Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 15, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER TAFT WRITES ON PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENVU. G. E. CARSON. A. Q. RUTLEDGE, Editor. Entored In the Postoffice at Bemldl, class matter, SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE nosota, as second Br'er F. A. Dare of the Walker Pilot, always was a “live” one; and there is no surer way of judging of a man’s stage of decay than to sound him on his admiration or aversion to the fair sex; and it is a pretty safe bet that if he does not recognize a “fine piece of calico” when he sees it, he’s a dead one. That Brer Dare is not a ‘‘dead one” is evidenced in a recent issue of his paper, in which he says: “A number of winsome Park Rapids school marms were in town last Friday to take the night train cityward.” REAPPORTIONMENT. There is a general demand going up from all parts of northern Minne- sota for reapportionment of the rep- resentation in the next legislature; and the justice of the claim is ac- knowledged by all who take any pains to ascertain conditions as they exist in this section. Along this line, the following, taken from the Staples Headlight, is timely: “Reapportionment is destined to play an important part in the deliber- ations of the next legislative body. So far as this part of the state is concerned it is an imperative neces- sity and the delegation elected from this district should be pledged to favor it or in case of refusal, be defeated at the polls. “One senator and one representa- tive from Todd county ought to be the body of representation if we are to have what fairly belongs to us, “Many other northern counties have just as legitimate cause of com- plaint at the representation now ac- corded them. The whole matter needs readjustment and the subject should receive early and radical at- tention.” There could be no more unjust representation than is accorded this (the Sixty-first) legislative dis- trict. This district inculdes the counties of Beltrami, Clearwater, Mahnomen, and Red Lake, and one senator and representative is given the district. This section is growing rapidly, and the large constituency should have a more liberal representation than it now enjoys, or else the district should be reapportioned and some of the counties cut from the present district. The present arrangement is very unjust. “BEHOLD HOW BLESSED IT IS,” ETC. The Bemidji Pioneer editor feels better since offering the olive branch to the Cass Lake Times and the editor of the latter publication rejoices in accepting the branch. We wish a happy new year to both of them and congratulate them upon their sentiments for united effort in boosting northern Minnesota.— Duluth News-Tribune. The blue smoke which has been curling up in this vicinity and m and around Cass Lake for the past year has been blown away by these reciprocal acts, and there isa calm that is indeed good to contemplate; which augurs well for both Cass Lake and Bemidji. I BY THE WAY. | It will be noticed that even the most advanced female generally acts on the advice of some man. As soon as things begin to worry you, they are important, no matter what others may think. It is hard to judge a man by the size of his job. If you smoke play pool or billiards, bowl or hang around any of said places and you are under eighteen you’ll get “pinched.” Get acquainted with the law. The .school board is after you. Beware, you who sell tobacco; fines and jail sentences hang over your heads. Invite minors to buy candy, and nuts or ice cream or better still, tell them to put their change in the bank. The origin of the application of the term “popinjay” to a dude was as fol- lows: The popinjay was a figure of & bird shot at for practice. The jay ‘was decked with particolored feathers 80 as to resemble a parrot and, being puspended on a pole, served as a tar- “get. He whose ball or arrow brought down the bird by cutting the string by which it was hung received the proud title of Captain Popinjay for the rest of the day and was escorted home fn triumph. < (CONSERVATION Transmits Another Special Hessage to Congress. CLASSIFY PUBLIC DOMAIN Recommends to Lawmakers That Gov- ernment Lands Be Divided Accord- Ing to Their Use and That Mineral Rights Be Separated From Agricul- tural—Also Asks for Better Safe- guarding of Water Power Sites. ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—Urging that oongress proceed immediately to dis- pose of the Taft-Ballinger conservation programme without awaiting the out- come of the congressional investiga- tion of the Ballinger-Pinchot dispute President Taft transmitted his special message on the ‘“‘conservation of nat- wral resources” to congress. The president recommends legisla- tion providing for the conservation of the public lands; the safeguarding of power sites along rivers in the public domain; the validating of the with- drawals from entry made by the sec- retary of the interior or under the dis- puted “supervisory power;” a detailed classification of public lands accord- ing to their use; the disposition of the agricultural and mineral resources of the same portions of the public lands separately; the rapid completion of the reclamation projects now under way and a $30,000,000 bond issue to finish and extend these projects; the extension of the activities of the for- est service and the carrying out of an extensive programme of inland wa- terway improvement. All of these matters, with the ex- oeption of the forest and inland water- ways recommendations, the president says, have been embodied in a series of bills prepared by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. The bills are now awaiting introduction in congress. In considering the general question of public land, the president says: Public Domain Despoiled. “In 1860 we had a public domain of 1,065,911,288 acres. We now have 731, 854,081 acres, confined largely to the mountain ranges and the arid and semi-arid plains. We have, in addi- tion, 368,035,476 acres of land in Alaska. “The principal land statutes were enacted more than a quarter of a cen- tury ago. The homestead act, the pre- emption and timber culture act, the coal land and the mining acts were among these. The rapid disposition of the public lands under the early statutes, and the lax methods of dis- tribution prevailing, due, I think, to the belief that these lands should rapidly pass into private ownership, gave rise to the impression that the public domain was legitimate property for the unscrupulous and that it was not contrary to good morals to eir- cumvent the land laws. This prodigal manner of disposition resulted in the passage of large areas of valuable land and many of our national resources in- to the hands of persons who felt little or no responsibility for promoting the national welfare through their develop- ment. “The truth is that title to millions of acres of public lands was fraud- ulently obtained, and that the right to recover a large part of such lands for the government long since ceased by reason of statutes of limitation.” DENNETT'S REPLY TO GLAVIS Land Commissioner’s Answer to the Charges Against Him. ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—Gifford Pin- chot, former forester of the govern- ment, and Louis R. Glavis, who was dismissed from the land service at the height of the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy over the subject of con- servation, are nominated for member- ship in the Ananias club by Fred Den- nett of North Dakota, commissioner of the general land office, in a state- ment submitted by that official to President Taft. Commissioner Dennett’s reply to the charge of Mr. Glavis that Dennett was anxious to hurry to patent coal land claims in Alaska in which the Guggenheims are alleged to be inter- ested is a warm document. It is em- braced in a report of the Ballinger- Pinchot row forwarded to congress by President Taft in response to a reso- lution passed by the senate. EXPRESS TRAIN IS WRECKED Two Pullman Cars Derailed and Two Persons Injured. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 15.—A defec- tive truck on a mail coach resulted in derailing three cars on the eastbound Wandalia express of the Pennsylvania lne near Woodberry, Ill. Two of the cars derailed were sleepers. The only persons seriously hurt were Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Baumes of St. Louis, who received internal injuries. Former Banker Is Convicted. Fargo, N. D, Jan. 16.—The jury'in the case of Andy H. Jones, cashier of the First National bank of Rugby, after being out nearly six hours re- turned a verdict of guilty of embezzle- ment, misapplication and abstraction of funds of a national bank, the sum total represented being $30,000. CIRCUIT COURT ENJOINED Higher Tribunal Prohiblts Continua: tion of Trial. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 16.—The Missouri supreme court has issued a temporary writ against Judge James D. Barnett of the Audrain county cir- cuit court, prohibiting him from pro- ceeding with the trial of a case in his court which attacks the legality of the reorganization of the Wabash Railroad company, as effected at Toledo, O., Oct. 22, 1906. The writ was issued at the instarce of the Wabash railroad, the “Tron Mountain railroad, George J. Gould, Bdwin Gould and the Bowling Green and Equitable Trust companies of New York, on the ground that Judge Bar- mnett has no jurisdiction to hear and try the case, because the securities in- ‘volved are not in Missouri. WOMAN CHASES HOLDUP MAN Pursues Armed Robber Who Attempt. ed to Secure Her Money. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Miss Fannie Specter, secretary of the track leva- tion committee of the city council, was the recipient of many congratulations for heroism displayed in chasing a negro robber down a dark alley after he had unsuccessfully -attempted to hold her up. Miss Specter was returning home with her twelve-year-old niece when confronted by a black man with a re- volver. Miss Specter saved her pocketbook by bringing her umbrella down upon the robber’s head, and cried for help, ‘but did not wait for a policeman. She pursued the negro down the alley, tell- ing her niece to call a policeman. The robber eluded her. MONDELL REFUSES T0 AGT AS SPONSCR Will Not Infroduce Taft Gon- servation Measure, ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—Representa- tive Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, chairman of the house committee on public lands, has declined to stand sponsor for President Taft’s bills de- signed to carry out the president’s programme for conservation of natural resources. Mr. Mondell offered to in- troduce the measures “by request,” but the proffer was declined. Senator Knute Nelson has been asked by President Taft to introduce in the senate the administration con- servation bills. These measures, which are now in the possession of Mr. Nelson, will be introduced soon. The bills are comprehensive in scope, dealing with the public land water power site situations in its bearing on conservation, and it is ex- pected to silence critics of President Taft who have declared that he is an enemy of this particular Roosevelt policy. Kick of Horse Kills Farmer. Boone, Ia., Jan. 15.—John Olson, a wealthy young farmer of Boone coun- ty, was kicked in the stomach by a horse and died from the injury. He ‘was kicked soon after he had put his horse in the stable after a runaway in which the horse dumped him into the snow. FIGHT NEW EXPRESS RATES Companies Secure Injunction Against South Dakota Officials. Sioux Falls, 8. D., Jan. 15.—Three of the express companies doing business in South Dakota have filed in the United States courts suits for perma- nent injunctions perpetually restrain- ing the South Dakota board of rail- road commissioners from putting into effect a dictance tariff of reduced ex- press rates, adopted by the board at a special meeting in Sioux Falls on Dec. 15. On application of the three express companies Judge Carland of the Unit- ed States court has granted an order restraining the defendants from at- tempting to put into effect the new gchedule pending a hearing before him on Jan. 25, when the order to show cause why a permanent injunction should not be issued in the three cases instituted will be returnable. The suing companies are the Wells- Fargo company, the Adams Express company and the American Express company. Thaw'’s “lliness” le Mortal. Pittsburg, Jan. 16.—During a heat- ed argument in court here over the proposed sale of Harry K. Thaw's property both sides dropped state- ments that Thaw’s “lllness” is expect- ed to end fatally. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 15.—Wheat—May, $1.117% @1.12; July, $1.11%. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.13%@1.14%; No. 1 Northern, $1.13% @1.14%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.11% @1.1214; No. 3 Northern, $1.10@1.11%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 14—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, $1.13; No. 2 Northern, $1.11; May and July, $1.12. Flax—On track, in store, to arrive and May, $2.24; Sept., $1.75. 8t. Paul Live Stock. St. Paul, Jan. 14.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.76@7.50; falr to good, $6.00@6.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $6.00@7.50. Hogs—$8:26@8.45. Sheep—Wethers, $6.25@5.76; yearlings, $6.76@7.75; spring lambs, $8.00@8.35. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Wheat—May, $1.115 @1.11%; July, $1.02%; Sept. 981c. Corn—May, 685 @68%c; July and Sept., 68c. Oats—May, 48%c; July, 46%c; Sept., 42c. Pork—Jan., $22.00; May, $22.10. Butter—Cream- eries, 26@34c; dairies, 25@30c. Egss —241, @38c. Poultry—Turkeys, 17c; chickens, 14%c; springs, 160. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.16@7.85; Texas steers, $4.00@5.00; ‘Western steers, $4.10@6.10; stockers |1 and feeders, $3.00@5.10; cows and heifers, $2.15@5.60; calves, $7.85@10.- 00. Hogs—Light, $8.46@8.85; mixed, $8.46@8.95; heavy, $8.50@9.00; rough, $8.50@8.70; good to choice heavy, $8.: 70@9.00; pigs, $7.35@8.45. Sheep— Native, $4.00@6.10; yearlings, $6.76@ 8.00; -lambs, $625Q8.50. -—— e R DUE TO SEVERE SLEET STORMS Chicago Reports Yery Seri- ous Train Blockade. SHORTAGE OF MILK FELT Dairy Companies Facing Grave Prob- lem of How to Take Care of the Thousands of Babies In the City. Fuel Famine Again Becomes Im- minent as the Result of Existing Weather Conditions. Chicago, Jan. 15.—One of the most serious train blockades in the history of Chicago is reported by the railroads running into this city, due to severe sleet storms. The tieup is so com- plete that shipments of milk and coal are stalled miles -from here. The shortage of milk is so great that the big dairy companies are said to be facing a grave problem of how to take care of the thousands of babies in the city. ‘The telegraph companies are in bad shape, especially to the north and south. There is only one wire work- ing between here and St. Paul, accord- ing to the telegraph officials. The wires to the south are working poorly and most of the trouble is said to be within a radius of fifty miles from here. ¥ The wires to the east are also heav- ily handicapped. The service to the west does not appear to have been so seriously affected as the other direc- tions. The city of Aurora, Ill, forty miles from here, is suffering many hard- ships from the storm. Not a street car is running, the telephone service is in poor condition, a coal fumine is only a few hours away and the busi- ness of the city was brought almost to a standstill. WEATHER CONDITIONS BAD Chicago, Again Threatened With Se- rious Fuel Famine. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Weather condi- tions have produced a condition in the railroad transportation business in Chicago that is akin to a calamity. The coal carrying trade is paralyzed and traffic generally on the steam roads is so demoralized that passen- ger schedules have been smashed and the movement of freight regarded as almost a minus quantity. Chicago, which for weeks has suf- fered from a scarcity of coal, is threat- ened with one of the worst fuel famines in years, according to expert observers. ST. LOUIS GORGE BREAKS Damage to Property There Will Ex- ceed $200,000. St. Louis, Jan. 15.—The Mississippi river front at St. Louis presents a devastated appearance. The river, gorged with ice, rose from 22 feet ‘Wednesday night to 31.9 feet and then the gorge broke. Inside of three hours the river fell more than five feet. The boats on the river were left high and dry by the rapid fall and the levee was strewn with wreckage. The prop- erty loss will exceed $200,000. LOCAL TRAINS ABANDONED 8t. Paul Road Seeks to Relieve Coal Shortage in lowa. Des Moines, Jan. 15—The state rallroad commission has received no- tice from President Earling of the St. Paul road that several local trains in Northern Iowa. had been abandoned, in accordance with the suggestion of the commission, so that coal trains may be handled to relieve the dis- tress. At Gilmore the stores and all other business houses are closed and many of the residences have been abandoned temporarily to save coal: The board of control received word that at Cherokee a foot of smow fell and the situation is more serious than before. Trains in Southern Iowa are not hindered, as little snow fell there. On Anniversary of Wife's Death, New York, Jan. 15.—James Burton, a widely known marine photographer, committed suicide at the Lynnbrook (L. L) club on the anniversary of the death of his wife, who a year ago also died by her own act. He sald early this week to a friend: “I have only two days more to live. I shall die on the anniversary of the day my wife left me for a better world.” Factions to Meet in Caucus. ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—Representa- tive John Dwight of New York; the Republican “whip” of the house, stat- ed that an agreement had been reached between the regulars and the insurgents whereby the latter would attend the party caucus on selection of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation committee and would abide thereby. Fall on Knife May Kill. ‘Vinton, Ia.,, Jan. 16.—While running around the house with an open jack- knife in his hand Frank Garlick, aged four years, stumbled and fell upon the upturned blade, which penetrated its full length into his stomach. The doc- tors believe that the injury will prove fatal. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to Islnn that there s at least one dreaded all its" stages, and that is Oatarrh, Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known-to the medical fraternity. Oatarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con- stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Oure s taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces-of the system, thereby destroying the ‘foundation of the disease, and giving the patlent strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The fmpfleu)n have so much faith in its curat that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Bend forlist of testimonials. ‘Address F. J. CHENEY & 00., Toledo, O. Sold Bfi all Dflll’fl% Take Hall's Family for constipation. 2 2 ““How are your bowels?”’ the doctor al- 1 ? ways asks. He knows how important is B ’ l O u S . the question of constipation. He knows that inactivity of the liver will often pro- Daoctors all agree that an active liver.is posi- duce most disastrous results. We believe fdentified tramps were burned to death tively essential lu’hzallll. Ask your own Ayer’s Pills are the best liver pills you in a wreck on the Chicago, Rock Isl- | [ldoctor about Ayer’s Pills. 4.0 AyeCo.. can possiblytake. Sold for over 60 years. and and Pacific railroad ten miles 7 east. While a freight train headed for El 3 Reno was crossing an eighty-foot bridge the structure collapsed. Ten cars were thrown into the river. Two of the cars contained acid and three oil. The acid exploded, setting fire to all of the cars.. The tramps were imprisoned in the debris and could not escape. ALLEGED VIGTIM _ OF POISON pLOT Death of Kansas City Million- alre fo Be Probed. TRAMPS PERISH IN WRECK Five Die in Fire Following Accident to Train. ‘Wister, Okla, Jan. 15.—Five un- 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 " Phone 581 Hurry-up Service The Coming of the “S00” has DOUBLY assured the future of Bemidji. EVERYBODY now 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 class and for this reason make the above concession to new buyers of business and residence lots. Kansasg City, Jan. 16.—The family, friends and attorneys of the Swope family expect sensational develop- ments to follow the analysis by toxi- cologists of the stomachs of the late Colonel Thomas H. Swope and his nephew, Chrisman Swope. Colonel Swope, millionaire philan- thropist, whose benefactions to Kan- sas City, including Swope park, amount to more than $1,500,000, died Dec. 3, the cause of death being given as apoplexy. The sudden death of Chrisman Swope in December aroused suspicion which led to the examination of Colo- nel Swope’s body - and an autopsy showed, according to information given out by the attorneys for the estate, that all organms, including the brain, were in normal condition. A slight trace of typhoid baccilli was found. Lawyers believe that expert exami- nation of the stomach will prove that Colonel Swope was poisoned and they declare that they have evidence of a plot to kill all of the heirs to the Swope estate, estimated at $3,000,000, by inoculation with typhoid fever germs. 5 Shortly before Chrisman Swope’s death, it is charged, a man visited a bacteriologist and secured some. ty- phoid germs. With these deadly bac- cilli, those pushing the matter believe, he hoped to inoculate the members of the Swope family. FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH Father Badly Injured in Effort to Save Children. Saskatoon, Sask., Jan. 15.—As a re- sult of a fire here five persons are dead and a sixth will die. The fire oc- curred in a house occupied by a fam- {ly named Henderson. The father, it seems, had just re- turnéd from his homestead to spend a few days with his family and was ac- companied by a man named Reid, whose two children were staying at the Henderson home. How the fire started is not known, for when the fire department arrived there was nothing for them to do but pull out the charred remains. Five blackened and totally baked bodies were pulled out by Fire Chief Heath. They were Mrs. Henderson her two children and two Reid chil- dren, while Reid, who evidently at- tempted to rescue the children, is so badly burned about the lower limbs that his flesh peeled off to the bones. Three Hurt in Rail Wreck. Mason City, Ia., Jan. 15.—Running at a rate of fifteen miles an hour an =F extra freight train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad was wrecked at Bassett, a small station near here. Conductor Ben Negerdall and Brakemen Mike Johnson and Ed Ryan were injured, but it is not be- MYeved seriously. The wreck was eaused by a broken rail. Call on us for detailed information re- garding the City of Bemidji as a business, residence or manufacturing location—or call up H. A. SIMONS, our local representative Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAVL, MINN. IN ION- PEOPLE are not leaving so much to chance in these days of universal telephome ser- vice. Instead of risking disappointment they telephone and get the facts. o ill school be held on a stormy morning, will your friend 777 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 answered by the proper authorities. There are also questions to be asked about the telephone TZ=% 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. NorthwesternTelephone Exchange Co. Every Bell Telephone is the Center of:the System. ‘TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Druggists refund money if it fails to cure E. ‘W.GROVE'S signature is on each box. 52c Bemidji Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Jobbers The Following Firms Are Thoroughly Reliable and Orders Sent to Them Will Be Promptly Filled at Lowest Prices The Crookston J. H. GRANT Lsmll;er Co. LAND & LUMBER GO0, Wholesale Wholesale Model Ice Cream, Snowflake Bread and Deehshus Candies Made at The Model White Ceadr Wholesale Bakery, Man- :"i“’ L‘““} Lumbel‘, Lath and facturing Confectionery n:fsmn;:s c1qe A d Lath i Building Material| 2»¢ e Cream Factory Garoad Tt 3815 Minnesota Ave. BEMIDJI CIGAR GO.[ NORTHERN GROGERY COMPANY WHOLESALE GROGERS Bemid)i, Minnesota Pepper & Son Wholesale Liquor Dealers Telephone 489 Manufacturers of High Grade Cigars Tom Godfrey, La Zada, Queenie, Imported Leaf, Bemidji Leader Ghe Given Hardware Co. Successors to John Fleming & Co. Major Block Bemid)l, Minn. . Send yourMailOrdersto | GED. T, BAKER & G0. | Manufacturing Jewelers and Jobbers They are especially prej _to promptly fill all orders in lhdrpmvnm' us lines of merchandise. % Largest stock of Diamonds and: Watches and the finest equipped work- | shop in N:nhgm Minnesota, Spedl.li order work -given prompt attention. Melges Bros. Co. Wholesale Commission Fruit and Produce Wholesale and Retail Hardware | Manufacturers of Creamery Butter 51 318 Minnessla Are,