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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION
Seventy Thousand People Participate
in Berlin Affair.


Berlin, Jan. The determination
OF the socialists to secure direct uni
versal suffrage, combined with their
Indignation against Chancellor Won
Buelows curt declaration refusing
their demand, gave rise to an unusual
scene and a monster popular demon
stration, accompanied by disorders, in
the streets of the Prussian capital, in
which 100000 organized socialists par
ticipated, while 10000 sympathizers
from time to time actively joined in
the manifestations.
One OF the most remarkable fea-
lures of the uprising was the number
of women who engaged in the demon
stration and they appeared even more
earnest in their activities than the
men. g.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
I Match Monopoly AnnuIIed.

Caracas, venezuelasJan. IAN ex-
ecutiye decree anndls the existing
match monopoly and puts an end to
the concession Of the National Match
company. This company was cap
italized at $1.OOO,OOO and the shares
were held mostly in England.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
HIS WIFE HEARD NO SOUND
Minnesota Man Murdered Sleeping by
Side of Woman.

Chisholm, Mimi, Jan. 15.-Elias
Matson, aged forty, a man about town,
was murdered as he slept and his
wife, sleeping by his side, says she
heard no sound and knew nothing
about the crime until she awoke in
the morning. The murder was COM
mitted with a double bladed axe,
which was still buried in the mans
head when the woman discovered the
crime. Seteral suspects are under
arrest. Jealousy of the woman is sup
posed to have been the motive of the
crime. -E.E .-- -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 14.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l hard, $1.09%;
No. ! Northern, $1.0Sas; No. North
ern. $1.05B; May, $1.113a; July, ST..
11B. In store--No. Northern, ST.
OTIS; No. 2 Northern, $1.O43s. Flax
TO arrive and on track, $1.147a;
May. $1.18B; July, $1.2OM. IS
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
MUST UNDERGO OPERATION
George A. Pettibone Ill at Los An.
.. geles, Cal.

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 1 George
A. Pettibone, who was brought here
from Boise, Ida, following his acquit-
tai on the charge of numbering former
Governor Steunenberg, will undergo
an operation shortly for ulcer. He
has improved since his arrival here.
Clarence barrow, attorney for the
Western Federation of Miners, also is
improving and will escape an opera
ton, although he still suffers much
pain from the attack of mastoditis
with which he was stricken during
the Pettibone trial. .-.~>--..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Jan. -Wheat-May,
Sill; July, Silly @1.11ss. On track
NO. / hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.10A; No. 2 Northern, $1.OS%; No.
3 Northern, $1.O4A@1.06%.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-15
Beckhan, Lacks Three Votes.

Louisville, Jan. ia telephone
message from Frankfort says the re-
suit of the ballot for United States
senator in the house and senate leaves
former Governor Beckham three votes
short of election.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
HUBBY FOUND
NOTE He WROTE
DEAR MINNIE
Then Beat Up Siccardi, Who
Gets Little Comfort in
Court.

Joseph Cont, n lawyer. living at No.
a1 West Thirty ninth street. was a
prisoner in Centre Street Police Court
to-day. charged with assaulting hndrew
]. S!cardi a stenographer of No. 10
Broadway Sicardl said that Cont en-
tered his office on Feb p and began TO
beat him over the head. continuing I'M
I'll he was pulled off by others.
May l ask the complainant oues-
tion?' asked Cont.
Go ahead said Magistrate Droege.
Did you write this letter." inquired
Cont, thrusting a piece OF pager into
SicardEs hand.
The expression on Sicardrs face
changed amazingly. He flushed scar
let. hung mis- head and admitted that
ne had written the letter 1t read:
Jan. 81. 1903.
My Dear Minnie-As suggested.
think 1t would be better for you to meet
me Wednesday evening at 80 at the
Times Square subway station. | will
come up that way and tnen we will go
TO n theatre. then to dinner and then
50 on. You can arrange to tell the
story that you are going out with Joe
or something on that line. BE careful
there is no mix up u we will both get
divorced. CHATS a joke, so laugAD
IF you wish to talk to mo cal me
up on the telephone. Don't let any one
Use get the phone number. II might
be good plan to destroy our corre-
spOndence. | don't want to get my
Head shot off my shoulders. so lie care
full. (Another Joke)
Now oe there on time. WI! give
n inf n
You know there is no place like home.
,Ate- nome. out I'm afra'd TO go homo
in the dark. We must not ait up in the
Y. VI. c. A. but you know there Is a
e. a. +. E. With love. JACK"
Minnie" explained Cont. after the
Magistrate had read the letter lis my
wife. found this letter in her room"
Il suppose" said the Magistrate. sar-
castically. to Sicard'. that the woman
tempted YOU"
Yes. sir" whimpered Sicardi.
Get out of this court" ordered the
Magistrate. You got what you de-
served
The evening world., 1908-02-27
HOTEL ELEVATOR
DROPS L FLOORS,
|NJUR|NG WOMAN
Mrs. Oiney, Tenant of St.
James, and Conductor Hurt
by Fall of Car.

Tho guests at the ST. James Hotel
No. lib West Forty-fifth street. have no
cause to-day to complain OF a lack of
exercise. The management unwdllingly
developed locomotor ataxia or some
other disease to which elevators In
New York apartment hotels are heirs.
and after sudden drop OF eleven stories
refused to bulge.
Mrs. Kathryn Olney, twenty-siX years
old, who has been living in the ST
James for two years. rang the bell on
the tenth floor for the elevator. John
johnson. the negro pilot. had no diff
Guilty in bringing the car to that alti-
tude and Mrs Olney stepped in.
=" hen the boy pulled the lever, how
ever. that bit OF apparatus seemed loose
an there was n click. The elevator
groanci a little. but didn't move. Then
there was another click and down went
the car as II II had been loaded with a
ton of bricks and never a cable attachc.
to II. Mrs. Olney and Johnson were
bumped and thrown about until the
seconu floor was reached, when the
safety clutches began to work, and the
elevator slackened its speed and sank
more slowly into the basement
Mrs. Olncy was bruised and her left
wrist WAS sprained The shock to her
nerves was the worst injury she re-
ceived. Johnson was n duh gray in
color when taken out and was removed
to Roosevelt Hospital with broken
knee.
Manager Wykofr. of the hotel, said
the elevator had never behaved so bad
ly before. and that he couldn't imagine
what caused the drop. He sad the car
was regularly inspected and immediate
lv sent for the inspector.
In the mean time the guests at the St.
James are accunulatlnE muscle and
ing stairs up fourteen flights.
The evening world., 1908-02-27

tion. The thickness of the bird wings
causes tae air 10 pass mostly over
upward, The inertia of air currents
over the wings in consequence gives n
vacuum between upper surface ana de-
fiected air. THIS induces the corre-
der the wings.
Simple and Cheap Mode Of Loco
motion.
The bird appears as Il It weighed
nothing descending and arising II
employs no occult means for support
and propulsion. Birds have natura.
limitations and their movements are
limited. Mans possibilities in carrying
weight are unlimited. l will prove
shortly that there is no mechanical
heresy in what I say. II is very evident
NAL locomotion and cheapest in eNpen-
dture OF power It's simply and solely
the use of detected pressure in nature.
Mr.. Hollands device will not weigh
culated 10 sustain a weight Of two hun
dred pounds. A small man Will not
need so large a machine. and an indi-
vfdual of SscretGrv Tafts proport!ons
would need one of a 81 cial make. Tho
spread OF the aeroplanes or wings wall
be about twenty feet, and the rudder
Will hardly be Visible with the ship
In the air.
Inc materials used in the cOnSUuC-
tion OF the machine will be as light as
the strength necessary will permit The
frames for the wings will consist OF
long. thin pieces of ash. The grain OF
tho wood will run with the length Of
the wings so as to give II increased
strength without the loss OF elasticity.
The frames will be covered with finely
woven silk, and fine wire will be used
in putting the machine together
Invites Evening World to Join In Tes,
The operator will have a seat directly
under tho concaved wings. 1t may be
found necessary to start the crarc from
an elevation. This point is occupying
the attention OF Mr.. Holland now and
is the only obstacle, he says. In tDe
way of its complete perfection.
Mr.. Holland invited The Evening
Worlds reporter to accompany him on
the initial flight to Manhattan IN mis-
new air machine in the spring. He
promised that he and his son. John =.
Holland. jr., a brigut-eyed :-uuth or
eighteen, would thoroughly establish us
worthiness by flights themselves before
permitting The Evening World man 10
Join them, adding that he had no sriev-
ances against newspaper msn. Tho re-
porter and Mr.. Holland shook hands
with The Evening Worlds ar''St A.
witness. and pledged one another to
the test.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
FOOTPADS THROW
CH0KED VICTIM
OVER PARK WALL
Beat Man They Robbed Into
Inconsistencies, Then
Make Escape.

Ela1or,ok w 1Jo, -, >, ,o-
fiaSnes' OF NO. 4o'
Washington avenue. Brooklyn. was
"
held up, beaten insensible, robbed and
.s,.,,,,, ~ 49,, ,,
'"io"h oNer 'he WILL oi prospect farR
to-day.
He had been visiting friends on the
p,. s,
f"rN Slope ana ABOUT O'CLOCK started
for his home. AT Carroll stree, and
n.o. -,
The evening world., 1908-02-27
HETTY GREEN MUST PAY,

BOSTON. Mass. Feb. G.-Mrs. Hetty
Green. by a decree OF Judge Putnam.
OF the Federal Court. must pay Saer-
man l.. Whipple. a Boston attorney. the
sum Of s5,7o7 with interest from early
In 1SNi for legal services.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
GIRLS Welded IN
FIJI" FEAR THEY
ARE LEGAL WIVES
Thirty Young Women Learn
Mock Marriage Was Per-
formed by Notary Public.

Some thirty or moro very perturbe
young women are anx!ously waiting to
see whether Henry ]. Kowslsi a Coney
Island undertaken. Is really in earnest
IN his intention to claim Miss Agnes
Burke, a telephone operator in the
Coney Island exchange. as his bride.
All OF the young women, and Miss
Burke especially, are OF the opinion
that Mr.. Kowsh is lust the meanest
man they ever saw and insist that he
Is joking. but the undertaken says he
is quite serious. AS result there have
been some husty consultations of law
yers, and the aforesaid thirty young
women have yet to find out whether
they are maids. matrons or biGamsts.
Due to "AfflnIty Ball."
Last Tuesday night the Women 8
Auxiliary OF the Foresters Of America
gave an affinity bali in Stauch's )
Pavilion. at Coney Island. Everybody
connected with the organization was
there, and among them the thirty young
women. 1t was highly enjoyable event
and everybody got married Those WHO
were already wed. In earnest, got mar
ried again and those who were married
In fun got divorced again just as soon
as the happy bridegroom produced the
neces sary = cents.
Some of the Young women were mar
ried and divorced as much as fifty
times. and. of course everybod! took
it as a good joke Then. too, 1t was a
profitable business for the orga nization.
hvJI hei lal N
pay ten cents for a marriage certificate
and twenty five cents for divorce.
Somebody discovered the next day
that James Griffin. who performed the
| marriages. Is a sure enough notary
| public. and few hours later Mr.. kow
ski presented himself at Miss Burke 5
family nome.
Il have come to claim my Wife, he
| announced solemny.
Miss Burke giggled. and Miss Burke 4
| parents laughed: 1t was good JOKE
| but the undertaken would not bulge.
He had paid ten cents. he declared,
without the hint of a smIN, and ne
wanted his wife. Miss Burke promptly
went into Mysteries, and the FAMILY
lawyer was sent Tor.
! The news spread fast and consterna-
ton reignci in the homes OF the other
twenty y-nine young women whose pre-
dicament is the same as that OF MISS
Burke. They are not 50 much afraid
of being married, for all OF the young
men are very nice and acceptable In
every way.
But II the marriages were legal all
OF the young women are. as every
body knows. bigamists.
And btgamy means a long term In
Jail.
List of the Victims.
The cruel and unfeeing press agent OF
the Women's Auxiliary of the Foresters
OF America has furnished the following
list of young women as among those
who share Miss. Rurke's sal blight,
Miss Tessie Kelly. OF No. S6lj Bay
Tweuty-first street, Bath Beach. MS
Ressie Perry. of Cortlandt street. Coney
Island: Mary Bayers, Miss Perry's near
neighbor, Miss Ida Ackerley, of BaN
! Forty third street, Bath Beach, Sarah
Koehler of West Eighth street Coney
| island Gertrude Greenwall ocean ave,
nue., Coney Island. Elizabeth Eoeckel
West Twelfth street, Concy Island;
Mary Begley, West Eighth street, Coney
Island, and Violet Simpson, of West
Third stret. Coney Island.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
WOMAN RECLUSE
HID THOUSANDS
IN ODD CRANN|ES
s4, 400 of $4,000 Hoard Found
in Aged Mrs. O'Reilly's
Harlem Flat.

Search for 5000. believed TO be hid
den in odd places in the siX-room apart
lnent at No. 309 West one Hundrea
and Twenty-tirst street, occupied fot
eight years by Mrs. Ann ORellly, az
aged woman, who is dying in j. Hood
Wight Hospital is being made to-day
oy her sister-in-law. Mrs. Mary Ken
nedy, and Detectives Brennon and
O'Connell. -Four thousand four hun
dred dollars OF the amount has been
found and is held by the police.
Mrs. O'Reilly, who Is seventy years
at her home Mrs Kennedy says she
is demented and that for years she
has Lived alone in the apartment, hAv-
ing no communication with any OF her
relatives and enjoying no social inter
course OF any kind.
She would hide her money in the
most remarkable places" said Mrs
Kennedy. II know that she had about
50 900 and perhaps there is more. About
four weeks ago she told me sho hac
been robbed and accused a relative.
rAioW UuiC "us oeAhoAANSA' ~ p'o~SNS>
little belief in the story but kept 6
lookout for the money.
$s,4oo In Pepper Pot.
Il discovered she had hidden $500 n
An old pepper pot and cautioned hsl
about disposins Of It IN that way. Latel
she grew worse and I took her to my
home. She would say little about hsi
money and l became tired OF botherinS
her about It and let the matter drop
Tuesday she said che was going to
visit her fiat. and the next I heard Of
her was that sac had fallen and frao-
tured her skull"
The search for tho money by tho de-
tectives showed an odd Ingenuity OF
the aged woman In hiding 1t. Behind
two old bookcases were found $4,000 In
bills stuffed into small chinks in the
wainscoting. and under the marble slab
OF bureau was $500.
Dr.. r. ]. Parker. OF No los LexinS-
ton avenue, who attended Mrs. O'Reilly
when she fell. said that her age and
her demented condition make her re-
covery hardly probable. Mrs Kennedy
is her nearest kinswoman. and IL Mrs.
C'Reilly dies the money will be turned
over 10 the Public Administrator, and
will then probably be given to Mrs.
Kennedy.
Mrs O'Reilly's husband. John, died
eight years ago. He was custodian for
long time of the Bank of Commerce
building. in Wall street. and saved a
considerable sum.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
HAS No USE FOR
L" NOBLEMEN" WHO
GIVE BAD CHECKS
So Magistrate Crane Holds the
Marquis, Just Out of Jail,
on Another Charge.

Magistrate Crane. in the Yorkville
press've hon,ily on foreign 'noblemen''
who come to this country and dis
tribute bad checks with nberality
among the tttle-lovtng Americans who
entertain them.
tall. brunette young man calling him
self the Marquis de Campo Nuevo. and
ne was escorted by Detectives Open
hetmer and Downing fro mthe Pewten-
,iary. where ne had just finished term
Of six months, 10 the Yorkville Court,
on a charge OF getting s25 on worth
less check n, the Transportation Club,
to which he was given card by Major
J. 3. Woodward. a member OF the
Burgesses' Corps. In Albany
The Marquis. despite his recent I'M
pr,sonnent. was debonair. When he
was taken to prison last August he wore
a suit OF light gray alpaca made In
London. light gray silk socks, gray
"bo wler'' hat. pearl gloves and low
shoes. In this apparel he appeared 70
answer the charge against him,
The Marquis made the soouaintano'
Of the hospitable Major Woodward al
Long Beach last summer and oaptivatec
the ir1pressionaols soldier with hIs talA
OF great people and his extensive &C.
oua.utance with the nobility. The Ma
Tor Is q member OF the Transportation
Club, and h e,rtroduesd Nuevo there
Tho aMrqu!s became very popular and
when one day he asked the cashier
Adam wntteraon, 70 allow = $500 dra6'
TO 20 through the clubs bank for ooi-
lection and u short time aftsrward
asked the cashier TO cash q check for
SIS. there was no question OF refusing
him. The draft and tho check oouA
turned out 20 be worthless' and the
Major had 10 settle for the s2o
We don't care to make charge,
sn!d Cashier Nuttersoa II court. ine
maa is just out OF Jail and the major
made god the money ..,,.
tut tut" snld the Magistrate. "Ae
deceived you. didn't ne? He p'etended
TO be something he was not, dldh ne
one OF your club members IL out OF
Docket ami yet you want the man 10
so cot free and perhaps d"eeive other
American citizens. ! am tired OF these
'noblemen' coming oVef mere ana GET
ding munsy for nothing Just because
they stick ut!e in front OF their
names. I'm going TO hold the mar,
9uis' in $500 bail for trial In Spechu
sessions Court"
According to the detectives the Mar
qus had enjoyed an interesting career
IN New York, He was popular in go
ctety ard lived Ike II lord. Last August
ne drove up to the Long Beach Hotel
in an automobile and registered. lie in.
ducrd the management 10 cash bad
check for him aud then dlsnprcared.
Some weeks later he wont 10 d gar
age and wanted TO hlrc mn automobile
70 take him to Phllndelphn Offering q
check IN pavmcnt. The garage people
wnntcd n reference and the Marquis
tonushly refcrred them TO tho Long
Beach Hotel so tho hotel was called
over ti,c trlcOhono,
Yes we know him" vas tho nnswer
over the wire "nni we want him Tel
MIN TO 20 To the Hotcl Emn're and the
clerk Will ~'vo h''n tho monev"
SO tho Mnruu's wpa ,cn''ced to the
rmpirc whore two detectives took
charge Of him He ~ss taken before
Mn r'strntc Wallace NJ lIempstead and
pc,terced 10 IN" peritont'nrv for si,
months
The evening world., 1908-02-27
CAN It EXPLAIN
WHY SHE JUMPED
BEFORE A TRAIN
Mrs. John Stavenhagen Had
Been Married Only Twelve
Weeks and Seemed Happy.

Mrs. John Stavenhagen. the young
woman who ended her life last night
by throwing herself under the wheels
OF subway train at tho Eighteenth
street station, It was learned to-day
was bride OF little over twelve
weeks.
Helene Bauer came to America last
October from Kuriand Baltic
do. She was met at the pier in Ho-
boken by her husband-to- be, a brother
OF William Stavenhagen, president
OF the ]. Bernard Company. lace
bey bad a been ~ for
many years, but Stave hag gen had put
off sending for her until he had built
M a little fortune for himself Every
two or three years OF the fifteen he
has been In this country he revisited
Kronland and saw his sweetheart.
Mrs. stavenhagen celebrated her
thirtieth birthday few weeks ago and
ner new surroTlgs," said the Rev.
Alexander Richter. who married the
couple she took an active interest III
chmroh work and gave her attention to
mo music and choir OF st Matthew 5.
iovial spirits. She dill not tell me of
any love affair in her native land, and
| am quite certain that her married life
was happy. The suicide is n mystery 10
ne"
At noon Yesterday Mrs. Stavenhagen
called on a neighbor. She said she was
roin gto lunch with her husband and
would be home early 1t was about
) O'Clock when she was seen on the
subway platform. Her husband has no,
said whether she met him at his Office.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
FRANCE DENIES FRICTION
WITH UNITED STATES

PARIS. Feb. 27.-Thc reports that
friction has arisen between France and
the United States in the matter of the
Haytien revolutionary refugees who
found shelter in the French Consulate
at Gonaives and St. Mare, Hayti, were
given official denial to-day.
France has no intention OF modifying
her decision, announced last week. that
she would not turn over the refugees
to the Haytien authorities, as she does
not believe that the government of Gen.
Nord Alexis would give them a fair
trial.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
WOMAN CHOKED
BY BOLD BURGLAR
AS SHE AWAKES
Intruder Threatens to Kill Wife
of Ex-Alderman
4 Often.
MENACES DAUGHTER.
Gary Then Leisurely Loots
House at Bayside While
Owner Is Asleep.
NE NACES DAUGHTER

xrN$A oS former
""S -
osms homo In Auourndale. between Bay
"a. and F1ushtnR about dawn to-day
.,, o- ,.- ,ea Pa
~. no, .o,a.
"a ~, Ltu ,,or,
- 49,. -oo,,,
=" AH your oAush'er =" .,'e .e'S..s
ana no '.u'Seu '' -. -.
"iiAi os tle ~ ata,,
'i.i! SIC "oe III,
now ihaNe "0e anu la
H.pp" 70 you As'."' -. -,
the ouFsa' .e
room Oh
5e~eIr' ii hai'u' h,Id '.e
~ o. -,
room ne turheu 10 NJ ... ~. 90
.-,..- =. IN the next room and what
ha,ne,Aa TO YOU will happen to
=.
Too FrIoi,tened to Stir.
s.,, a., nor- Mr., Often law. too
- ,c-aou nv 20 re, To her
sho -ayar,ed sorna Of her
- .ho ra, +o vhare her husband
sino-.ro in a rear room. screamed
~. o., uncn,scious. When she was
-, .b. tol3 what had happened
.a Mr. often and George Blender1nan,
- Manhattan. who was visiting at tho
,orss went 10 the Iower floor to dis
c-orvAr that burglars had entered through
. rear window and taken everything Of
value they could carry of.
Mr.. and Mrs. Often and Mr. Blcnder-
man went to an entertainment at the
Democratic Cub. in Flushing. last
night. and did not arrive home until
o'c.ock this morning. Mr.. Often went
through the lower floor and found all
Doors AMI windows were locked
The police believe that when the OF
tens got home this morning the bur
glars were concealed in closet or In
. room on the third floor.
Banqueted Before Looting.
The burglars set about the robbery
most deliberately. They first helped
themselves to the best in the larder.
and had a spread on the dlnInr-room
table. which was made more ENJOYABLE
by a free use of wine and whiskey,
Then cigars were smoked. Half a dozen
Cigar butts were found on the dining
room floor. showing how leisurelv the
burglars had gone about their work
When Mr.. Often discovered the rob-
berry ne called fyr his ne!ghbors Col
William NJ. Thomas and John Muno.
And the Flushing police were notired
,,.,..,.- a., >,.,a..
fiea'p !n were
The evening world., 1908-02-27
A TALE OF TWO ADS"
Brrkitt Rises to Announce, So
Does Sarcastic Wife.

Advertisement OF william Burkitt. Of
rrvirgton. y. J.:
MY WIFE Mrs. Lillian Burkitt having
loft nv bed ana board viii not be re-.
sponsihla ror debts contracted by her.
(S'~rrrl WILLIAM PCRKTTT
Far oi ions,
Mrs Burkitt countered promptly and
hard Yesterday with this card:
Published reioinder OF Mrs. Burkitt:
MY HUSBAND. William Burkitt OF No ~
Sp,edwe av., lrvinston. never owned my
bed. pn1 my h1nrd ! wns compellei to
earn nj the washtubs MRS. BURKITT.
That's all.