the passengers be correct, the visit of Dr. Cook to Madison yesterday was in sharp contrast with his recent visit here, for on that occasion he was cousiderably lionized, being toted about the city in a fine big automobile and other- wise entertained. He was taken alsoto the statehouse and introduced to a number of state officers, who seemed to appreciate the meeting as no small honor. At that time Dr. Cook very graciously compli- mented Madison by declaring that he would like to settle down here. Perhaps if here, he thought he would look the place over. “Yesterday, the report says, he came into the city alone, and was unable even to secure a seatin a passenger coach, but stood in the aisle and braced himself against the jolts of the train. Wherever in- quiry was made in efforts to verify this report, opinions expressed were strongly incredulous.” Candidate for City Clerk. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for city clerk to be voted upon at the city election t. be held Tuesday February 15, 1910 If elected, I will give the office my personal attention and the city a good business administration of its affairs,. With this pledge to the voters I solicit your support for the election, and your vote on that date. Respectfully Submitted, Clyde J. Pryor. Cottage Prayer Meetings. The meetings were well attended on Tuesday night and a good spirit manifested at each of the services. Tonight we shall meet at the fol- lowing homes: Mr. Rice’s, Dowd avenue; Mrs. Slater’s, Minnesota and Eleventh street; Mr. Hovey’s, opposite the Great Northern depot. Come one and all attend the ser- vice nearest to you. Jesus said— “Whatsoever things ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall recieve.” Free Land Attracts Farmers to Canada. A remark made in New York, last week probably gave the correct rea- son for so many U. S. people going to Canada. A New York telegram says: “How is it,” asked John Mitchell today, ‘£ there are so many farms in this country needing cultivation, that our farmers are going to Canada in such numbers?” His question was part of the inquiry into unemployment, employ- ers’ liability and the scarcity of farm labor by a committee of the legisla- ture appointed last session. “Free land,” answered Chief Lar- mond of the bureau of labor of the state department _of agriculture, “but wheu they obtain full title to their land they come back. Last year we received 51,910 immigrants from Canada as against less than 40,000 imigrants that we lost.” City Water Shut Off. The city water will be shut off on Bemidji avenue tomorrow forenoon owing to certain repairs which will be made. NEGRO BEATEN TO DEATH ‘Three Attendants of Philadelphia Hos- pital Arrested. Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—Following the death of William Tibbs, a negro inmate in the insane department of the Philadelphia hospital, as the result of injuries received in an encounter in which he tried to beat three attend- ants, the coroner has ordered the ar- rest of the attendants. It was found that there were seven- teen wounds on the negro’s head and that his body was bruised and cut. CONVICTED BY COURTMATIAL Ten Spaniards Sentenced to Death as Revolutionists. Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 13.—Ten resi- dents of Horta, a small town four miles from here, have been sentenced to death for participation in the recent revolutionary plot. They were tried by courtmartial. Rolls Down Mountainside. Shenandoah, Pa., Jan. 13.—Thomas Williams, a-letter carrier, after mak- ing deliveries to Ellangowan and Yatesville, suburbs, was coming down the steep mountainside, which is cov- ered with snow and sleet, when he missed his footing, plunged forward and rolled, tumbled and slid at a live- ly rate down the steep side for 300 feet. He escaped serious injury. UNKNOWN STEAMER IS LOST Believed All on Board Went Down With Vessel. Bally Castle, Ireland, Jan. 13.—Life- savers are searching between Sheep island and the Irish coast for possible survivors of an unknown vessel which sank Tuesday. 1t is believed that all on board were drowned. Educator Dies on Train. St. Paul, Jan. 13.—Professor William Robertson, superintendent of the Crookston experimental station of the State Agricultural school and head of the Crookston School of Agriculture, on the way from Crookston to St. Paul to attend the meeting of the State Agricultural society, was found dead in his berth on Great Northern train No. 8 when it reached Minneapolis. Mr. Robertson was about fifty years of age. Cigar Smoke. The stale smell of cigar smoke is peculiarly unpleasant and peculiarly difficult to get rid of. It clings to the curtains and to most of the articles of furniture which present any sort of an absorbent surface. It is not so to the same extent with cigarettes or with pipes. In the case even of a single cigar books. papers and textiles reek of its stale flavor, and the room re- quires abundant airing before that fla- vor is completely eliminated. This ef- fect, we are told, may be traced to the fact that a cigar produces pungent aromatic oils in greater abundance than a cigarette or a pipe. With the cigarette oils are probably burnt even if they are formed. while In the pipe they condense in the stem. In the cigar they seem to be chiefly discarded into the air. In the form of a cigar tobacco would appear to produce more ofls than fn the form of a cigarette or when burnt in a pipe.—Londop Lan- cat F SPECIAL S HARMON WANTS STATE INQUIRY Asks Legislature to Probe High Cost of Living. OHI0 EXECUTIVE ACTS Declares There Is a Widespread Belier That Combinations in Restraint ot Trade Are Largely Responsible and He Asserts That This Opinion Is Ap- parently Justified by Facts. Columbus, O., Jan. 13.—Governor Harmon sent to the legislature a not- able message concerning the high price of food stuffs. He suggested that laws enacted by congress may be re- sponsible in a measure for the trouble and asks an investigation. The mes sage follows: “There have been rapid and continu- ous advances in price of various arti- cles which make up the needs of every household and further advances are expected. The result is pinching and often privation everywhere, except among the relative few whose incomes greatly exceed their living expenses, and even these are made less able and willing to heip the poor and needy. “There is a widespread belief that among the causes of this combinations and conspiracies to stifle competition and advance prices figure largely. This belief is apparently justified by the enormous differences between the prices paid to farmers, cattle raisers and other producers and those paid by consumers to the dealers from whom they directly receive their supplies. It 18 currently reported, too, on the state- ments of such dealers and other au- thorities, that the prices at which they sell are fixed by those from whom they buy, with threats of cutting off further dealings 1f the prices so fixed are not maintained. “I feel that this subject is one which should be promptly and thoroughly in- quired into. If it be found that there are laws which put the people in the power of men who thrive by taking advantage of their necessities, or that there is a lack of proper laws to pre- vent such impositions, or that existing laws to that end are not duly enforced. in either case the means of relief are in your power. Or, if the fault lies partly in the laws of congress, your judgment as to their effect on the peo- ple of Ohio will have great weight. “I respectfully recommend that a Joint committee be appointed with all necessary powers for a thorough in- vestigation.” ON THE HIGH PRICES OF FOOD 8t. Paul Dispatch Publishes Results of Investigation. St. Paul, Jan. 13.—The Dispatch pub- Ushes a lengthy article on the result of an investigation into the cause of the high price of food. A summary of the conclusions reached follows: That the main factor in determining prices of table necessities is the law of supply and demand—that in spite of the allegations of the existence of food combines (organizations of whole- sale and retail dealers). These, if there be such, are not largely respon- sible for the high cost of living. That the increases are shared all along the line of production and dis- tribution, the farmer getting a large proportion. That the farmer, the country buyer, the wholesale dealer and the retail dealer have as answer to any question as to their reason for their increased margin of profit, the fact that the cost of operation and maintenance of their establishments has increased the cost of labor, fuel, food, etc. That many farmers believe the mid- dlemen are getting too much profit and that the only way to reduce tbe cost of food on the market is for con- Waists, FRIDAY and SATURDAY in the $1.63 Sumers and farmers to get together in a club, or by similar arrangement, and deal directly with each other. Aged Man Alleged Embezzier. Rockford, 11, Jan. 13.—William Thompson, eighty-six years old, has been indicted for embezzlement. In- vestigation revealed a shortage of $4, 681 in his accounts as treasurer of the Rockford schools. John Black, the bondsman on whom the burden of the shortage fell, had Thompson arrested pending the grand jury inquiry. TWENTY HURT IN RACE RIOT Greeks and Slavs in Bloody Battle at Hammond, Ind. Hammond, Ind., Jan. 13.—Bad blood between Slav and Greek residents in Hammond and a stolen rooster caused a riot. A score were injured, a num- ber of the hurts requiring medical sttention. Members of the two races fought like mad in a boarding house until the building looked like a shamble. It was the last day of the Greek New Year’s celebration. The Greeks ‘were becoming boisterous and when accused by a Russian of stealing a rooster they replied by hurling beer bottles at him, Other Slavs rushed in and knives were drawn and used. The ringleaders, who were arrested, fought the police and had to be roped before they could be taken to the sta- tion. The house was wrecked in the riot. PREFERRED THE MINCE PIES Hungry Burglars Cast Aside Silver- ware and Jewelry. Kansas Cily, Jan. 13—Two hun- gry burglars invaded the house of ‘William J. Brewster, president of the Midland Investment company, in the absence of the family. When Mr. Brewster reached home he found his front door open, but the only rooms ransacked were the kitchen and the pantry. The burglars left a set of solid sil- verware in a pantry drawer in favor of three of Mrs. Brewster's mince pies, which were on the shelf above. A gold watch and chain which were in the parlor had been disdainfully cast aside, but they had picked the bones of a cold turkey which they discov- ered in the ice chest. TROOPS GUARDING NEGRO MURDERERS Sheriff Prolents Prisoners Un- fil Help Arrives. Vienna, Ill, Jan. 13.—Everything is quiet here and there is no danger of mob violence. The mobs formed to avenge the murder of Allen Clark by three negroes on a -passenger train near New Burnside had not arrived in Vienna, but Company K of Cairo was on the scene prepared to prevent mob violence. The Cairo company arrived at 4 o’clock in the morning, after being many hours on the way. The break- ing down of an engine delayed their arrival. Sheriff Mathis, with the scanty force of volunteers he could muster, had guarded the frail struct- ure in which the negroes were con- fined. With the arrival of the militia the jail was at once garrisoned and several more companies are expected. Governor Deneen had given the com- manding officer of the militia orders to preveat the lynching no matter what it cost. ‘Word reached Sheriff Mathis that mobs were forming at Harrisburg and Eldorado to come here and instruc- tions were sent to Big Four officials to refuse the mobs transportation and all freight trains were held up to pre- vent the would be lynchers from rid- ing on them. 48c In Spring Laces Embroideries Ginghams Percales Waistings at the BAZAAR STORE | |ICE GORGES ON SEVERAL RIVERS Mississippi at St. Louis As- sumes Serious Aspect. LEVEE RESIDENTS WARNED Missourl Also Blocked With Ice af Various Points and a.Simultaneous ~Break Would Cause Immense Dam: age—Pittsburg Threatened by a Gorge in the Allegheny Thirty Miles Above That City. St. Louis, Jan. 13.—Rain in Missourl and Northern points caused the Mis- Bissippi river to assume a threaten- ing aspect. The weather bureau is- sued a warning to the rivermen to be prepared to protect their property. The Mississippi river is gorged with ice from Chester, Ill., sixty miles be- low St. Louis, to this city and the ad- ditional precipitation and melting snow will cause the river to rise. The Missouri river is gorged at Her- mann, Mo., and many smaller gorges are reported north of St. Louis. If the big gorge below here breaks first no great damage will result from the gorges north coming down. The river gauge stands at 21.9 feet, a rise of .7 feet in twenty-four hours. FLOOD THREATENS PITTSBURG Ice Gorge Above City Holding Back Immense Volume of Water. Pittsburg, Jan. 13.—Higher tempera- tures of the last forty-eight hours have caused an alarming condition of the ice gorge in the Allegheny river at Freeport, thirty miles from this city, and has hastened government action to relieve the situation. The gorge is in a bend in the river, and thousands of toms of ice fifteen inches thick has jammed, holding back volumes of water that, if let loose sud- denly, it is feared, would cause a repe- tition of flood conditions of 1907, when more than $10,000,000 damage was done. The melting snow and ice along the watershed back of the gorge makes the situation more serious hourly and merchants in stores in the downtown section have begun to remove their wares to upper stories. STORROW WANTS RECOUNT Challenges Correctness of Result in Boston Election. Boston, Jan. 13.—John F. Fitzger- ald’s election to the mayoralty is chal- lenged in petitions calling for a re- count. The petitions are being cir- culated in all the twenty-five wards of the city. Storrow’s campaign man- agers assert that when the several hundred votes that were challenged are passed upon and that when al- leged errors in tabulating are correct- ed Storrow will cut down his rival’s lead materially and may prove to be the winner. Storrow’s managers assert that their figures show Fitzgerald’s lead to be 189 instead of 1,415. The recount probably will be held next week, ELOPERS START FOR HOME Heiress Weeps When Told She Cannot Converse With Abductor. Chicago, Jan. 13.—Detectives from Philadelphia have left for that city with Roberta de Janon, the eloping heiress to millions, and Frederic Cohen, the hotel waiter. Cohen has ‘waived his rights to resist extradition. The detectives have been given in- structions to keep the girl and her Lot Lot forty-two-year-old sweetheart from con: versing with each other while making the trip back to Philadelphia. Miss de Janon, when told of this plan, started crying and said: “When I talk to papa I know he will let me talk to Fred. I don’t see why they are all against him.” COTTON BULLS [N PANIC Falling Off.in Prices Greater Than on Previous Break. New York, Jan. 13.—There was a re- newal of the bull panic in the cotton market accompanied by even greater demoralization than noted on. the previous break. Liquidation began in Liverpool and was continued on a tremendous scale on the local market, with March cot- ton selling down to 14.87 cents, May to 15.04 and July to 15.05, or 43 to 46 points under the closing prices of the previous day, and from $6 to $7 per bale below the recent high record. FINDS WHITE SLAVE MARKET Rockefeller Grand Jury Making Prog- ress in Investigation. New York, Jan. 13.—A “white slave” market has been discovered as a re- sult of the investigation by the grand jury, of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is the foreman. Girls of tender age, it is alleged, are lured to a selling place on West Twen- ty-ninth street in this city and then shipped to Boston, Chicago and other cities. The district attorney is search- ing for the man who has controlled the market. SETTLES SUIT FOR $10,000 Woman Had Asked $25,000 for Breach of Promise. Chicago, Jan. 13.—J. Lincoln Pfaff, wealthy tailor and “Chicago’s best dressed man,” has paid $10,000 in cash to Mrs. Laura B. Munson, foster daughter of Samuel Bliss, millionaire steel manufacturer and president of the Metropolitan Trust and Savings ‘bank, for his failure to keep his prom- ise to marry her. Following the payment of the money the suit which Mrs. Munson brought last July 1 for $25,000 damages against Pfaff was dismissed before Municipal Judge Blake. HARRIS DENIES THE REPORT President of Burlington Says He Has Not Resigned. Chicago, Jan. 13.—Reports sent out from Denver that George Harris has tendered his resignation as president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad were emphatically denied by Harris. “It is not true,” he declared. “You better wire out there and find out where the Denver people got their information.” The same reports said Darius Mil- ler, first vice president, would become president and that H. E. Biram, re- cently appointed Miller's assistant to succeed Daniel S. Willard, would be- come assistant to the president. Miller also denied these reports, saying Har- ris has no intention of resigning. MEETS IN OTTAWA SHORTLY Canadian Commission for Conserva- tion of Natural Resources. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 13.—Representa- ives of the Dominion government are showing sympathy with the movement ex-President Roosevelt launched for a great international body to discuss and suggest a systematic conservation of the resources of the United States and Canada. The Dominion commission for the conservation of natural resources, ap- pointed last summer, will hold its first conference in Ottawa next week. This assemblage promises to be one of the most important held in Ottawa for many years, inasmuch as it will bring here probably the most representative body of men ever assembled at the capital. Now-Cash-Want-Rate ‘Where cash accompanies copy we will publish all “Want Ads" for half- cent a word per insertion. - Where cash does not accompany copy the regular rate of one ceuta word will be charged. EVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange --Help Wanted--Work Wanted ==Etc.--Etc. HELP WANTED. WANTED — Chambermaid for Palace Hotel, Blackduck. Wages g20 per month, WANTED—Girl for general house work. Call at 621 Bemidji Ave. WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Call at 609 Bemidji Ave. WANTED — Bell boy. Markham Hotel. FOR SALE. FOR SALE~—Large maps of the state of Minnesota, United States and both hemispheres, size 18 in. by 22 inches. The state map gives the population of all the cities and villages in Minnesota. All four maps for 5 cents. At the Pioneer Office. FOR SALE—Cockrills, Rhode Is- land BReds and White Wyandots eggs for hatching, $1.50 a setting. J. E. Svenson, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Good work horses. Will sell cheap. Inquire at my barn, rear of Postoffice block. S. P. Hayth. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. ) FOR SALE—At the Newby stable car load of heavy logging horses by Wm. Nolan and J. E. McReny. FOR SALE—A 5.room house one block from lake. Easy terms. A snap. Phone 239. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Six room house. Tnquire at corner Sixth and Lake Boulevard. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—To rent, two adjoin- ing furnished rooms with bath- room privilege, within tour blocks of postoffice. Parties answering please state price and location. Address—Box ¢‘gx” Pioneer. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m.,, and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarian WANTED—Place for young man to work., Understands horses. ply at this office. Ap- WOOD ! Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with : S. P. HAYTH Telephone 11 ‘'Curtain Sale Another opportunity of getting your spring curtains at a low figure. new, snappy goods in Lots of Lot I, Curtains, .. ... 79¢ 2, Curtains, Lot 3, Curtains, . . . . . $1.48 Lot 4, Curtains, . . . . . $1.98 = = o= $2l98 5, Curtains, — ALE AT THE BAZAAR STORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Shirt Waist Sale |TheNewsstThings Handsome Tailored Waists newest designs at fabulously low prices. Lot I, Linen Waists, only 79c Lot 2, Linen Waists, only 98c Lot 4, Linen Waists, only $1.98 Lot 4, Lawn Waists, Lot 5, Lawn These are -« .. 819 = '-Cent-a-Word - x 1 [ ?