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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
PART OF BRAIN GONE,
HE PLAYED CHECKERS
Policeman Taught Man Game So
He Could Stay Awake and
Watch Prisoner.

NEW YORK, July with four ounces
Of brains removed. Joseph Fritz. twenty
one years old. Of 725 De Kalb avenue
Brooklyn, played several games OF
checkers daily with a policeman who
sat at his bedside IN ST. Mary's Hos
pital Brooklyn Fritz was a patient
and a prisone- in the hospital since
last April 3.
Fritz never played checkers until the
policeman. to keep himself awake
taught him the game. Fritz became
such a good player That the policeman
found II difficult to beat him The
patient played his last game two weeks
ago and pleaded with the doctors TO be
allowed TO continue 10 play, but as he
was falling rapidly the doctors refused,
fearing it would excite him. Fritz died
yesterday.
Fritz was a tailor and had wife and
child His ambition was TO become a
vaudeville actor. and when he found
chat he had not the talent he became
Respondent and shot himself in the
forehead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01

Times WAIT AS Bling Results,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
BURIED IN PoTTER's FIELD
Seven Unidentified Bodies Found on
Guinness Farm.

Seven Unidentified Bodies Found on
Guinness Farm.
Laporte, Ind, May 2.-The issuing
of a death certificate for Jennie Olsen
and the turning over of the body by
Coroner Mack to the relatives in Chi
cago puts the official stamp of identi-
dcation upon body regarding which
there has been much controversy. Al
though identified by the brother and
sister many refused to believe that
the girl was dead for the reason that
Mrs. Guinness had made it point to
inform a number of persons that Jen-
ME had gone to Los Angeles to attend
school and had arranged little Incl
dents that would help to make this
point strong with such people as might
be trife inquisitive on the subject.
In the course of the Investigations
that were carried on with reference
to the reports that the girl had ac-
tua1ly been sent away and was not
among the dead in the little grave
yard a letter was received saying that
a girl answering her des cription had
been seen in convent near Los An
geles. This story was believed by
some, but the authorities found moth
ing to substantiate it.
The seven unidentified bodies, ex-
humed from Mrs Guinness barnyard,
were buried in the potter's field under
the direction of Coroner Mack.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
MISS WOOD CR0ss-ExAMlNED
Continues on Stand in Her Suit
Against Senator Plat.

Against Senator Plat.
New York, May 2 Mae G. Wood
continued her testimony in her suit
for absolute. divorce from United
States Senator Thomas G. Plat, to
whom she alleges she was married in
this city in 1901.
Mr.. Stanchfeld, of counsel for Plat,
continued his cross-examination Of
Miss Wood, questioning her about a
release which she gave to Abraham
H. Hummel, the former lawyer, in
1903, in which she agreed to accept
$4,000 in settlement of her claims
against Senator Plat, Miss Wood
previously had declared that this re-
lease was signed under duress, but
she said she accepted some of the
money. Although Miss Wood had
signed the release and declared in an
accompanying affidavit that she gave
the alleged Plat letters to Hummel
as her attorney she now denied that
she retained Hummel as her counsel
and declared that she could have OBJ
tanned $4,000 for the letters. Miss
Wood said that she was paid $1,000
for the letters. She did not know
where the money came from, she said.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
TO DISCUSS FREIGHT RATES
Joint Conference of Commercial In
terests and Railroads.

terests and Railroads.
Chicago, May "A joint confer
ence between the commercial and in
dustrial interests of the country and
the railroads of the East to consider
the whole question of advanced
freight rates from all points of view
is assured. That this conference prob
ably will lead to. submitting the issue
either to President Roosevelt, the in
terstate commerce commission or an
impartial board of arbitration for a
final decision also is likely, according
to the opinions of railroad men.
While it is probable the necessity of
the railroads for more revenue, either
through advanced freight rates or re-
duced employees wages, will be con-
sidered in a conference with all
phases Of the problem it is not prob
able that contingent reduction of
wages will be considered If the issue
is left for arbitration or binding de-
cision with the interstate commerce
commission. The commission has no
power to fix or determine any phase
of the wage question and therefore
can only consider whether an advance
in rates is just and reasonable. The
threat of reducing wages is regarded
by manufacturers and shippers as a
measure more easily threatened than
put into effect.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
STRANGE STATE OF AFFAIRS
District Attorney Discusses Looting
of Pittsburg Bank.

Pittsburg, May 24.-Robert Lyons,
receiver of the Allegheny National
hank, has taken charge of the bank
and will make complete examina-
ton of it's affairs. Bank Examiner
Folds said he would be relieved of any
further connection with the bank and
would take up his regular work of ex-
amining other banks.
1t seems very strange to me that
all this looting of the bank could have
been carried on as long as it was
without some one besides the cashier
knowing about it, said United States
Attorney John W. Dunkle when asked
If informations against others besides
William Montgomery, the former cash
Ter, were probable.
.That this large sum of money and
that these securities which are miss
ing should have been taken by Mont
gomery without any knowledge of any
one else is strange, to say the least
There has been no information
brought to me which would result in
charges against others, but that mat
ter will be fully investigated and If
there is anything to warrant prosecu-
lions of others I will cause informa-
tion to be made
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
NIGHT RIDERS IN PRAYER
Service Followed by Destruction Of
Bio Tobacco Barn.

Lacenter, KY, May 9! t-kneeling
on the ground in the moonlight with
their heads bowed, while their leader,
his masked face turned toward heaven,
offered prayer, band of night riders
destroyed the big tobacco barn Of n.
G. Maddox, not far from this place.
The spectacle was witnessed by Flint
Ran Ill and Miss Maggie Tate, two
young people who were returning from
a party and who were captured by
the, raiders and forced to accompany
them to the prayer meeting and barn
burning. After the torch had been
applied and the flames were under
good Roadway the young people were
led some distance away, with instruc-
tions to go home, and as they LETT
they heard the strains Of Nearer, My
God, to Thee" floating through the
air to the accompaniment of cracking
timbers and the roar OF the flames.
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.FA!L Sc Teeth: / FOUND.
Further Evidence That Mrs. Gun.
ness Persisted in Fire.
ASHES OF HOUSE sLuIcED

Sheriff Shutter Of Laporte, Ind, De.
clares That Latest Discovery Proves
the Woman's Death Beyond the
Shadow Of a Doubt.
Laporte, Ind, May 2 Sheriff
Smutzer and Miner Schultz, who are
sluicing the ashes in the debris Of the
Guinness fire, found the upper and
lower plates from Mrs. Guinness
mouth, both containing the false teeth
which Mrs. Guinness had in her mouth.
DR.. /. P. Norton, who made the lower
plate, Immediately identified them and
also identified the upper plate, fire.
quently having seen it, although 1t
was made before he became her dem
fist. s
"This proves beyond the shadow of
q doubt" said Sheriff Shutter, '.that
Mrs. Guinness was burned to death in
the fire.
Prosecuting Attorney R. N. Smith
says that Ray Lamphere, now held in
Jail here on the charge of numbering
Mrs. Guinness and her children, will
not be tried before Sept. 1.
Prosecutor Smith admitted that in
asmuch as so many people in and
about Laporte believe Mrs. Guinness
to be still alive he expected to expert
enca mich diff; c,11tv in nrOvinp that
she was murdered by Lamphere.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
II again slightly indisposed.
Cardinal Logue, primate Of all Ire.
land, has left Montreal for Quebec.
Eegene Francis Marie Henri, ninth
Duke of Marcourt, is dead in Paris.
He was born in 1864.
w. M. Tomkins, aged sixty-three
years. the dean of the bar of Northern
Wisconsin, is dead at Ashland.
Frederick May Holland, author Of
various reviews, essays and pam.
phlets, is dead at Concord, Mass, aged
seventy-two years.
Twenty-four battleships will be re.
viewed by President Roosevelt in
Hampton Roads Feb. % next, the
date Of the return of the Atlantic bat
tleship fleet from it's world cruise.
Following quarrel Frederick
Bower of Cleveland, aged forty-five,
shot and killed his wife and as he
was about to be placed under arrest
Bower fired a shot into his own head.
He will probably die.
Professor J. P. Coiner, at one time
president of colleges in Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles and who had lectured
In all parts of the United States
against Mormonism, is dead at Hop
kinsville, KY. He was seventy years
old.
Right Rev. William M. Fitzpatrick,
pastor of st. Gregory's church at Ash
mont, Mass, who, in spite of his sew
enty-five years, is one of the most
athletic Of Boston's clergy, has been
challenged by Speaker Cannon of the
house of representatives to a one
mile run and has accepted the chal-
lenge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
POLITICIAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Connection Of Name With Graft Scan
dial the Cause.

Connection Of Name With Graft Scam
dial the Cause.
Indianapolis, May 2).-John e. Me-
Gaughey, aged fifty-ive, former mem
Der Of the board of county commits
sioners, shot and killed himself at his
home in Irvington because of the con-
nection of his name with the scandal
that has developed in the Office of the
commissioners.
McGaughey's term as commissioner
expired Jan. I, 1907. The only in
stance in which his name had been
connected with the growing scandal
In the commissioners Office is that of
the Atlas engine works deal. In this
the Atlas engine works Is charged
with paying a bribe of $4,000 to the
commissioners. Emmet Higgins, for
mer bailiff, in his confession told that
he gave Thomas Spafford, commits
sioner, $500 of the $4,000 to be given
by Spafford to McGaughey.
McGaughey denied receiving such a
sum or knowing anything about it and
Spafford denies having received the
money to give McGaughey.
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OBSERVATIONS.
lBy "Doc"l {.
THE CAPITAL I,

THE CAPITAL I.
Ny son. If it seems you have excellent
chances
To bask in the glow Of good fortunes rare
glances.
II you have selected an honored position
To serve as the goal of your vaulting
ambition.
Unless all your chances You want to see
fly.
Beware. o beware of the capital 1.
The capital Is an innocent letter.
But can be made clank like gyve or a
fetter;
If you should be placed at the head of the
nation
Then people would hearken to your con-
versation 49, s.
Or read all your speeches with glances
awry.
Ifyou should indulge in the capital I.
No matter what fashion of good you're
Some people are irked If you're capital
Your enemies leap up in joy when they
They chortle In glee If you speak it or
Whatever your speech YOU should earn
eStly try
To keep far away from the capital I.
You should mt have thoughts and should hide
your opinions
Unless you court slaps from the enemy's
miniOnS. ..
The first person singular. written or
spoken.
A torrent of h0otings and bowls will be-
token.
For troubles of uttermost potency lie
Concealed in the terrible capital I.
An eye for an I Is the creed that they
practice,
An ear for Me or a Ny. too. the fact is!
So whether you speak or set things down on
paper
Impersonal be IS puff Of pale vapor.
At any rate. so. be exceedingly shy
OF using the terrible capital 1.
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corporations, forfelfIng their corporate
rights and busting them from the ex-
ercise thereof; also for a temporary
Injunction against each and the ap-
pointment Of a temporary receiver;
later for permanent injunctions and
permanent receivers, and, finally, that
an accounting Of the property of the
companies be had and the assets dis
tributed among the creditors.
The attorney general charges that
the brewing companies are exceeding
their corporate powers by leasing
buildings and thereby engaging In the
real estate business.
The companies against which the
complaints are directed are those
which are now engaged in federal
court litigation against the attorney
general
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
WIDESPREAD DISORDER.
LawIessness Continues in Connection
With Cleveland Strike.

With Cleveland Strike.
Cleveland, May 2 -Notwithstand-
ing the widespread disorder which
prevailed in various parts of the city
the Municipal Traction company
claimed to have more cars in operation
han any time since the strike began.
With the approach of daylight the law
lessness which continued throughout
the night had In large measure
ceased and cars were run on all lines
without molestation.
While number of persons received
injuries as result of the assaults
made upon the cars no one was seri-
ously hurt so far as reported.
The trucks of a Superior avenue
car were wrecked and the car win
dows broken by the explosion of dyna-
mite or giant powder placed on the
tracks. The car was filed with pas
sengers and a panic ensued, but none
was hurt.
The board of arbitration was in con-
ference with President du Pont of the
traction company. It is understood
that the company is willing to arbi-
trate all points in controversy provid-
ing the strikers return to work and
stop the violence. The only condition
President du Pont is understood to in
sist upon is that the strikers return to
work as new" men and not insist
upon the seniority rule. This is done
for the purpose of caring for the men
who remained at work when the strike
was called, whom the company de.
sires to give preference.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The senate has passed the Southern
Appalachian and White mountain for
est reservation bill.
The bill providing for the eontinu-
ance Of the inland waterways com.
mission introduced Thursday by Rep.
resentative Burton Of Ohio was passed
by the house under suspension Of the
rules.
Under suspension of the rules and
without roll call the house passed .
hill providing for compensation to
government employees who are injured
while engaged In hazardous ocoupa,
tions.
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was surprise and disappointment to
both the president and Secretary Taft.
1t has nothing to do with the nOmina-
ton of Taft; that is so we'll assured
that nothing can disturb 1t. The OBJ
jections of the president and the Sec
rotary to the Michigan senator are
not personal; they recognize his abil-
ity and fairness. They have no fear
of him. They object solely because
he is not the right sort of man to
sound the keynote. He is of the wrong
type. He is not known as supporter
of the Roosevelt policies, but as a
rather moderate opponent of them.
The president and the secretary think
the sounder Of the keynote should be
a supporter of their policies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
ALMOST A CERTAINTY
No Currency Legislation Likely
at Present Session.
coNFEREEs CANNOT AGREE

House and Senate Committees Hold
Several Meetings With the idea Of
Reaching Some Common Ground,
but Hope Is About Abandoned.
Washington, May 2A.-That there
will be no currency legislation at the
present session of congress is now be-
lieved by many members to be almost
certainty. The conferees on the
senate and house bills have held sew
eral sessions in an effort to work out
something under the head of the CAL
drich-Vreeland bill" but they are said
to have almost abandoned hope. AS
a result there is a decided sentiment
among the conferees and leaders of
both branches of congress that the
whole subject should go over until
next session. In that event the work
would be taken up next session by the
same conferees, as the bills intro
duced at the present session do not
die until the end of the congress.
The senate committee on finance
has been swamped with protests from
bankers and commercial interests
against the Vreeland bill. The opposi-
ton has been based chiefly upon the
charge that it proposes an asset cur
rency through clearing house associa-
tons being permitted to issue notes.
For the benefit of the conferees the
views contained in the letters to the
committee have been collected and
dangers" of the house bill pointed
out as follows:
Bond Value Would Be Impaired.
'tFirst-That the market value of
government bonds would be impaired
by reason of banks selling bonds in re-
ducing their circulation with view
to placing themselves in position to
have the largest privilege of issuing
the proposed notes.
"Second-That many banks may be
driven out of business. In organizing
associations for the issue of the pro-
posed notes the stronger banks may
be unwilling to guarantee the pay
ment of the notes of the weaker in
situations and, consequently, deny ad-
mittance to membership. Unfortunate
consequences could hardly fail to re-
suit in thus publicly branding a bank.
'Third-That panic would imme-
diately be precipitated if at any crit
ical period the associations should
take steps to. issue the new notes.
knowledge of such steps could hardly
be kept from the public"
F Senators Aldrich, Hale and Allison
have been studying the Vreeland bill
for the past two days and they are Of
the opinion that it will be bad legisla-
ton to enact it. At the same time
they realize that the house is opposed
to many of the important provisions of
the Aldrich bill and that the prospects
of overcoming the opposition in the
short time remaining of the present
session are not good.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
BY DRUG CLERKS MISTAKE
Millionaire Venezuelan Poisoned in
New York City.

New York, May g. Fleeing from
stricken Venezuela Eduardo de Erase,
coffee planter and reputed multi
millionaire, came to his death in a
fashionable New York hotel through
taking what he believed to be harm
less medicine. His wife, who also
took some of the medicine, is in seri-
GUS condition at their apartments in
the hotel and the remainder of the
party of wealthy refugees is without
a directing head. Whether they now
will continue their journey to Europe,
where they had planned to remain un-
til the danger period in Venezuela has
passed, is yet to be determined. 1t is
alleged that a drug clerk who pre-
pared the medicine for Mr.. de Erase
made an error in compromising the
drugs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Oppose Anti.lnjunction Law.

. New York, May 2 An appeal to
Speaker Cannon of the house of rep
resentatives to use his power and in
auence against any anti-injunction leg
islation was made by the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers in annual
convention here. The appeal was
made in a telegram which was sent to
the speaker at Washington after its
contents had been approved by vote
bf the convention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Criminal Charges Made.

New York, May 2 Criminal
charges against certain members of
the firm of T. A. Mcintyre & Co., stock
brokers, who recently failed with liza
bilities exceeding $1,0OO,0OO, were
laid before District Attorney Jerome
by G. G. Birmingham, the receiver Of
the failsd firm. Mr.. Jerome at once
presented the charges before grand
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Arguments in Tobacco Case.

New York, May 2 After more
than four months consumed in the
taking Of testimony counsel have be-
gun their arguments before four
judges Of the United States circuit
court in the governments suit to COM
pei dissolution of the American To-
bacco company. The suit was brought
under the Sherman antitrust law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
MAY CORN UP TO 70 CENTS
Anxiety of Shorts Causes Sharp Ad-
vance in Price.

Chicago, May fJ.-May corn sold up
3 cents in the early hours of trading,
chiefly because of the active demand
by shorts for grain to deliver on their
May contracts. The bulk of grain is
In the hands of James M. Patten and
not much of it was for SALE The
closing price of the previous day was
rs cents and in a short time after the
opening it had touched 70. This con-
stitutes new high record for the
season, but is not the highest ever
reached, corn having several times
sold at 81 and over on the local board
of trade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Forty Horses oramated.

st. Paul, May 2 l.-Forty horses and
practically all the wagons belonging
to the st. Paul Transfer company
were burned in fire which complete.
" destroyed the company's barns. The
fire started in the rear Of the build
Ing. It's origin is unknown. Effort
was made by the barnmen and fire.
men to save the horses, but they re-
fused to leave the building.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Stock Prices Goinu Up.

= New York, May 2 Leading rail-
road stocks and other shares in the
stock market have reached the high
est prices of the year. The advances
were made on extremely heavy deal
lngs and better prices were scored in
such securities as Union Pacific, Penn
sylvania, Amalgamated Copper and
other leaders. Later a sharp decline
occurred, wiping out all the days
gains. "a
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Paresis a Germ Disease.

Massillon, o., May 2 LIN the lab
.oratory of the Massillon state hospital
Dr.. John D. O'Brien reiterated state
n1ent made BY him before the Amer
loan Medico-Psychologica associa-
TONS convention at Cincinnati that
he had discovered the germ Of paresis
and that the disease is durable.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Child Labor Bill Goes Over.

Washington, May 2i.-The house
committee on education and labor has
agreed to vote on the national child
labor bill on Dec. next. Senator
3everidge appeared before the COM
mittee and made an argument that
the proposed legislation was constitu-
tional. An informal poll Of the COM
mittee developed that majority be-
lieved otherwise.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
Order Two Thousand New Cars.

Pittsburg, May Evidence of re-
turning prosperity is furnished by the
announcement that the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad has ordered the
Standard Steel Car company to begin
construction of 1000 all steel cars for
that road. The new cars will be used
to handle the tonnage between the
coal and coke regions and the lakes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
SON KILLS AGED FATHER.

Latter Was About to Marry Young
Woman.
New York, May 2, Because he was
about to be married again George
Sterry, seventy-two years old, was
shot and killed by his son, George
sterry, Jr. The younger man then
committed suicide. The father was a
member of the large wholesale drug
firm of Weaver & Sterry. He was
engaged to be married to young
oolteacher of Brooklyn and his en-
gagement had caused serious family
Quarrels.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-21
South Dakota Breaks Records.

San Francisco, May IA wireless
message received from the armored
cruiser South Dakota, which is return
Ing to this port from her final trial,
trip, reports that she has broken all
records for vessels of her class. Her
average speed during her four hours
trial was 22.36 knots under forced
draught and 2007 knots under nat.
ural draught.