Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1914, Page 4

SR i VILLAPROCLAIMS DEATHLISTNEAR | NEW PRESIDENT fieneral Angeles Provisional Head of Mexico. MEDIATORS -RECEIVE NEWS Action of Constitutionalist Comman. der Causes Sensation at Falls, Ont, Where Peace Confer ence Appears to Be Nearing the End. Niagara Niagara Falls, Ont., June —The Mexican delegation here received a telegram from the consul of their government at -El Paso, Tex.. that General Villa has issued a statement addressed to the American people saying that he had proclaimed Gen- eral "Angeles as provisional president of Mexico. No further details of the action, which caused a sensation, were made public here beyond a statement that Angeles has received certain orders from Carranza and has failed to car- ry them out. General Angeles is general of artil- lery in Villa's army and a strong Vil- la partisan. The consul added that according to intercepted private messages at Juar- ez reports of an amicable adjustment of the differences between Carranza and Villa were not true. He also said that word had reached him that Carranza was quietly send- ing a force of 2,000 men into the state of Sonora with the intention of deposing Governor Maytorena, with whom Carranza is reported to have differences. REGARDING AN ARMISTICE Carranza to Send an Answer to Me- diators at Once. Saltillo, Mex., June .—General Carranza’s reply to the Niagara me- diators declining to arrange an armi tice with the federals has received its final touches and will be dispatched shortly. Officiais in authority here take the stand that if the Constitutionalists are not represented at the confer- ences the fault is with the mediators and declare that the demand for an armistice was impossible for the Con- stitutionalists to grant in existing cir- cumstance: Word was received from Oriztlan, Hidalgo, that twenty chiefs had met in that place and arranged for a cam- palgn In the Central Mexican states. They sent their respects to General Carranza and asked for instructions It was reported here thal (iener: Manuel Chao, former governor of Chi- huahua, who was replaced by General Villa, had been executed on Villa's orders. OPINION OF ONE DIPLOMAT Naon 8till Confident of Success. Buffalo, N. Y., June 22.—"I never was more confident that I am today of the ultimate success of mediation,” said Dr. Romulo S. Naon, minister from Argentina, when he arrive here after conferences in Washing: ton with President Wilson and Secre tary Bryan. He predicted that me- gotiations would be continued at least another two weeks. WESTERN LANDS SET ASIDE Action Taken by the Secretary of the Interior. Mediation Washington, June 22 —Approx- imately 584,000 acres of land in Cali- fornia and Oregon have been set aside by Secretary Lane of the interior de partment under the enlarged home- stead act. The designations include nearly 300,000 acres in California and 284,000 acres In Oregon. The secretary also has recommend- ed to President Wilson the restora tlon of 129,601 acres of withdrawn land in Mountana and more than 43,000 acres in Western Wyoming. These lands have been rclassified as coal mines, but examination by the geo logical survey has shown that they possess but little coal. Upon recom. mendation of Secretary lLane the president has restored to entry 290, 000 acres In Eastern Wyoming, 50,000 acres in Utah and 000 acres in Eastern Montana which have here tofore been included in coal land withdrawals. PRISONERS TAKE “U” CQURSE Seven Hundred Inmates of Big “Pen” Are Studious. San Quentin, Cal., June 22.—Corre- spondence courses given by the Uni- versity of California are popular among the inmates of the state peni- tentiary here. Seven hundred prison- ers of San Quentin's 2,000 have en- rolled for the various courses. One bundred and forty are attending the prison’s day school and ninety-eight night school. Of the languages taught at long range by the university Spanish seems to find most favor with the prisoners. One hundred and seveaty- five are taking that cousse. BOOSTS CAPITAL $9,100,000 Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Pow- er Company Plans Extension. Madison, Wis,, June 22.—Papefs have been filed with the secretary of state increasing the capital stock of the Wisconsin-Minnesota Light ‘and - TWO HUNDRED Disaster at Hilcrest, Alta., Worst Known in Canada. COLLIERY IS IN FLAMES Rescue Work Abandoned After Nine ty-five Bedies Had Bcen Recovered, Leaving Over One Hundred Men Entombed and Given Up for Dead. Rl R SR Hillerest, Alta, June The total numler of brought out of mine No the Hillcrest Collierie: pany is ninety-five, leav cntombbed. and glven dead. bodies 2) of com- 102 up for * Hill --All rescue Hilleres —All rescue work in mine No. 20 of the Hilerest Collieries, Ltd., where 236 miners were entombed by an explosion, was discontinued when signs of fire were showing absolutely no hope for the men still in the mine. Twenty bodies taken out were horribly charred, dis- figured and mutilated. . The work of recovering dead bodies proceeded slowly during the early morning, owing to the -smouldering fires in the entrance. Seventy-four bodies are now laid out in Union hal. William Brown, brother of General Manager John Brown, is among the victims. i The mine is in a deplarable state, gas possibly having accumulated dur- ing two days the shaft was closed. The bodies of James Quigley, mine superintendent, and Thomas Taylor, fire boss, were taken out. Two hun- dred coffins have been ordered by wire from Winnipeg. Not one, except forty-one who es- caped, is living in the mine, and 195 of those perished 1,200 feet in the bowels of the earth. It was the orst mine disaster known in Cana- da, practically the whole male popula- tion of the little town being wiped out. ALL BUT THREE GET T0 SHORE SAFELY Steamer Mejestic Sinks in the Mississippi River, rest, Alta., June St. Louis. June 22.—Thirty-three persons were on board the excursion steamboat Majestic when it hit the cribbing of a waterworks tower and sank in the M sippi river near here and of these three are unac- counted for. The others = either swam ashore, were taken off in lifeboats, of which the steamer carried six, or found safety on the upper deck, which re- mained above water. The missing are William Cutchpert, watchman, Peoria, Ill.; William Bellontes, deck- hand, and Burt Chestergeld, deck- band, Davenport, Ia. The collision occurred at 1:35 a. m. The large steamer an hour be- fore had discharged 900 excursionists at Alton, Ill, and was headed down stream for St. lLouis twenty-seven miles away. The boat struck squarely against hthe cribbing of the new intake tower of the St. Louis waterworks, from which a red light was burning., and sank to the bottom of the river. The water did not cover the vessel, how- ever, the upper deck remaining above the surface, and to this the persons on board climbed after the crash. Aol bkl b ok ek ok b bk b + BORN JUNE 20, 1790, NE- * GRESS STILL LIVES, * * Culpeper, Va, June 23— Lucy Frye, a’ mnegress, born June 20, 1790, in Orange coun- ty, Va, celebrated her 124th birthday as the oldest person in the United States. She pos- sesses records to prove her longevity. Residents of Cul- peper, who lived during the Civil war, remember her then #+ as'an old woman, &5 ool e e ol e ol ol i b e bl b ool b b b R R R ek b R SAID TO BE HATCHET PROOF Celluloid Glass in British Museum to Baffle Militants, London, June 22.—As a safeguard against suffragettes the authorities of the British museum %are adopting “armored glass” for the cases con- taining valuable and destructible ex- hibits. Several worth of this newly invented glass has already been placed in the South Kensington “museum, the National ' Portrait gallery and the Shakespeare museum at Stratford-on-Avon. Experiments show it to be practl- cally unbreakable, the severest blows with hammers and hatchets merely “starring” the surface. It is compos- ed of three layers, the two outside ones being of plate glass and the in- terior one of sheet celluloid. It s perfectly transparent. - - Andy Danaher, of International thousand dollars’. i Falls, formerly a resident of Beltrami || Andrew Rood as King Cole and Whitney Brown and Fred Fraser as Humpty-Dumpties in .“The Court of King Cole,” at the Brinkman to- night. TURKS GIVE IN TO GREEKS Those Forced to Flee Wil Be Permit. ted to Return. Constantinople, .June —It was stated on good authority here that the Turkish government has instruct- ed its minister at Athens to inform the Greek government that Turkey is willing to permit the return of Greek subjects who were compelled recent- ly to leave Turkish territory. The Ottoman government, it is sald, is ready to grant indemnity for losses in the recent anti-Greek disturb- ances. Ad Clubs Open Convention. Toronto, Can., June 22.--Absolute honesty in advertising and a better understanding between advertisers and newspapers were urged at the opening of the tenth annual conven- tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. Representatives of the 10,000 husiness men who comprise the 140 affiiiated clubs were present. Folding screen panels, to enclose any bed and exclude insects, have been patented. ADDITIONAL WANTS TOO LATE TG CLASSIFY FOR RENT—Over Model Bakery, rooms for light housekeeping- LOST—Gold locket. Name “Edna’ engraved on same. Finder return to Pioneer office for reward. e e e Edward Raugh of Crookston has returned to Bemidji, having accepted a position with Eduard Netzer and will have charge of the soda foun- tain. BIDS POR MOTOR FIRE TRUCK. Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned to be opened before the city council of the city of Bemidji, Minn., at a regular meeting to be held on Monday, July 6th, 1914, at 8 o'clock P. M. for one Automobile Combination Chemical Engine and Hose Wagon. 1 information as to plans and spe- ions can be obtained from the undersigned: 5 Certified check i the amount of 10 per cent bid required. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Dated Bemidjt; Minn,, June 11th, 1914. GE6. STEIN, City Clerk. 2td 622 29 - NOTICE 'POR APPLICATION OF LI- QUOR-LICENSE— State of Minnesota, )< City of Bemidji, ' )ss County of Beltram. ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application has been made in writing to the city council of sald ciey of Be- midji and filed in my office, praying for License ‘to Sell Intoxicating Liquors for the term commencing on Aug. 1st, 1914, and terminating on Aug. 1st, 1915, by the following person, and at the fol- lowing place, as stated in said applica- tion, respectively, to-wit: FRANK LANE At and in the front room ground floor of that certain two-story frame build- ing located on Lo 10, Block 15, orig- inal townsite. Said application will be heard and de- termined by said city council of the city of Bemidji at the council room in the city hall in said city of Bemidji in Beltrami. _County, and State of Minne- sota, on. Monday, the 6th_day of . July, 1. 1914, at 8 o'clock P. M., of that WITNESS my hand and seal of city of Bemidji, this 20th day of June, A GEO. STEIN, (Seal City Clerk. ) 3td 622 76 ~ GOSTS NINE LIVES Aeroplane Rams Airship During ~ Army-Maneuvers. Vienna, June 22.—For the first time in history sn aeroplane rammed an alrship, ‘remmng in nine deaths. and the destruction of both aircraft. The great Austrian military dirigi- ble, the Paraival, 200 feet high, was' rammed amidship by a-military aero-, plane. The dirigible caught fire and collapsed with its seven doomed oc- ‘cupants. The aeroplane crashed to earth, killing both pilot and observer. The gccident happened above the aviation field just outside Vienna. A great flame of fire burst almost in- stantly from the airship and the two craft fell, a long ribbon of flames streaming out behind. i Among the killed was Captain von Blaschke, psrhaps the most prominent i airman in Austria. Some accident to the steering gear of the aeroplane apparently caused the accident. Four lieutenants, two mechanicians and two assistants were among the victims. LITTLE ROCK BANK CLOSED Withdrawal of Deposits Forces: Direo- tors to Shut Doors. Little Rock, Ark, June 22.—After an all night conference of the direc- tors of the State. National bank of this city that institution did not open for business. The bank is capitalized at $500,000. It carries deposits of $1,719,873.68. President W. H. Caranfio said the action of the directors was taken be- cause of a steady withdrawal of de- posits. - Other officers of the bank de- clared-all liabilities will be met. LUMBER IN EXCESS OF IRON Industry Turns Out $1,160,000,000 Products Yearly. Buffalo, N. Y., June 22.—The man- ufacturing lumber industry of the United States employs about 850,000 men, and its annual manufactured products are valued at $1,160,000,000, or more than that of the iron and steel industries of the country. These statements were made by E. V. Bab- cock of Pittsburg in accepting the _presidency of the National Hardwood Lumber association at its seventeenth annual convention here. MANY DROWNED IN QUAKES Orlental lIslands Shaken and Hun. dreds of Homes Déstroyed. Batavia, Java, June 22.—Several is- lands to the north of British New Guinea have been devastated by earthquake and storm, according to reports recefved here. Hundreds of | INQUIRE OF T. C. BAILEY, "Gl Dsses array of dresses-for Grand a i the Fourth 0 fo $2.50 5 10 $3.50 Sizes 16 to 20 $1.00 to $10 », BEMIDJI This space r:served by the Bemidji Townsite ¢& Improvement Co. For Price of Lots, Terms, Etc., Bemidji, or write BEMIDJI TOWNSITE & IMPROVENMENT CO. 520 Capital ilank Bullding 37. 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The extension of capital is said to toreshadow the purchase of many electric and power lines in Western | Wisconsin. county and a member of the board - S : ? 2 & v 5 of county commissioners, is spending . ¥ e e 3 e 2 = several days in Bemidji on business. : 5 R Read Ploneer want ads;