Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1910, Page 4

| | | % I hereby announce that I am a Candidate for the office of Mayor of the City of Be- midji to be voted on the 15th day of February, 1910. If elected to fill the office of Mayor I pledge myself to the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and shall, at all times, have uppermost in my mind the advance- ment of our City and the welfare of its citizens. Yours truly, J. C. PARKER. Candidate for City Clerk. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for city clerk to be voted upon at the city election to 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. Candidate for Aldzrman, First Ward. I hereby announce myself a can- didate for alderman in the First ward to be voted on at the city election Februacy 15, 1910, 1 will, if elected, endeavor to |give an impartial administration as far as is in my -power so to do. All my efforts will be directed to- wards the welfare of the City of Bemidji and the interests of the ward that chooses me to represent them. Respectfully yours, —E. R, (Ted) Getchell. Candidate for Alderman. To the voters of Second ward: I hereby announce myself a can- didate for alderman of the Second ward to be voted on at the city election February 15th, 1910. If I am elected I will endeavor to represent the people in Bemidji in a fair and impartial manner. My effort will be directed towards the welfare of the city of Bemidji and particularly towards the interest of the Second ward. Yours respectfully, —Thomas Johnson. REPRINT OF POLITICAL ARTICLE: AND ANSWER [Continued from First Page] clerk is becoming interesting, The friends of both Mr, Pryor and Mr. Maloy are confident that their respective candidate will be elected. Mr, Pryor is making a very agressive campaign among the voters of the city and from all indications he appears to be con- fident of victory. Mr. Thomas Maloy the present city clerk is perhaps not making as thorough canvass of the city as his opponent, but his friends believe he will be reelected. In the first ward the voters are to choose between William Klein and: “Ted” Getchell. In the second ward the fight is on between Tom Smart and Thomas Johnson. The third ward has as its candidate K. K. Roe. He will probably receive didate for Mayor, I hereby announce myself as a can- the election Feb. 15, next. If elected I promise to give to the city a clean business administration without special privileges. Respectfully, WM. McCUAIG.™” to be voted on at a unanamous vote. George Rhea and N. W. Brown in the fourth ward are the two from which the voters are to choose an alderman. The following are the judges and polling places:— Ray Murphy, Clyde Johnson, Will Mageau, Judges 1st ward, polls at Mageau'’s store. Frank Miller, Martin Flint, D. C. Smith, Judges 2nd ward, polls Fire Hall. . A. A. Carter, P. M. Dicajre, C. W. Pierce, Judges 3rd ward, polls Pogue’s warehouse. E. H-Ives, C. H. Daily, E. H. Jerrard, Judges 4th ward, polls Smart’s office. No Show Tonight. Owing to the fact that several members of the Ernest Fisher com- pany were injured in the wreck Saturday evening, the play to be given at the City Opera House this evening has been cancelled. Those who purchases seats will be refunded their money, at Hanson’s drug store. ) VIVIENE AMBER, With the “Juvenile Bostonians" at the Ar- mory, Friday Night, Saturday Matinee and Saturday Night, February 18th and 19th. SLAYER OF SEVEN - 13 ELEGTROCUTED Was Formerly United Slateé Marshal for Kenfucky. Richmond, Va., Feb. 12.—Howard Little, who murdered Mrs. Betsy Jus- tis, her son-in-law, George Meadows, and the latter's wife and three chil- dren in their home near Hurley, Bu- chanan county, last September, was put to death in the electric chair in the peniteutiary here. Most murderers are executed for single mu.ders; seven to his account. He was mo or- dinary “low-browed” criminal. = He bore an excellent reputation in' the community in which he lived and a number of friends still believe in his innocence. His character appears to have been strikingly on the Jekyl-Hyde order. Little was one of the handsomest men in the state, more than six feet in height, weighing 236 pounds, and be- ing, in short, a more than ordinarily fine specimen of physical manhood. He held the position of United States mar- shal for the Eastern district of Ken- tucky for a number of years. Except for his asscciation with women he car- ried himself generally without re- proach. He was a sort of rural “Don Juan,” however, and he himself de- clared that “women had been his ruin- ation.” Robbery was established as the di- rect motive for the crime. It was known that the ill fated family had kept a good deal of money in the house and that Little afterwards ap- peared to have plenty of money. It is believed that he intended to leave Virginia with his latest woman friend. DOES NOT FEEL SLIGHTED Fairbanks Discusses Refusal of Pope to Receive Him. Rome, Feb. 12.—“My feelings have not been hurt in the slightest by the Vatican’s cancellation of my appoint- ment to call upon the pope,” sald Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States, as he busied himself in his preparations for his departure for Belgium. “I look upon the incident as trifling,” said Mr. Fairbanks, “and would have dismissed it altogether were it not for the fact that the press has taken up the matter and thereby aroused a general discussion. I think I appre- clate the position in which the pope was placed and I am not at all dis- posed to feel resentment over my fail- ure to have an audience with him. “Were the whole thing to do over I think I would act just as I have. I certainly would not have paid the great Methodist church and its repre- sentatives in Rome the gratuitous in- sult| of refusing to address the local church after making an appointment to do so, merely to preserve what might be called my eligibility to call at the Vatican.” Howard Little has] CENTRAL BANK Former Secretary Says 0il Trust Would Control It. CHARTER WORTH MILLIONS Rockefeller Interests, He Asserts, Could Afford to Pay the National Debt for a Perpetual Right to Or- ganize the Proposed Institution. Cites as Example the Immense Sum Paid for Life Insurance Company. Philadelphia, Feb. 14—“I do mnot think there can be any doubt in the mind of any one who studies the ques- tlon in the light of admitted condi- tlons that if a central bank is estab- lished in this country it will be owned, or at least controlled, by the Standard Oil company,” said former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Bankers’ assoclation in this city. His topie was “The Central Bank.” “There are two diseases prevalent in this country, either of which is lia- ble to prove fatal,” he continued. ‘‘One is Wall street mania and the other ‘Wall street fobia. I do not think that I have. been badly inoculated with either, but I am frank to say that it seems to me quite un-American to place with any group of men the power to contract or expand our cur- rency at will and to grant or withhold credit to any bank, to any merchant and to any corporation at pleasure. “It was charged, and as vigorously denied, that the affiliated bankg - of New York during the panic of 1907 simply withdrew credit from the group of men who controlled the Tennessee Coal and. Iron, called their loans and finally adjusted the matter by taking over the property at a-fraction of its admitted value, upwards of $500,000,- 000, and paid for it in United States Steel securities without the exchange of a dollar in money. Assuming tne charge to be libelous it still illustyates what could be done were & group of men possessing the requisite disposi- tion to be in control of the central bank. Charter Worth Large Sum. “I thoroughly believe that the Stand- ard Oil company-and the United States Steel corporation: could afford to pay the national debt for such a charter and I say this independent of whether such a bank would be independently profitable or otherwise. The control of it would be valuable beyond the power of man to conceive to any group of men who had ‘independent financial interests large ‘emough to justify it and the- ability neceséary for its operation. “We all remeniber that the control of a certain life insurance company with a capital of only $200,000 sold a few years ago for $9,000,000 when the maximum dividend was fixed- in the charter at 7 per-¢ent, or $14,000. -Cer- tainly that vast sum was not invested expecting returns of only $14,000 per annum when ‘the same amount, in government bonds ‘even, would yleld $180,000. - No; the company had assets approximating $500,000,000 and the control of such a volume of trust funds, if honest and wise, is very profitable. It has recently changed hands and presumably at a yet higher price. “Taking the price paid for the con- trol of that life insurance company as & measure of value I do not think I overstate the fact when I say that the two largest corporations in the world, interested as they are, directly or through their affiliations, in nearly every line of business and owning or controlling probably in excess of 100 of our largest financial institutions, with, I suppose, $2,000,000,000 in assets outside of their own capitalization, can afford to pay the national debt for a perpetual charter for a central bank.” LABOR PARTY IS FAVORED New York Central Federated Union Makes Recommendation. New York, Feb. 14.—The Central Federated union of this city has is- sued an appeal to Samuel Gompers and other national labor leaders de- manding the organization of a national labor party in this country, modeled on the lines of the British Labor party. This action is taken, it is an- nounced, as a result of the recent United States circuit court decision in Hartford, Conn., awarding damages of $220,000 against the Hatters’ union for boycotting. In connection with the appeal for a new political party the labor men state that under this court decision any labor union in the coun- try is liable'to lose every cent in its treasury. They add that the courts have dared to render such decision only because the labor element has no representation in congress. In Europe, it is said, boycotts are allowed and a decision like the Hart- ford one could not be made. Body Is Frozen to Rails. Albert Lea, Minn,, Feb. 14—A St. Paul railway brakeman, William Cole, was ground under the wheels of a freight train. His body was found frozen to the rails. The body was crushed and torn beyond recognition. It 18 not known how the accident oc curred. \ i S LA COAL LANDS ARE DIVIDE Separation of Rock Island-Frisco Com- bination Complete. Chicago, Feb. 12—The separation of the Rock Igland-Frisco combination hag been made complete by the partition ot the vast coal properties which were ‘Jointly owned by these companies. Of- ficial announcement of such separation has just been made and it is stated that the Consolidated Indiana Coal SHAW OPPOSES [ | Given for any substance in- jurious to health found in food resulting from the use of Calumet = Baking' [ Powder which previously was handled by the Brazil Block Coal company. Ironworkers Secure Increase. New York, Feb.“12.—Six thousand ironworkers, members of the House- smiths and Bridgemen’s union in this city, were notified that their wages will be increased from $4.50 to $5 a day. Thirty cents a day will be added at once, while the additional 20 cents will become effective on July 1. Bandits Hold Up Montana Hotel. Butte, Mont., Feb. 12—Two masked bandits at Divide held up the Hotel Sotre and postoffice and escaped with $500 in cash, = " LESLIE M. SHAW. ll Ex-Secretary Opposes ' Il Central Bank Scheme. “ OPPOSE CHANGE OF DATE ‘District Commissioners Would Retain March 4 as Inauguration.Day. ‘Washington, Feb. 14.—An unfavor- able report has been forwarded to congress by the commissioners of the District. of Columbia on the bill re- cently introduced by Representative Guernsey of Maine providing that pub- lic ceremonies in connection with the inauguration of the president and vice president be held on the last Thurs- day of March of eacl-inaugural year. The measure was presented with the idea of avoiding a constitutional amendment by permitting the presi- dent and vice president to take the oath of office in the house of repre- sentatives on March 4 and fixing the later date for public ceremonies. REVENGE PROBABLE MOTIVE FOR CRIME Wealthy Chicago Manufacturer | Murdered. Chicago, Feb. 14—The carelessness of a murderer who dropped a stiletto guard after hacking to death Charles Wiltshire, a~ wealthy glove manufac- turer, in his own office, is expected to bring about an arrest that will solve the mystery of the killing. ‘Wiltshire was found dead near his desk at midnight, his head and body horribly mutilated with forty wounds. in some of which the stiletto had been turned and twisted to make the slay- er's work more terrible. The furni- ture in the office was scattered about the room and blood was everywhere, indicating that a fearful struggle had taken place before Wiltshire gave up his life. Detectives who reached the prem- ises found a stiletto guard of a fash- fon peculiar to Italians. Within an hour one of the investigators, who is an expert on Italian affairs, had identi- fied the guard as the property of an Italian whose arrest Wiltshire had caused some months ago on a chargé of selling stolen goods. The police are working on the theory that Wiltshire was slain for revenge. ‘While his pockets were turned inside out and rifled other money .lying in a drawer was not touched. Evidently, too, the slayer remained in the office for a time after Wiltshire’s death hacking the manufacturer’s body. FLORIDA VILLAGE WRECKED Terrible Hurricane Visits Sections of That State. Tampa, Fla., Feb. 14—News has Just reached here of a terrible hurri- cane in the middle section of the state. A small village three miles north of Lakeland was almost wrecked. The station was blown from its foundation. Twenty-five persons were in the build- ing and a number were painfully in- Jured. Apprehension is felt for the safety of residents of Galloway and Kathleen counties, communication being cut off. Cretan Policy Agreed On. Paris, Feb. 14—The foreign office has announced that the four protect Ing powers, France, Russia, Italy and Great Britain, had reached a complete agreement as to the representation to be made to Crete concerning the par- company, with headquarters here, has| ticipating of the island in the forth. faken over the sale of its own output.’ seming Greek parliament R ONILLFATED FRENCH LINER Three Americans Among Hundred and Fifty Dead. BODIES FLOATING ASHORE Remains of Victims of Mediterranean Disaster, Many Clad in Night Clothes, Recovered on the Coast Near the Scene of the. Wreck—Lone THE Survivor Still Unable to Give a Lucid Account of the Catastrophe. Marseilles, France, Feb. 14—It is believed that the only Americans aboard the ill fated French steamer General Chanzy, that went down off the north coast of the island of Minor- ca, were Miss Elsie Henry, aged twen- ty-eight years, address unknown; Leon Derenda and possibly Derenda’s partner, a man named Green, though there is doubt whether the latter was an American or an Englishman. Deren- da is said to have come from San Francisco and is also said to have had a home at Portland, Ore. The three Americans were members of a vaudeville combination bound on a tour of the colonies. Derenda and Green are described as jugglers and acrobats. Among the other perform- ers in the combination were several Englishmen, including a man named Nestor, and the two Strakelys, bar performers. The two Strakelys came from Antwerp, but their nationality is not known, as passengers from the colonies are not required to name their home country. The most prom- inent of the artists was Francis Dufor, & music hall performer, who was very popular in Paris. - Among the other victims was Sec- ond Engineer Lorenzetti, who was a survivor of the La Bourgoyne disaster. At that time he was picked up after having drifted for days in an open boat. Captain Cayol of the General Chanzy was considered by his employ- ers, the French Transatlantic Steam- ship company, as one of the most ex- perienced and careful of officers.’ The death list in the General Chan- zy wreck is 156. % Bodies Are Floating Ashore. Palma, Island of Majorca, Feb. 14— Bodies, many of them clad in night clothes, are floating ashore from the wreck of the Chanzy. The authorities posted men along the coast to recover the bodies and also to watch for small boats. The last named precaution was undertaken in a desperate hope that some of those aboard the steamer might have escaped. Marcel Rodel, the Algerian customs official and only known survivor, is still unable to give a lucid account of the disaster. As the vessel went down he clung to a piece of wreckage and was washed ashore. When tossed on the rocks he was rendered insensible and remained in this condition through- out the night. Reviving in the morn- ing he wandered about aimlessly most of the day, finally stumbling into the village of Ciudadela thoroughly ex- hausted and also demented. From bis rambling story the authorities first learned of the disaster and rushed help to, the nearest land point. They found only a mass of wreckage piled up on the coast. The villagers say that even if the small boats had béen launched the tiny craft would not have lived in the sea that raged at the time. The Spanish officials announce that a powerful light will be immediately erected on the north of Minorca island in the hope that further wrecks at this dangerous place may be avoided. Owing to the dimiculties of communi- cation between the villages in the ab- sence of telegraph lines few additional details of the wreck have reached here Hope remains that others from the vessel may have been picked up from the small boats. LA FOLLETTE ON HIGH PRICES Says “Special Privileges” Explains the Whole Matter. Madison, Wis., Feb. 14—Two words —*“gpecial privilege”—explain the in- creasing cost of living, according to compilations made by Senator La Fol- lette. In the leading editorial in La Follette’s Weekly he blames the new tariff law and other measures, which in recent years have fortified special interests, as the real causes for high prices. “The tariff law is not the sole rea- son why it is harder to make both ends meet today than it was a few years ago,” says the article. “There are other reasons. They may be summed up in two words—special privilege. The present tariff is an in- stance of special privilege legislation. But all the other kinds must be con- sidered and clothed with their share of the responsibility for the high prices now prevailing for the necessi- ties of life. Law made monopolies must answer for what they have brought about.” STEAMER WRECKED IN STORM Panic Occurs When River Boat Runs on Bar. Greenville, Miss., Feb. 14—In a driv- ing snow storm the Morissey line steamer Belle of Bends crashed into the bar at Fitlers Landing with such force that the big boat was driven half way across the bar and almost broken in two. A panic among the passengers followed and many had to be forcibly restrained from throwing themselyes into the Mississippi. Boats were hast- ily lowered and the forty passengers, many of them women, taken safely ashore. Several women were slightly hurt in the first rush after the accident. The Belle of Bends was on her way from Granville to: Vicksburg and was one of the finest steamers on the Mis- The Finest Watch Made for (hflm Reasons Why You Should Carry a Bemidji Special 2000 of these watches are in the hands of owners, and every owner is boosting. Bemidji Special Watches are made by the Best skilled workmen in the most perfectly equipped plant in the World and of the finest materials. Bemidji Special Watches are Guaranteed- in every Part and Particular. We do not permit any Bemidji Special to leave our store until it is proven by Scien= tific Tests to be an Ac= curate Time Piece, being ad- justed at the factory and timed in our own workshop. Made in 16 and 18 size, fitted in cases from nickle to 14 carat solid gold, at the prices of $18.00 and up. Geo. T, Baker & Co, 116 Third St. Near the Lake New-Cash-Want-Rate ',-Gent-a-Word ‘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 1 ==Etc.=-Etc. HELP WANTED. WANTED—VYoung men to learn automobile business by mail and prepare for positions as chaffeurs and repair men. We make you expert in ten weeks; assist you to secure position. Pay big; work pleasant; demand for men great; reasonable; write for particulars and sample lesson, Empire Auto- mobile Institute, Rochester, N. Y. WANTED—Competent = girl for general house work. Mrs. George Cochran, 200 Minnesota Avenue. FOR SALE, A A AR NSNS, FOR SALE—4 room cottage and two lots, corner Eleventh and Minnesota Avenue. Snap if taken atonce. Apply A. H. C. Knoke at McCuaig’s store’ FOR SALE—Cockrills, Rhode Is- land Reds and White Wyandots eggs for hatching, $1.50 a setting. J. E. Svenson, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE OR TRADE—Choice Nymore Lots; for price and pai- ticulars write to —J. L. Wold, , Twin Valley, Minn, FOR SALE—Rubber stamps.- The Pioneer will procure any kind of a mb.ber stamp for you an short notice. LOST and FOUND FOUND-—Lady’s handkerchief with sum of money tied in the corner. Owner can have same by applying at this office and paying for this notice. MISCELLANEOUS B VLUV PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30t06 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also, -Library in basement of Court House. Miss Peatrice Mills,librarian. WANTED—Work with team; will do any kind on short motice. Phone 361 or call at 304 Third street and Minnesota avenue. e R WANTED—Will pay cash for good second hand wagon, sleigh and farm machinery, cows, horses and harness. Norman Jensen T