Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 18, 1913, Page 2

A CANAL OFFICIAL 1S UNDER CLOUD Grafting Alleged in Commis- sary Department. PROBE IS NOW UNDER WAY Irregularities Charged Have Caused No Loss to the Government, but the Accused Official Is Said to Have De- manded and Received Large Com- missions From Contractors. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—Charges of irregularities in dealings between John Burke, commissary manager for the Panama canal work, and contract- ors who have been furnishing supplies are being investigated by the govern- ment. So far as the investigation has gone no loss to the government has been diacovered and the amount of money involved has not been determined. “So far as the investigation has gone, it appears that there has been no loss to the government,” said Major F. C. Boggs, the general pur- chasing officer of the Panama canal eommission. Major Boggs is conferring with Jegal officers of the war department and the canal commission regarding the next step to be taken. Burke is somewhere in the United States on a sixty days’ leave of ab- sence from his post on the isthmus and is still on the government payroil. It is admitted officially, however, that for the last six months the in- quiry has been in progress, based upon charges preferred by Charles B. Walker, a former subordinate of Burke's in the commissary depart- ment, alleging that his superior offi- cer was demanding and receiving large commissions from persons with whom he had placed large contracts for food and other supplies for the canal workers. Also it was alleged that Burke had awarded contracts to the Colon Im- port and Export company, in which he was a stockholder, and that he had benefitted ,at least $50,000 from his operations. His salary was $4,500 a year. Several important contracts were placed in Europe. SHOULD AID IN REGULATION Business Interests Urged to Co-oper- ate With Government. Boston, Dec. 18.—“Business inter- ests of the country should co-operate with the government in regulatory legislation rather than oppose it,” said Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, at the annual ban- quet of the Boston chamber of com- merce. This assertion from the head of an organization composed of 485 com- mercial bodies representing all but one of the states and a membership of 250,000 business men was greeted with enthusiasm. The accumulation of great wealth in the last few decades, Mr. said, has led to such a condition of affairs that constructive legislation was necessary and that such legisla- tion must insure that past evils should not recur. CONSOLS REACGH LOW. LEVEL Ceaseless Stream of New Securities Causes Decline. London, Dec. 18.—British consols registered a new low level record when they were quoted at 7114 for cash and 715-16 for the account. The decline in the premier security of the London Stock Exchange is attributed to the ceaseless stream of new issues with attractive yields to which holders of consols are transferring their money. The immediate cause of the low record was the announcement of a Grand Trunk Pacific issue within a few days of $10,000,000 seven-year 5 per cent notes at 97. This brings the total of Canadian issues during the months of November and December to $95,000,000. TO BUY IN WORLD MARKETS Navy Department to Take Advantage of New Tariff. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—Taking ad- vantage of reductions under the Un- derwood tariff law the navy has adopted the general policy of pur- chasing supplies in the markets of the world instead of only in the American market. The latest call for bids put out by the navy bureau of supplies and ac- counts is for 100,000 yards of dark blue cloth for trousers, jackets and caps for enlisted men. FEDERALS MARCHING NORTH Battle Imminent to the South of Chi- . huahua. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 18.—With fed- eral troops advancing northward from ‘Torreon,. 2,000 soldiers from General Pancho Villa’s army are marching) south to engage them at a point some distance below Chihuahua. A general ‘engagement is expected. Read Ploneer want ads ‘Wheeler | | T AT REAR AD{::RAL BADGER. Commander of Fleet Just Back From Mediterranean. HOME FROM MEDITERRANEAN Fleet of American Superdreadnoughts Arrvives at New York. New York, Dec. 1lo.—With 5,000 offi- cers and men eager for Christmas shopping and $200,000 pay, due, four superdreadnoughts, the flagship Wy- oming, the Arkansas, Utah and Flo- rida, dropped anchor here, ending their Mediterranean cruise. The fleet is in command of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, who will go into retirement some time this week. He will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Beattie, now second in com- mand to Rear Admiral Fletcher in Mexican waters. Y The Delaware parted company with the fleet Sunday, convoying the dis- abled Vermont to Norfolk. The others of the fleet, the Ohio, Connecticut and Minnesota, are on their way to Mex- ican waters. : Root Not a Candidate. Washington, Dec. 18.—During the currency debate in the senate Senator Root of New York, replying to Demo- cratic criticisms, announced that he had no presidential aspirations and would not take the Republican nomi- nation if it were offered to him. Killed Going Home to. Die. Menominee, Mich., Dec. 18.—While Michael Pithio was being taken home from a hospital at Hancock, Mich,, to die, after physicians had decided he could not be cured of a cancer, the auto in which he was riding turned over and he was killed. Tampico Refugees Go Ashore. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—That most of the hundreds of refugees from Tampico have returned to that city, only eight Americans electing to board the liner bound for America, was the report of Rear Admiral Fletcher. " EIGHT RECOVERED Thirty-Seven Miners Killed in Golorado Golliery. Newecastle, Colo., Dec. 18.—Twenty- eight bodies have been recovered from the Vulcan mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company, which was wrecked by an explosion of black damp. 5 The mangled bodies of nine other men remained in the mine, but their early recovery is expected. Sixteen women are widowed and thirty-four children left fatherless by the disaster. i Virtually every one of the victims was born in Colorado. - All were Americans and many of the unmar- ried were sons of wealthy ranchers and had lived in the vicinity of the mine all their lives. They went to work recently after the union miners were called on strike. The mine is so filled with gas that the work of bringing’ out the bodies is hazardous in the extreme. One of the rescuers was overcome while at work; but was rescued alive by fellow helmetmen. WOMEN MAY BE APPOINTED Mayor Harrison to Name Five Mem- bers of School Board. Chicago, Dec. 18.—Mayor Carter H. Harrison is expected to appoint five new members of the board of edu- cation to take the places of those whom he ousted a week ago after the failure of the board to- re-elect Mrs." Ella Flagg Young as superintendent of schools. 1t is believed that,some of the ap- pointees may be women, but Mayor Harrison refused to make public their names until the city council had acted upon them. SERVANTS TO GET MILLIONS Paris Cabman and Groom Heirs to Es- tate of $1,400,000. Lemans, France, Dec. 18.—A Paria cabman and a groom, Charles and Au- gust de Perrochel, will receive a for- tune of $1,400,000 by the decision of the Lemans court pronouncing in fa- vor of a will of a relative, Count Jules de Perrochel, naming them as his sole heirs. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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They can and will take better eare of you than the associations in other towns. See any of the following officers at once: J. P. LAHR, President R. H. SCHUMAKER, Treas. W. L. BROOKS, Secretary Chance to Help Your Fav- orite Contestant GOOD FOR 100 VOTES A Splendid Cast these votes for No................... Speveat > This coupon when neatly cut out, brought or mailed to the W. G. Schroeder store on or before February F o 14th, 1914, will count as 100 votes for the person repre- sented by the above number. The Bemidji Pioneer Pub. Co. and we want you to know it. Glance Over these Holiday Suggestions Grapes Wall Nuts ! Pecans Almonds Filberts Peanuts Brazil Nuts i FISH Ludefis'k and Herring, all " prepared, Delicious and -appe- | tizing. 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Celery T 2 Parsley Tk Olives Cabbage (bottles or bulk) Cranberries Pickles g:‘::““ (bottles or bulk) Graps Fruit e S R e R 5 CHEESE ‘We have 'one of the greatest varieties of cheese carried by any store in the state, and more than 20 different kinds TEA AND COFFEE Chase & Sanborn’s famous brands. There’s only one Chase & Sanborn and only ONE Some in jars and some in place in Bemidji to get it k. ESs That’s here. mfi‘fyg;o;n, o e Bemidji