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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-13

WANTED-Woman cook. Inqui re
Hotel Nicollet.
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HE TOLD THE REASON

The aeronaut 10 get along must
keep his wits about him. said an army
Official Under the most adverse cir
Cumstances he must not lose his head.
Always he must be alert and ready.
Hke-like-weIl. like a scientist I used
10 know.
This scientist gave a scientific lee
ture in a church one night. and at the
lectures end he said. beaming on his
audience COndCscendingly
Now, II there is any scientific
question that any Of my friends would
like to ask, / beg them not to hesitars
shall be only too happy TO ansy er
any inquiry in my power.
IAN old lady IN spectacles that gaze
b er q severe, stern look rose and said
Why do wet tea leaves kill
roach esq
The scientist didn't know they cid
let alone the cause Of the phenomenon.
But, never at a loss. he replied:
" Because. madam. when a roach
comes across a wet tea leaf he says,
Hello, here's a blanket and wraps
himself up in II, catches cold and
dies Los Angeles Times
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RUN OVER AGED MAN,
MEN DESERT TWO GIRLS

Deserted by two male companions
when their horse ran over and injured
an aged colored man on Good Hope
hill. two young women, left TO their
own resources, had an exciting expert
ence early this morning. which resulted
in one of the girls being locked up at
the House Of Detention She gave her
name as Nellie Griffith, nineteen years
Of age, Of 6l6 Virginia avenue southeast
The other girl said she was Viola
Boyd. The police failed 70 get the
names Of the two men who accom-
panied them.
The party was driving down Good
Hope hill at a lively pace. when the
horse became frightened and ran away.
Dennis Lyles, colored. sixty-three years
Of age, was run down. He was taken
to the Casualty Hospital After they
had run over the cclored man, the two
men jumped from the carriage and
walked to washington.
The girls remained in the vehicle,
and a short distance from Anacostia
they collided with a runabOUt. which
was smashed 70 kindling wood. Nellie
Griffith is being held until the extent
Of the colored mans injuries have been
determined
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WILL FORGER SENTENCED,
GETS MAXIMUM PENALTY

SCRANTON, Pa. April I.-George 3.
schooley. formerly OF Philadelphia, who
pleaded guilty 10 forging a viii ana the
signatures thereto, Of the late James L
Crawford, a coal operator, so as TO get
possession OF a bulk OF a rnilIon-dollar
estate left by the deceased TO his wild
ow. Euldah A Crawford. was today
SenIenced by Judge Edwards to ten
years in the Eastern penitenuary. This
Is the maximum penalty for his crime.
Charles Reidel, OF LandsviIle. y J..
and Albert Bahman, of Swedesboro. y.
J.. subscribing witnesses 70 the fraudu-
lent VII, also pleaded guilty TO forgery
and were sentenced 70 five years each
in prison. Under a viii executed in 1896.
all Crawford's estate. virtually, was left
10 his widow. This viii was probated
eight years after his death Schooley
came forward in June. 1906 fifteen
months after CrawfOrd's death, with
a VIII which left nearly all Crawford's
estate 10 him
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FELINE HEIRS dead"
RULING OF COURT

PHILADELPHIA, .tpriI 1.-Two cats
here have been declared legally dead
by due process Of law. This unusual
proceeding took place in the orphans
court. before Judge Lamorelle, who
formally adjudged the Tables dead.
When the estate Of Elizabeth Hertz
age was called for audit counsel IN
formed the court that the testatrix had
left by her will q small legacy for the
support and maintenance OF two cats.
The executors hHve made diligent
search for these benehcIaries under the
Will" said the attorney for the execu-
tors OF the estate. but have met with
no success They have discovered that a
large number Of feline wanderers were
the recipients Of the decedents bounty
during her life, but were unable to iden-
tify the cats favored by the will"
The court was then given assurances
that the feline beneficiaries were now
dead. The cats were not represented BY
counsel, and were declared 10 be legally
dead
Although cats are supposed TO have
nine lives" remarked Judge LamorelIe.
their death relieves the court from
some perplexity."
The entire estate, which IS compare
lively small, viii now be distributed
among the other heirs OF the testatrix-
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CHAIR FROM GALLoWS.

Warden Norton OF the Maine state
prison has just received from the manu-
factory a table chair made from the
drop Of the old prison gallows which
was used before capital punishment was
abolished.
The galioWs drop was made OF solid
rock maple. with a pine top, The whole
thoroughly put together vita bolts.
The old drop for many years had been
lying about the prison and moved from
place to place. Warden Norton finally
ordered II to be cut Tor fiTewOOd. and il
was thrown into the refuse.
The idea then came 70 him to have a
chair made from IL, anu the work has
just been finished. The chair is a com
binatiOn seat and table. after the old
fashioned chairs so well known 100 years
ago
The five men who stood upon this drop
when executed were Lewis Il. F. Wag-
ner and John True Gordon, 1870, and
Raffale Capone and Carmen Santore
and Daniel Williamson. in 1Ss5.-Ex-
change
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ANARCHISTS MAKE, DEMAND
IN LETTER TO PRESIDENT
Say Constitution Was Violated in Suppression of New
York Meeting, and Ask That Police
Captain Be Punished.

Acting under Instructions from the
President. Attorney General Bonaparte
today made public a letter received at
the White House from half a dozen an
archists, who demand redress for the
alleged wrongs they suffered at the
hands Of the police when their meeting
in New York was dispersed 0,Ad a riot
ensued. The letter is as follows:
Theodore Roosevelt. President OF the
United States, Washington. d. c.
Sir: We, the undersigned. citizens OF
rutherford, n. j., in conference assem-
bled, deem it necessary TO inform you
that the Constitution of the United
States IS being grossly violated in the
city Of New York. State Of New York,
by the local authorities
The section violated is Article l. of
the Amendments, which reads as fol-
lows:
- Congress shall make no law re-
speeding an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free expression thereof,
or abridging the freedom Of speech, or
OF the press, or the right Of the people
peaceably 10 assemble and 10 petition
the Government for a redress Of griev-
ances.'
The incident referred to was in the
2S, at a meeting OF the citizens, by the
local authorities in disbursing a meet
ing, and furthermore, the high contempt
of the Constitution shown by one Cap
tain Schmittberger in proclaiming that
the police club was mightier than the
Consti tuition and, furthermore. bringing
his words into fOrCible action by com
mandiNg his subordinates 10 club all
those who believe that what they have
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MARS AS PROPHET.

Study OF Mars proves that planet 20
occupy earthwise in Some sort the post
Of prophet. For. in addition to the side
lights. it throws upon our past. II is by
way OF foretelling the future. It enables
us 70 no mean extent to foresee what
eventually VIII overtake the earth in
process Of time; inasmuch as from a
scrutiny Of Mars coming events cast not
their shadows, but their light before.
1t is the planets size that fits II TINS
for the role Of seer. It's smaller bulk
has caused II TO age quicker than our
earth. and in consequence Il has long
since passed through ti1at Stage of plan
etary career which the earth at present
is experiencing, and has advanced to a
further one, to which In time the earth
itself must come. il ii be not over
Whelmed beforehand by other catas-
trophe. In detail, Of course. no two
planets Of different initial mass repeat
each others evolutionary history. but
in a general way they severaIIy follow
something of the same road.-Century.
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Japan's war-like preparations are in
tended for China
AS a naval constructor, he said. Amer
ic-s had realized from % TO . per cent
more power than other nations upon
contemporary vessels Of equal size. yet
with tie lew ships Japan was building
America would be left behind.
He declared that the principle that
should prompt the nation was that with
a big navy, America the great Peace
nation, could the better preserve peace
throughout the world. A big navy, he
said. would have prevented every war
the United states had ever fought. Had
we been strong enough in navy 10 make
Russia get out of Manchuria, the ia
panese-Russian war would never have
been fought he said.
He characterized a big navy as the
hest insurance a nation could have,
'less than one-tenth OF 1 per cent-the
CheaDest insurance on earth
other nations would not be quickened
to increase their navies by our increas-
ing ours. because they have already in
aug1rated such a policy. He declared.
in conclusion. that a big navy did not
Interfere with Christianity. because to
fold ones hands and let sin and wick
edness prevail are utterly unchristian."
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ago for drunkenness and disorderIy cor
cuct. he went 10 work or the new pier
en- the Aqueduct bridge three days ago.
During that time there is no record OF
abseace without leave against Rim
Sherim Collins is now endeavOring 70 as
certain whether the negro could have
LETT his work Thursday- evening Tor
about fifteen minutes without being dis
covered by the night foreman on the
bridge.
Tallies With Description.
One Of the strongest points against
Wharton IS the fact that ne TALES with
the description given BY John Sautter
Of the man whom he saw crossing the
road leading down to the bridge. Saul
ter says that as the man neared MIN he
hurled a revolver into the ditch, and
FASTENED on without looking back Saul
ter viii be taken TO the Jail 10 identify
the negro this afternoon.
At the time OF WhartOn's arrest last
evening il was feared that violence
would ensue. A mob Of fifty men from
the brewery where the girls father IS
employed gathered at the bridge, and
lnere was considerable talk OF taking
the prisoner away from the sheriff.
" hen Wharton was brought out Sher-
II collins, aided by Ceputy. rushed
him through the crowd and onto Falls
Church car at the same time ordering
the conductor TO keep all persons except
regular passengers from getting on
Twice before the car started members
OF the crowd endedyOred TO board the
car, bu twere prevented by tho conduc-
tor and sheriff
The road TO the Jail is being carefully
watched by the warden, and any at
tempt on the part OF a mob at jail
storming will probably fail
Small posses OF men Continued 20
search the ground near which the as
sault was committed this morning IN
an effort 20 find new clues. The rains
yesterday obliterated the tracks OF tho
assailant completely. A crowd o. brew
cry workers, with two huge mounds.
started on nan hunt last n ght, but
lost he trail after a short time.
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ORIGIN OF THE Jury.

The seed Of our present form Of trial
by jury may be found IN a law OF Ethel
red II. binding the sheriff and twelve
prominent thames 20 swear that they
would neither acQuit any criminal nor
convict any innocent person. in 1I76 the
jury system was very imperfect. the
jurors being essentially witnesses, dis
tinguishable from the other witnesses
only by the oath they were obliged 10
take. Under Edward 1 witnesses &C
quainted with the facts In question
were added to the Jury, and finally these
became simply Witnesses without
judicial power, while the first ceased
10 be witnesses. and became only Judges
Of the testimony given Centuries were
20 pass. however, before the complete
separation OF The functions Of juryman
and witnesses was efected.-New York
American
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ANARCHISTS PLOT
Fooled IN PARIS
Memoranda Found On
Reds" Arrested Tells of
May Day Plans.

PARIS, April ia half dozen addi-
tional arrests have been made today in
connection with the May Day Carnival
or Anarchy" Memoranda found on
three Reds" Kuhn. Roux. and Rous-
sci, prove the terrorists TO have been
plotting a demonstration.
The conspiracy is admitted by the no.
Ice TO have been the most fornidable
% its kind ever uncovered in paris The
authorities will not divulge the means
through which they obtained informa-
Lloh leading to Kuhn's. Roux's. and
housseIs arrests, but it is generally
taken Tor granted that the tip" was
eltier given by a repentant Red" or
Dy police spy in the organization. The
carloads OF bombs seized at the same
TIME the trio was taken into custody
was SUFFICIENT, experts say. to have
down up half Paris What worries the
police is the fear that there may be an
other or perhaps several other raaea-
zines, and that plotters they have not
YET captured Will attempt TO carr out
the original program.
Inc papers in the first three p..ison-
ers possession show that the corsnir-
acy included about twenty Fre1cb
2paHlsn. Italian. and Russian Reds. .
II Us admitted, however. that these rec
SEoS may have been Incomplete fnd
mat otner members OF the organIzafIon
Ire sun at large and unsuspeeted Most
OF the men believed TO have been i'm
I9icated IN the plot can not be found. II
3 supposed a warning was sonehovr
conveyed TO them and that thew fed
me authorities viii not vet reveal the
names or the six arrested TO-DAY.
None OF the prisoners has given a
scrap OF information beyond what the
police were able 10 learn from the docu-
the arrests were made
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OPERATED ON AT THE OPERA.

Undertaking q surgical operation in
a box at the Metropolitan Opera IS a
most unusual thing, but New Workers
had such a case last week John Weber.
while stepping out OF his automobile IN
front Of the playhouse, fell an broke
his wrist. 4 doctor was SUNNI Jned and
Mr.. Weber and the physician, TO avoid
the crowd In the foyer, who gaZed al
the injured man, went into the box he
hau engaged for himself and friends
anu here. while the concert was going
on. the doctor deity set the broken
bone Few in the audience and none on
the stage were aware Of the incident
and. though the patient suffered much
pain he stuck IL out. and after the Oper-
alton was concluded remained with his
friends TO witness the Sunday evening
r1Usical program. The broken arm is
progressing as nicely as though Il had
been set at hOme--EXChange
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THREW IT AWAY.

Fortune, we arc told. only knocks At
= mans door once in q lifetime, and
IL refused adnittance passes BY. never
30 return again. The saving is belief
however. by the career OF Mr.. George
McCUloch, a Glasgow boy. who a.
rived iE Australia Just under sixty
YEAS ago with less than e5 IN his
pocket. and died the other day
a millionaire This is how Mr.
McCUlloch threw away his first chance
T acquiring a fortune One night
sitting in a tiny shsnty at the foot OF
q G Broken HUI mine, soon after its
discovery, he played a game OF euchre
with a companion, his stakes being 4
fourteenth share Of the mine itself He
los, ard the share which thus passed
out of his hands was, six years later
worth no less than -. 81. G0o.--LOndon
Tit-Rits
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learned In our free American schools IS
OF greater authority than tho biased
0ictUm Of a public servant.
You, the President Of the United
States, are empowered with all the min
ions of law and order TO enforce the
observation of the Constitution and 70
bring into play all the powers at your
command when infringement Of the laws
Is done.
The action Of this complaint was
performed for upwards of eight days,
and no publicly known action has yet
been taken by you in doing your duty
and reproVing the Wilt II male acton
heretofore mentioned.
"In taking your oath Of office you
have sworn to uphold the Constitution,
and when. as law-abiding citizens,
knowing and respecting The law. feel
that you allow some to do what others
Government and a moHel Tor all citi-
zens 10 follow, believe that you would
be presenting a bad example and pos
sibly encourage citizens to cultivate q
contempt for that Constitution which
our forefathers fought and died 10 OBJ
tain.
Therefore. we petition you TO exer-
else some action in bringing the COnsti-
tuition violator TO account and zeal with
eral laws.
Awaiting your prompt reply and I'M
mediate action, we are,
Yours very respectfully,
Wv II. WYATT.
WILLIAM a. SCHMIDT,
FIRED SCHAEFER.
ar. DOCHLERT. JR.,
JOHN T. LUCEY.
REINHOLD DOCHLERT."
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BILL TO BUY AVENUE
TO CONE UP MONDAY

The Hepburn bill for the purchase OF
property south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
on which TO locate Government build
ings, viii be called UP in the Senate
Monday, according to present plans
Senator Hepburn hopes TO press the
bill 10 a vote, and believes there Is
practically no question that 1t Will pass
the Senate. Senator Scott Of West Vir-
GINA chairman Of the Senate Commit
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
has prepared q speech in support Of
the bill He has gone deeply into the
question Of the rental of buildings for
Governmental purposes in Washington,
and is prepared 10 make an elaborate
showing as to the wastefulness OF the
present practice
He intends 10 show that as business
proposition 1t is economy for the Gov
eminent 70 erect its own buildings.
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WOMAN JUMPS IN RIVER
FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE

BROOKLYN, April 1I-An unknown
woman. about thirty years OF age,
showing evidences OF refinement "a her
features and well cut black clothing,
jumped from the String piece at the
foot OF Fourth street r. r Fourth ave
nue.. Brooklyn. into the ,anal this morn
ing. She was seen by workmen in near
by factories. but the body was not
found until fully an hour later. 1t hav-
ing become wedged under two canal
boats.
The suicide had a wedding ring with
the initials M G."
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WORTHLESS MAN.

Two women seated together on a Su-
periOr avenue car the other daV were
telling their troubles to each other.
We'll" says one in tone of deem dis
gust, your husband can't be any lazier
than mine He stays home all day long
and sleeps-Just sleeps and sleeps"
Il don't see how he manages to sun
pore you at all" sympathized the other
woman. Doesn't he ever work.
oh, yes" admitted the first one.
He works. If you'll call it work. He's
a Waterman at a factory, but all he
has TO do there is just 20 sit around all
night with a lantern. Then he comes
home and sleeps all day."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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BEES AND RHEUMATISM.

DR.. Ainley Walker, Of University Col
Iege, oxford, has undertaken to solve
the question whether, as popular belief
in many countries has long asserted. the
poison Of bees stings acts as a prophy-
Tactic and a cure in case OF rheuma-
tism. AS he has recently been able ia
collect some definite evidence in support
of this belief, he invites correspondence
from all persons having personal knowI-
edge OF the subject. Among other facts
which he believes to be established is d
connection between rheumatic fever
and the production of formic acid (the
acid of bee-poison) in the human body
Exchange
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FUEL FOR GERMAN SHIPS.

and some manufacturers are using a
new fuel called '-masUt," an oily prod
uct from the German brown coal.
The coast defense vessels are fitted
for the use Of this oil. and some battle
ships and oruiserc are arranged so that
they can use both coal and masut-
MaS1It is said to have One-fOurth greater
heat-producinE power than COal. and Is
easier TO handle. as il is necessary only
10 open q valve in order TO fill the FUR
nace.-EXchange.
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CAPITOL GRAFTERS ASK
TO Be GIVEN NEW TRIAL

HARRISBURG. Pa, April 1.-THE
first step 70 secure new trial FOR
James H Schumacher. William ?. Sny-
der, and William L AIathues, convicted
on March Is Of conspiracy 20 defraud
the State IN the building and furnish
ing Of the new capitol. was taken today.
when the attorneys fled reasons for the
granting OF a new trial
Arguments viii be heard early In
Nav
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A doctor, very fond of cof-
fee, found in a few days after
returning to the old habit,
that his heart action was so
disturbed as to make it diff
f1cult for him to go up stairs.
A week after leaving off
coffee and resuming Postum,
he had no symptoms of
heart trouble. "
He proved that coffee does
cause functional heart dis
turbance and that "There S
a Reason" for Postum.
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Girl Fails to Identify
Prisoner as ASSaiLQnt
Amelia SChroH Picks Out Wrong Man From
-Four, While Boy Chooses Suspect
Mob OutWitted by Sheriff.

Despite the fact that James Wharton,
the negro who was arrested yesterday
on the charge of having attacked Miss
Amelia Schroff near her home at Ross
Ign last Thursday evening. has not been
positively identified by the girl or by
Darlington Mackey, who witnessed the
assault. he is being held IN the Alex
sndria County jail. Because Of the cir
cumstantial evidence. the police have,
it is probable that the negro win be
weaIth's Attorney Crandal Maekey,
who is in philadelphia.
Amelia Schron. pale and nervous. was
brought face 70 face with the suspect
in the jail this morning. Wharton was
placed in a cell with four other men,
and the girl was asked to pick OUT
the man who resemblCd her assailant-
After a considerable time she picked
out a man named Harvey Tyler. who
has been in the Jail for about seven
months. and identified him as the man
She said positively that Wharton was
not the man, although she admitted
that he closely resembled her assailant-
Boy Identifies Wharton.
Young Darlington Maekey, whose
courage saved the girl from serious
harm, when brought before the same
four men picked out Wharton as the as
sailant. and said that be resembied the
man who attacked Miss Schron. save
that he seemed slightly shorter.
During the examination Wharton Old
rot betray the slightest sign OF nervous
ress, and answered all questions cody
and conciseIy. he asserted his inno-
cence, declaring that he knew nothing
OF the assault. and was not even aware
Of the location OF the SchrOn house
Wharton served a sentence In the
Alexandria county Jail some months
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Free Hair Food
FREE SAMPLE BOX
To Prove Its Worth

a remarkable Demonstration has been
maze before meeting OF prominent men br
ProL J H Austin the vveII-kn 5yvn ana
Hlsniy successful rep--red authority on hai=
that the cause Of almost All hair tr--lFIe-
Daldnesss hair falling. dandrun. ID 90 On
y caused by a micro-L aclllus. which attacks
the roots OF the hair and prevents It's proper
nutrition, thus causing Il 70 die and fan CUT
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Condition a Temptation.

sour unpreparedness and defenseless-
ess was wrong. in that It placed temp
alton in the path OF Japan 10 aspire
o dominate the commerce Of the Pa
ifc ocean, and to lead the yellow race
oward recognized supremacy in the
Forid
1T IS clear to the Japanese states
Zen thst America IS the one great ma
lon preventing the realization of these
mbitions. Some have imagined thar