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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
FRAUDS CHARGED
TO INSURANCE CO.
FoEmer State Agent Says
Clique Runs Washing
ton Life.

NEW YORK, May Edward A.
Whittier. of Newark, until recently the
New Jersey State agent of R1 Wash
ington Life. Insurance Company. to-
day made sensational allegations in his
complaint in a $4,000 damage suit, which
he has brought against the company.
In his pleadings, filed in the supreme
court in Trenton by his attorney, Will
lam Mayo Atkinson Mr. Whittier as
serJs that the Wa shingtOn Life Insur-
ance Company is dominated by Thomas
+. Ryan, Harry PAYNE Whitney, and
Levi z. Morton, who own all of the
company stock
Inc board Of directors is character
lied as a dummy" board. exercising
no real power over the affairs Of the
corporation, and is used merely TO
carry out the wishes Of Ryan and his
associates, who use the Washington
Life. it is alleged. as a pawn in some
OF their great financial games
Says Order a Conspiracy.
Referring to an order issued to the
company's agents throughout the cOun-
try prior to the panic of last October
10 send forthwith TO the New York Of
flee of the company all moneys in de
PCsit in local banks in excess OF $500,
Mr.. Whittier. in his pleading. says:
This order was not made FOR the
GOOD Of the company. but was issued
by its officers at the direction OF
Ryan, Whitney. and Morton in col
Il boration with other Unpatriotic and
wicked persons in conspiracy with said
Ryan. Whitney. and Morton TO pro-
cure a dearth OF money in other parts
OF the country other than in the hnan-
clal district of New York. in order that
a financial panic would be produced 10
bring into disgrace the Administration
of his excellency. Theodore Roosevelt,
as President of the United States; pro-
cure a bear market in Wall Street;
bring commercial panic and unhappi-
ness TO the majority Of the American
people"
Proceeding in the complaint. Whittier
AYERS that similar orders were issued
by other life insurance companies in the
control of Ryan. Whitney. Morton. and
others, the result of such orders being
the withdrawal of money from different
parts of the United States. centering il
under their own control here in New
York and thereby causing the panic
Helped La Toilette.
Mr.. Whittier got himself into hot
water with his company something
more than month ago, when it de
d. veloped tha- he had furnished evidence
tf certain facts. along the lines of his
allegations in his present suit, TO United
States Senator Robert NJ La Toilette
Of Wisconsin to L. used in the Sen
ator's speecb before the Senate of the
United StatF OF. tie panic.
:::a !: +: {, T. 8 !. = ems
other n7'9Wn itnev'e-N9. y 'Ss.insura nc,
financial -ItutioDs in thss + lcou.
and il IS believed that their testi7N1'' =
given under oath. will throw consider
able light on the causes which led up
to the October panic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
100000 EMBASSY
GOES BY BOARD
CulberSon Knocked Out
Plan-Choate's Exper-
fence in London.

The American Government VIII not
purchase an embassy building IA Paris.
in the immediate future at least This
was decided in The ,naIe yesterday
during consideration of The consular and
diplomatic bill.
Senator Cmberson raised a point ~
order against IT, item il the bin pro
viding for an appropriation Of $4o'OO
for an embassy in Paris. ASlinst the
protest of Senator Lodge. The point was
sustained. The bill was then passed. 1t
carries "a total Of about s., co.
The discussion over the bill was con-
cerned chiefly with the amendment aid
ed by the Senate Appropriation Com
mittee. providing for the purchase of q
building and site for the American en-
bassy in the French cap; al. Senators
Hale, Overman, L01ge, Bacca. Teller.
and others spoke. Senator Hale gd-
mitted that it was The Purpose TO APP
propriste from year TO year for the
purchase of homes for the embassies in
the other European capitals.
Would Put on Many Airs.
Senator Teller thought that II Con-
gress went into this matter It ought 10
add largely 10 the cost of diplomatic
service. Senator Overman thought that
for the Government 20 provide eXpen-
sive establishments &C this sort would
mean that the diplomats would put on
many airs.
Senator Lodge spoke strongly for the
proposed purchase. He illustrated the
need of a system whc reby the Govern
ment purchased establ ishments for its
embassies by telling a story- og Joseph
II. Choate, when he first went % Lon
don as ambassador, and when he was
in the asonies Of hunting a home for
the embassy.
ChOate's Experience.
"One evening. satd Senator Lodge,
"ChOate stronei out by hims slf for the
purpose OF LOOKING over properties that
he thought might De suitab.s for the
use Of the embassy. He looked al vari-
Gus buildings, but found none 70 suit
him. Darkness began 10 come on. and
then Mr. Choate realized he was being
followed ty a policeman. Pretty soon
the bobby approached him. and asked
him what his business was
I have none answered Mr- Choate.
Where are -Cu going
Nowhere.
Naturally the policeman's suspicious
were aroused, ana ne piled Mr.. Choate
with questions. asking finally
Where Is your hCmeE
My dear Fellow, / haven't any
home I'm the American ambassador 90
Amendments were adopted Increasing
f-a eaIa~,- Of The -ao-a4ar ~ ~ rra To-,
ton and consul general 10 Salvador
from 5000 to $3.50, and appropriating
$4,000 TO enable the Secretary OF State
to protect the property and rights OF
citizens OF the United States in the use
OF the st. Johns river in case OF any
litigation.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

We desire to ask in this editorial
whOt our Bingville Board Of Trade.
wich IS also the Board Of Helth and
School Board, has been ADDING recent
for the good Of the town if anything?
They hasn't been no manufackshuries
or mills or anything Of that kind come
IN here 50 as you could notise II OF late
has there? What IS a board Of trade
for anyhow If II hain't Tor 10 do some
good to the town by indoocing trade or
nanufackshurles 10 come into our
mldsts When the members Of our
board OF trade was eleckted into office
didn't they say that they would do the
town some good? Have they did II?
We answer. mol" they have not did II
and Il don't look 70 Us as # they are
a-going 10 did il
How can you expect a town the size
OF Bingville 10 grow and improve and
branch out, as you might say, unless The
Board OF Trade takes holt and does
something? All the MISUNDERSTANDING
industry which has came to Bin1vilIe
sinst the Board Of Trade was establish
ed was ST Bean, who came here from
the county seat and rented a part of Cv
Hoskins's buggy shed and went into
the business Of misunderstanding bro-
oms fOr sale, employing himself and
nobody else and turning out three h-o-
ons j day. bur he couldn't sell his
bTOoms as fast as he could make EN-
and so S. got terrible disgusted and
went back TO the county seat where h.
coined from That's the only ulanufack-
shuring interest wich has come into our
midst for a terrible spell back. and 81
would of come If We hadn't Of had no
Board Of Trade-it is our opinion that
he would Of come In spite of the Board
Of Trade.
, Cy Hoskins, who is chairman Of the
Board of Trade. received letter about
two weeks ago from a citizen of Hard
scrabble. saying that If a desirable sight
could be secured and Bingvillc would
/ be willing to give a bonus he would
build a Patent Bunghole Factory in
Z Bingville- Cy al once called a meeting
OF the Board of Trade and II was de-
I cided to offer them a strip Of land at
the lower end Of the town for the new
enterprise. But they wasn't none of the
Board OF Trade members who could
make out what a bonus ment. so Cy
he wrote right back that they could
have piece of land, but that Bingville
was all out Of bonuses.
The capitalist from Hardscrabble then
writ another letter making all manner
Of fun Of Cy and calling him a sucker
and said he jist wrote that letter to
have some fun with the BingviIle Board
Of Trade and thought that Cy and the
rest OF the board was more ignorunter
than he supposed being as they believed
they 4vas sich thing as bunghole
/ fscktoTy. It made Cy terrible mad to
think that Hardscrabble was a-malcing
| sport of rs and ne showed his disgust
| BY not even answering the last letter.
| Cy said he thort It would be better 70
simply treat It with silent content.
But they IS one thing sure, ard that
/ IS Il We want to grow until We git big
enuff 70 be cald metropolis our
Board Of Trade must wake up ard 81,
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Made a Bad gOb

snas Gookins. whose hair has been
growing long on him for the past several
years and has needed a haircut turribIe
bad for a long sselI back. made Up his
mind TO have his hair took offea his head
since It became so warm But 81 don't
believe in paying Harve Hines. our ton
sorial artist. sets. for a haircut. so he
made up his mind he would cut his own
hair SO he got a pair Of shears and
stood up before the mirror and went TO
work 81 managed 20 cut a good deal Of
hair Of he also managed TO cut OF the
edge OF his right ear and Jabbed the
shears into the back Of his neck. 81
didn't make a very good Job Of It. being
a he couldn't work very well with his
hands while looking into the mirror. ana
as a result his hair Is long in Some
places ard short n others. not 10 saw
nothing OF cutting hisself up 50 with the
shears II Is our opinion It would of
been better II 81 had OF went 20 Harve
IN the first place even II II would Of cost
him q quarter
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Personals & Locals Mkt

Have you paid up your BuEle subscrip-
ton OF late2 Ask yourself this question
some day n the ssnc y Of your own
heart.
Bale Hawkins rad awful toothache
one day last week which even kept him
awake nights Ba'e sent for Doc. Llv-
ermore who aiS ie tooth ought TO come
out Doc ii e., Bale 70 excuse him a
minnite arc went acrost the street and
returned v a pair OF BIZ Hepburn's
blacksmb longs which he had borrowed
for the occasion. When Bale seen Doc
coming at him with them tongs he belt
up his hands and told Doc that he had
desided not to have the tooth puld even
IN his head
Widow Hinckley counted Up her fruit
which she had left over from last winter
the other day and finds the following:
Il qts. preserves; qts- blackberries; 2
cts. cherries: 3 qts- pears and Qts
peaches. The widow Is so tight with her
fruit which she puts I'D that she usually
keeps II until It spols on her.
Hi Henderson OF Calamity Corners
.
last week and asked Us II we would take
old clothes IN exchange for subscripshion
which we told him we wouldn't We al
ready have more old clothes than We can
wear out in the next 10 years. What we
need is new clothes.
Miss AIrnira Hobbs sundayed with he-
Uncle Hiram Hobbs at the Co. seat last
Sunday Aluira usually spends a day as
the gest OF her uncle every summer
about this time
Bud Hinckley who amt quite right IN
his head seems TO be foOlisher than ushual
this week
I the sick list Is on a sicEer list than ushual
/ this week being as she had a setback.
/ Il looks like shower at this writing
Iater-It has showered since we wrote
I the above but the weather IS fair as we
go 20 press
Bige winslow's old pot-hat which he
I has wore summer and winter for II years
blovved of as Bige was crossing Sna ks
1 Crick bridge into the water recent and
/ was carried down stream by the current
I Bige hasn't seen 1t since and saws II this
axident had not OF happened to il there
I is no telling how many more years II
would OF wore
Eph Higgins our accommodating p. N
asks US to request that patrons OF the
( P O. mail more mail matter at the Bine-
/ Vile Office than they have been doing re-
I Gently or else his next quarterly report
] will make a t1rrible poOr showing with
I the P. O. Dept at Washington. Eph
/ says the sale Of stamps lately has been
4 turribie poor.
| Deacon Andrews saws that some das-
= tards in human form craWled throurb his
1 cellar windet and drawed Of more than
a tub full OF hard cider from his bari
/ tother night without his knowledge OF
consent. This is the first time anybody
! in BingviIle know'd the Deacon had a
| bari OF hard cider IN his cellar or we cal
kilate some OF It would Of been draved
OF before this The Deacon Is so gosf
blamed tight with his hard cider that IN.
only way e person can get a taste OF 4
it without his knowledge or consent.
SlSoscribe for the Bugle and thus he'll
I a almost lost cause
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Bill Almost Had En-

BIZ Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith.
almost nearly had a attack Of snakes
last week. but he IS better at this writ
ing Bill purchased 10 gals. OF hard
cider from Pete Rankin out Snake Bend
way and kept his skin full Of It for seven
OF eight days Last Sunday Bill BEGIN
to notice that there was snakes in his
bed. green spiders in his coffee and 1Ooo-
legged worms IN his boots He got ont
his old muzzle loader shot gun to kill the
elephants which he said was IN his
blacksmith shop Mrs. Hepburn fmme-
diately sent for Doc. Livermore. who got
Bill celmed down and give him medicin
TO make him sleep Mrs. Hepburn found
BiITs supply Of hard cider and poured It
all out on the ground, which seems Ike
a shameful waste 20 a person who knows
enough to use hard cider with discresh-
ion In two days Bill was hisself again,
and now he Is able to sc around without
seeing any snakes At all
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
SiTaYad OF. Stole

I have q pig which got out on me last
Friday. (P. s I haven't got II now hut
I had It before II got looseD I haven't
saw anything Of this pig since. have you7
II 50. kindly let undersigned know at
once and undersigned VIII be awful
obliged 70 you. II you see a piR loose Of
this descripshion confer with ne frn-,eff+
BingTtile- HEN BILLINGS
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Country Correspondence
HAPPY VALLEY.

Eph Foster has IN p acres OF corn.
Eve Of wheat and one OF potatoes. This
amt bad. Eph-
Jim Snyder's dog killed a woodchuck
last week which weighed IS pounds from
tip 20 tip Jim's dog died later
Miss Mary Ann Green. the bell OF Hap
py Valley. IS talking some OF spending
several days during the coming season
on a visit 20 her aunt at the Co seat
where Mary Ann IS very popular and
mingles considerable IN society
Benjamin Gibbs put rings in his hogs
noses one day last week. being as he had
10 DO something 10 keep them from root
ing mp his orchard so that a person
could see the roots Of his apple trees.
Hoke Witherow purchased a new OK
last week and now desires 10 purchase
another to match t. Anybody having
any extra okes for sale viii do well 10
confer with HOze- EXCELSIOR
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Wanted to Bn[rnH

Being as 1 an out Of money and need
a new pipe and some tobacco turrfbls
bad. would Ike to borrow about &c or
a quarter from somebody who has cot
money TO lend and don't want no sec-lr-
ity or a mortgage When have to bor-
VOW money on mortgage dett has a
awful horror for me If YOU hapDeu to
have a quarter wich you amt using
please let ne have It for a spell Just to
see how graitful I am for It.
Bingville- HANK DEWBERRY.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
PaiIingS for Sale

Being as I am going TO put a new
fence in front Of my house and tear the
old one down. viii sell my old paiilngs
for whatever they be worth. II they
don't be worth much then I won't sell
them for mutch- I caIki}ats they be
worth about T5c. but I would ask more
II I thought ! could get II I would Ike
to sell these pailings at once before /
tear them of and begin 10 build nv fence
because unless can sell the old pailiags
can't AFFORD to buy any new ones
BinGvillo- PETER HOSKIN
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

lick the hoss wich got stung with the
bee and had jerked Gabe up into mid
air without no warning. and Gabe done
this with a buggy whip wich he hap
pened 20 find IN the buggy shed. Gabe
was terrible shuk Up and his feelings
was hurt some. but otherwise he was
ysufrft1reS
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
The. BINGVILLB .BUGLB !
The Leading Paper Of the CeuatyI
neutrality-suspicious.

se7 Soth fhe bzsy littis -
iUproTe each shining hozr-
y gathering honey all tAs azE
hro7 svsFJ opelizS e0aR,
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

some enterprises 70 come here Let Us
have some Misunderstanding industries
IN our midst.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

What f. the Use of Letting Your
House Get full of flies when voa can fusf
well keep the sies the outside % tie
house where they belong
Who wants files walking around
on top of their heads especially II they
Be as bald as I be-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

~ ehespest advertising zediz1 IN n.
eowtry- II y0u b>iirTr IN advertising cons
Gsd Sc rs- For Further iEfornatioa oau a
sr address ths editos
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
SUMMER
GOODS
ARRIVING
DAILY.

I should Ekc 10 call the attcnshiOn
o. the trusting publick 70 the fackt that
7 have a
WHOLE LOT OF SUMNER GOODS
on IT. hands which I would ike 10
get shet Of as soon as possible before
winter arrives. These includes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24
Cass Lake Confident.

Cass Lake, Oct. 24.-(Special to
Pioneer-)-Bemidj Company K and
Cass Lake City football team will
meet on the local gridiron Sunday
afternoon, and the game promises
to be one of intense excitement.
The Cass Lake aggregation was
together the first time when they
stepped on the Grand Rapids grid
iron. The boys didn't expect to
win that game, but they do expect to
win the rest.
Coach Dumas found out where
his men belonged and now has
them lined up in excellent shape.
The Bemidji aggregation will
have to play football, the genuine
football, if they want to win the
game.
The following is the probable
lineup of the Cass Lake team:
Koehn, c; Cain, TT; Cummings, 1t;
Taylor, re-; Mccarthy, lg; Hennessy,
re; Lydick or Marchand, lie; Phelps,
rh; Doenitz, III: Fleming, fb; Miskella,
alb.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24
BIG FOOTBALL GAME ON AT
CASS LAKE TOMORROW
Co. Will Have Strong Team the Field and Crowd Of
"Rooters' Will Accompany the Players.-Cass
Lake Confident

The Company K football team
will 60 to Cass Lake tomorrow to
battle against the strong city team
of that place.
The soldier boys" are putting on
the field the strongest team which
has represented the company this
fall, it being much faster and more
experienced than that which played
such strong game against Grand
Rapids, two weeks ago.
Walter Brannon has been placed
at left end in the place of Lloyd;
lullaby has been switched to full
back, his natural position, while
Boiler goes in as left guard, where
he properly belongs, taking the
place of Mitchell.
Billy" Collins will be in the game
at right half, a position where he
always puts up a whirlwind game.
The line will be like unto stone
wall'' with Pete Edd at center, Otto
at right guard, Markham at right
tackle, Boiler at left guard and
Lucas at the other tackle.
With Stewart at right end and
Brannon on the left end the Com
pany K eleven will have two of the
fastest and more aggressive ends in
northern Minnesota.
Will Shook will play at quarter
and run the team. BILLY" has
recovered from the fright which he
had in the Grand Rapids game and
can be relied upon to be a good
general. Collins at right half and
Mantor at left half with Mantor
acting as captain of the team gives
a couple of half backs who will make
any of their opponents go some.
Jack" Hillary, the fullback, is a
good line-bucker, quick on his feet
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24
PecuIiarIy.Made Proof.

A final proof was made yesterday
on a homestead in the Town of
During in an unusual manner.
Fred Otis, who is making the
final proof on forty-acre claim,
appeared before a United States
Court Commissioner at Thief River
Falls yesterday and the testimony of
his witnesses, John A. Anderson and
Thomas Dooher, was taken by Clerk
of Court Rhoda in this city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24
Miqht Have Caused Wreck.

But for the lucky discovery made
by the foreman of section at
Tenstrike, a wreck might have
occurred on the M. & l., yesterday.
While the section crew were
working south of Tenstrike, near
McCarty's spur, they discovered a
a big king-bolt, which had been
laid on rail and very carefully
covered over with a newspaper,
the paper being laid in such a
manner that no one would have
had a suspicion that there was
anything underneath.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24
Pay Your Taxes.

1t is perhaps we'll at this time to
remind our readers that the last half
of the taxes which we're not paid
last May are now due, and that after
November l a penalty of 10 per
cent will accrue.
Now is the time to pay up and
thereby insure yourself against
being obliged to pay a big bonus
for the privilege of keeping your tax
money a few days. Do it now.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24

and can be- depended upon to make
big gains.
Big George" Lucas does the
kicking (that is, booting the pig
skin"j and he is certainly there in
that department of the game as we'll
as at tackle. Nobody ever gets in
the way of Georges boot; he'd
simply raise them in the air with the
ball if they did.
The team will leave here tomorrow
noon and it is. expected that
quite crowd of Bemidji "1ooters'
will accompany the team to Cass
Lake and attend the game there.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24

The dam is 144 feet long, II feet
wide and % feet high. There is a
foot bridge four feet wide across
the dam and there is also sluice.
way for logs.
In the dam there is fshway,
which will allow all kinds of fish
to pass freely up and down the
river. The complete cost of the
dam was in the neighborhood OF
$4,000.
The water-wheel is of the latest
improved type and is directly con-
neeted to the generator. The wheel
is 46 feet long and E feet in diameter.
The excitor has small seperate
water wheel, which is also directly
connected to the generator.
With the present equipment the
capacity of the dam is 100 horse
power, which can be easily doubled
by the addition of more machinery.
Last February the right to erect
poles On land from Bemidji to the
dam site was secured and a set of
poles were strung with wires, power
being distributed from the electric
light plant in this city to the dam,
which was used to run a sawmill to
prepare the timbers for the dam.
By the construction of the dam
the water in the Mississippi River
between Bemidji and the dam has
been raised very appreciably, and
there is practically dead water from
the outlet of Lake Bemidji to the
dam.
The raise in the water makes
fine trip by boat from this city to
the dam, and it is popular trip to
many of the local boatmen.
The United States government
has reserved the right to place
locks for boats in the north side of
the dam, when navigation demands
it.
John Wade of St. Paul, special
agent for the war department,
made personal inspection of the
dam a few days ago and although
he would not give out any Informal
ton as to his official report, it is
believed that he will in every way
commend the dam as being strictly
in accordance with the plans and
specifications which were gotten
out by the war department for the
construction of the dam, subsequent
to the permission given the CON-
pany by an act of congress to build
a dam across the Mississippi river,
which is considered a national
stream.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-24

ness alone should govern as a quail
fcation test. We do not know
whether Mr.. Wright would in all
things meet the requirements of the
Office, however amiable and courte-
Gus a gentleman he may be, or how
astute lawyer. But we do know
Judge Stanton. He has given proof
Of his ability, and has earned an
elective term. He is in every way
worthy of your support.