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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-13

Echterdingen, near Stuttgart, and only
60 miles from the finishing point of the
522-mile aerial journey which the count
was aiming to complete, where tens of
thousands of persons were already gath
cred TO greet him us conqueror OF the
air.
Orders have already been given by
Count Zeppelin for the construction of
another airship. Subscription lists for
funds with which to provide the means
have been opened in Berlin, Bremen.
Stuttgart and other towns in Germany
and Switzerland.
Gets Check for $I25,OOO.
While the airship was being destroy
ed Privy Councillor Lewald was on his
way to present Count Zeppelin with a
check for $4,000. the budget estimate
for aeronautic experiments. which il
had been decided to give to the navi-
gator as a reward for his many years
of sacrifice in the interest of the father
land
Passing over Stuttgart at 80 in the
morning on the last stage of its voyage.
and steering straight for FREDERICKSBURG
fen, the Zeppelin airshlp moved along
with the greatest ease. Five miles far
Their on, however, one of the motors
suddenly developed defects and the bal
loon was brought TO earth OH a plateau
near Echterdingen.
1t was discovered that the cause of
the breakdown was the overheating of
the piston of the motor and the reduc
ton of the gas In the balloon as the re-
suit Of an ascension to an altitude of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
BROUGHT UP BY REDMOND
kaiser's Plan to End Boer War Dis
cussed in Commons.

kaser's Plan to End Boer War Dis
cussed in Commons.
London, Nov. Sit has become evil
dent that the plan of campaign for
ending the Boer war, which was
drawn up by Emperor William and
sent to Queen Victoria, according to
the interview with his majesty that
appeared last week in the Daily Tele-
graph, was not communicated to the
British war office. This matter has
aroused the ire of the Irishmen, who
affect to see therein an attempt to rob
their fellow countryman, Lord Rob-
erts, of the glory attached to his sue
cess, and William Redmond, the Ma
tionalist, heckled War Secretary Hal
dane on the subject in the house of
commons. The secretary replied that
the archives of the war Office con.
tanned no such document and that he
could find no record of it's ever hay
ing been in the possession of any
body connected with the department
Mr.. Redmond wound up his questions
by suggesting that Mr.. Haldane pro
pose to Premier Asquith the propriety
of offering Emperor William a seat in
the British cabinet, thereby making
the situation regular.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
MURDERER TELLS
STORY OF CRIME
Dramatic Confession Follows
Clever Move Of Police,

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 3.-John Kurka
a teamster, made a dramatic confes
sion of how he killed his half brother
Anthony Schultz, week ago and then
hauled the body in his dump wagon
across the city to the spot in the
western outskirts where it was found.
The confession was made near the
spot where the body was discovered.
The police had dressed Kurka in the
clothes he wore the morning Of the
murder, mounted him on his wagon
and had him drive across the city
from the Schultz home to the woods
to permit several persons to identify
him, if possible, as the teamster they
had seen in the neighborhood. After
he had finished the grewsone drive
and had been identified by several
persons Kurka broke down and ad-
mitted that he killed his half brother.
He said that Schultz and his wife
were qparreling and when he inter.
fered Schultz attacked him. "Then
let him have it with the hatchet,"
said Kurka. Ills wife and I loved
each other and we wanted him out of
the way. Mrs. Schultz helped me put
the body in the dump wagon and
drove it away. feel better now.
was haunted by Schultz face ever
since killed him."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
Rebekah District Convention.

A meeting of delegates from Be.
midi, Blackjack, Tenstrike, Bagley
Mcintosh and Grand Rapids lodges
of Rebekahs will be held in Bemidj
tomorrow in the I. O. O. F. hall, the
meeting being district convention.
The meeting will be called to
order at 2:30 in the afternoon at
which time Mrs. Evelyn Just OF
Crookston, president of the Rebekah
assembly will be present and part;ci.
pate in the meeting.
At 8 o'clock in the evening there
will be another meeting: at which
time the Bemidji degree staff will ex.
emplify the work.
It is expected that this conven
ton will be of unusual interest to
the members of the Rebekah order
in this part of the state.
The Bemidji order of Rebekahs
is one of the most prosperous and
most efficient Rebekah lodges in
the state, and an especial commenda-
ton has been given the degree staff
of this lodge, which has done excep-
tionally fine work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
BATTLE OF The
BALLOTS TODAY
Country Making Its Choice ]
for the Presidency.
SETTLING OTHER ISSUES

congressman, Governors ana State
Legislatures Being Elected Through.
out the Nation-contest in New
York Engaging Closest Attention OF
Both Parties-Bitter Fights in; a
Number Of Other States. ::..~
New York, Nov. 3.-Throughout. the
land today the ballots are falling. All
the speeches have been made and all
prophecies uttered: Nothing remains
but the counting of the votes.
According to reliable information
received here at the latest moment
the fight today between the two lead;
ing aspirants for the presidency is
close. The result, even today, is in
doubt, despite the enthusiastic dec
laratisns of party managers that cts
all over but the shouting" Add to
the electoral votes conceded to Mr..
Bryan those of the doubtful states and
he will win. The states conceded to
the Republican candidate have, how
ever, larger number of electoral
votes than those admittedly Demo
cratic. If Mr.. Taft is victorious in
the doubtful states his majority will
be very great.
The electoral vote in the last presi-
Dental election. in 1904, was as fol-
lows:
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Reducing Number Patr0Imen.

Mayor Pogue has issued the fol-
lowing statement to one of the
patrolmen, along the lines of econ
omy':
"Bemidji, Oct. 81.
Mr.. Claude Richie, Bemidji,
Minnesota.
Dear Sir:-Owing to the fact
that our city funds are now depleted
and that in my judgement it is nec-
essary to economic in every way
possible in conducting our city gov
eminent, I have determined to re-
duce our police force to three men,
bers, and in view of the fact that
you are the junior member of our
police force at this time, I have de-
cided to retire you from the city's
service.
I regret exceedingly the neces.
sity for this action on-my part, for I
am satisfied that all members of our
police department are competent
and faithful servants of the city, and
in retiring you at this time I assure
you it is merely on account of the
fact. that you were the last member
appointed on the force.
Thanking you for your faithful
service for our city in the past, and
assuring you that I shall at all times
stand ready to render you any assist
ance in my power in the future, I am,
Yours respectfully,
j. P. Pogue,
Mayor"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
H. C. Miles Was Here.

Henry Miles, who recently left
this city to make his home in
Oklahoma City, Okla, departed this
morning for Oklahoma City, after
having spent the past three days in
Bemidji.
Mr.. Miles has the entire state of
Oklahoma as his territory" for sales
of the output of the famous Primary
Battery company"
Mr.. Miles says there has already
been created considerable interest
in this company and he believes that
there is big money to be made
in Oklahoma by this company
and its methods of using electricity.
Mr.. Miles Bemidji friends hope
that he will prosper in his new
undertaking. <...@.....- -. : IS.
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on the alley, the court AMI the lobby
to empty the theater in from four to
five minutes.
The class of amusement will be
1O-2O-30-cent vaudeville, such as is
presented in the other Miles-Bondy
theaters.
Mr.. Fleming satisfied himself
that it is clean, up-to-date family
vaudeville, before he consented to
the lease" said Mr.. Warren.
Work ON the plans and specifca-
tons will commence at once" said
Mr.. Miles before leaving the city
Saturday evening. CONSTRUCTION
will then commence about Jan. /
and I expect it will take six months
to build the house."
The Fowler property is consid-
orod ono of tho most desirable par
GELS in the do pn-town section and
has been sought by several in the
past few years. The estate, how
ever, evinced no desire to lease it
and Mr.. Warren says it is only be.
cause Mr.. Miles stuck right to it,
that he finally succeeded in obtain
ing possession. The property was
occupied by the Capitol Square
theater several years ago."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
WILL PERSIST |:
IN RETIRING.
Chancellor Won Beulow De-
termined to Quit.
RETAINS IMPERIAL FAVOR

Although Continuing in the Conf
dence of the Kaiser Germany's Min
isteriai Leader Feels He Is to Blame
for the Publication of the. Emper
or's Now Famous Interview and
:. Will Step Down and Out.
Berlin, Nov. 3.-In spite of the fact
that Crown Prince Frederick William
visited Chancellor Won Buelow, which
is an indication that the chancellor
retains the imperial favor, there are
many rumors current that the chan
cellor will persist in retiring as an
outcome of the publication of the now
famous interview with the emperor
that appeared in the Daily Telegraph
OF London. Various statesmen are
mentioned to succeed him.
H. Won Observation-Disclosures, the Ger.
man minister at Bucharest, Roumania
has been summoned to act as foreign
secretary during the illness of Herr
Won Schoen, which promises to be
protracted. Herr Won Kiderlen-Waech'
ter, who is known for his wit, was for:
merly one of Emperor Williams most
intimate friends. This was when he
was stationed at Hamburg, but he
came into certain disfavor because he
made his majesty the object of an un
timely jest. AS result he was trans
ferred to Bucharest, but he has since
won back his position Of confidence
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
Other Issues at Stake.

While the fight for the presidency
is attracting the greatest amount of
attention here and elsewhere it is by
no means the only issue of impor-
lance today. A new house of repre-
sentatives, the lower branch of the
Sixty-frst congress, is being elected.
In twenty. eight states governors are
being balloted for and some of the
states will choose legislatures which
will elect United States senators. The
terms of thirty-one senators
| Republicans and thirteen Democrats
will expire on March 4. Among
them are Platt of New York, Stone Of
Missouri, Smoot Of Utah. Stephenson
| of Wisconsin and Perkins of Califor-
MIA. In twenty-three states a total of
ninety proposed constitutional amend
| ments, laws, questions or propositions
are being voted upon. This does not
include Michigan, where a revision of
the present constitution has been SUBJ
mitted to the electors for adoption or
| rejection. Of general interest in this
connection is the vote in South Da-
kota on the question: of repeating the
| "one-year residence" act passed by
the last legislature in order to stop
rapid divorces.
Many Tickets in the Field.
The number of tickets in the states
varies from one to six. Only the Dem
ocrats have tickets in the field in
C0S1fh 10 Ill vr,h;
In Ohio the voters have the privilege
Of choosing among seven sets of can
didates for the state Offices. An in
teresting feature of the contest in
Utah is the presence of the so called
american party" opposed to the in
buence of the Mormon church in poll
tics The Prohibition party has tick
cts in twenty-one states, the Socialist
in twenty-seven, the Independence
party in twelve, the Socialist Labor
in six and the Peoples or Populist
party in five, including Nebraska,
| where the Popu]ists have fused with
the Democrats The Socialist Labor
party has proxy" candidate for
president, the real nominee being
Martin R Preston, who Is confined in
Nevada Jail on a charge of murder.
The proxy is August Gilhaus of New
York.
Hot Fight in New York State.
Here in New York state the fight
for reelection made by Governor
Hughes is almost overshadowing the
national contest. Other states are
also seeing today the finishes of bitter
local contests In Connecticut Con-
gresham Lilley Of submarine boat
fame has as opponent Judge A. Hea-
ton Robertson. New Jersey and Penn
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
Theatrical Man Badly Hurt.

Brownstowr, Ind, Nov 3.-An auto
mobile party from Detroit, Mich, met
with an accident here in which B. G..
Whitney,, proprietor of several theat-
rical houses in Detroit and other cit
les, had his skull fractured in two
places and is at the Falk hotel here in
a critical condition. Halloween ma
RAIDERS had. thrown. a telephone pole
across the road and in driving around
it the machine ran into guy wire,
one end of which was fastened to a
pole. The jar. pulled the pole from
the ground into the air, one end strik
ing Mr.. Whitney. u
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03

While closing up his store last
evening between 9 and 10 O'Clock,
0. ]. Laqua, a merchant and post
master at Puposky, a small town on
the Red Lake railway nineteen
miles north of this city, was held up
by a masked man and robbed of
about $135.
Mr.. Laqua had just finished count.
ing his cash in the till and had S21
in his hand while walking towards
the safe in his office, when a stranger
entered the store and, leveling a 32-
calibre revolver in his face, said,
Hold on there. I'll take care OF
that" The robber forced Mr..
Laqua to lay the money on the
counter and then picked it up him.
self.
At the point of the gun, the
masked stranger forced Mr.. Laqua
to the safe, of which the doors
were closed, where the owner quietly
slipped the combination. The rob-
Der than ordered the merchant to
open the safe but the latter pre-
tended to have forgotten the CON-
bination and used nearly thirty
minutes to enter the strong box, in
the hope that someone would arrive
and rescue him.
The robber secured about $50
belonging to the Puposky Mercan-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
@. j. LAQUA VICTIM OF OAR
ING HOLDUP AT PUPOSKY
Masked Man Enters Store Last Evening and at Point of
Revolver Mr.. Laqua Is Forced to Give
Up the Cash.

tile company and between $40 and
$50 of Mr.. Laqua's personal money,
the latter including some money
belonging to the postofice depart
ment of the government. Five
registered letters containing money
lay beneath some papers and these
the thief failed to notice.
This morning Mr.. Laqua stated
that he had not yet figured up how
much of the governments money
had been stolen but the postofice
inspector at St. Paul had been mott
fed of the robbery. Mr.. Laqua said
that the robber had stolen a railway
speeder and got away but that he
did not know in which direction,
north or south. The railway officials
did not know this noon what had
become of the speeder. Z.
The large number of lumber jacks
who are in the country at this time
of the year make it almost impossible
to trail a robber. Some of MI. La
qua's neighbors stated this morning
that they had seen a stranger loaf
ing around Puposky yesterday
afternoon but Mr.. Laqua, him.
self, says that he would be unable to
identify the robber owing to the
black cloth mask which he wore
over the lower part of his face, so
the chances of catching the culprit
are slim.
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PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC.
Says Republicans Have Democrats
"Beaten to a FRAGILE"

Washington, Nov. 3.-Final reports
on the exact condition of the political
situation, which reached the White
House from all quarters of the coun-
try, indicate that President Roosevelt
maintains the highly optimistic feel
ing he has held throughout the CAM
paign regarding the ultimate success
of the candidacy of William H. Taft
for the presidency.
In single sentence this feeling of
extreme confidence is expressed by
President Roosevelt when, in speak
ing of the holly contested campaign
of the Republicans against the Demo-
Gratis, he declared:
"We've got them beaten to fraz-
Zle."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
City May Be Inundated.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Nov. Sowing to
sudden rise in the Arkansas river
the high banks in front Of this city
are caving in rapidly and the heart
Of the business section is threatened
with destruction. The caving has
reached the rear of the Jefferson
county courthouse and the county Off
Gals are preparing to move out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
Outlaw Leader Killed.

Manila, Nov. ga. force of con-
stabulary from the town of 1ligan,
sent in pursuit of a band of Moros
which has been raiding plantations
and causing other depredations in the
province of tMisamis, on Mindanao
island, overlook the outlaws, killed
the leader and is following the rest of
the band. This band has caused much
trouble in the province and with it's
capture it is believed that quiet will
be restored in that part of Mindanao
island.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
C, H, MILES TO BUILD
THEATRE AT DETROIT
Majestic Theatre, st. Paul, a Decided
SUCCESSFUL. Miles Building
Another in Minneapolis.

The Detroit News of Oct. 25th
says of the new theater which C. H.
Miles, who is the head of the Miles,
Bondy company, has secured in De-
troit, Mich:
Negotiations for a 99-year lease
of the Fowler estate property on the
east side of Griswold street. imme.
diately north of the Chamber of
Commerce building, we're closed
Saturday afternoon. Charles H.
Miles, president of the Miles, Bondy
Theatrical Co., owners of the
Majestic thea1er in St. Paul and the
Miles theater in Minneapolis, Mr..
Miles, home city, secured the prop.
erty and will erect a theater and
store building.
The negotiations for this lease
covered a period of so days. On
Saturday A. H. Fleming, represent.
ing the Fowler estate, returned from
New York, where he had laid the
proposition before the trustees of the
estate, and they having acquiesed,
Mr.. Fleming and Mr.. Miles i'm
mediately signed the necessary
papers. Mr.. Miles was represented
by Homer Warren, of Detroit.
The ground has 152 feet frontage
on Griswold street and runs back
100 feet to the alley. Facing Girls
void street will be a two-story build
ing with stores and Offices, % feet
deep. Back of these stores will be
an open court eight feet wide, sep
arating the front section from the
theater proper, which will rise to a
height of about three and a half
stories.
The stores will occupy the entire
Griswold street frontage with the
exception of the 40 feet adjoining
the Chamber of Commerce building.
where the entrance to the theater
lobby will be located. The entire
front, stores and theater entrance
will be of glazed yellow brick and
white terra Gotta. The structure
will be as near freproof as it is pos
sible to make it.
The auditorium will be the larg-
est of any theater in Detroit, with
width of II feet which does not in
clude the Il" extension of 40 feet
to Griswold street, and a depth of
152 feet. There will also be an en-
trance from the alley, with the ticket
Offices in the lobby, which will be
2Ox72. Off the lobby will open wide
foyers and retiring rooms. The
main floor will seat about 900 per-
sons, and combination gallery and
balcony will seat about 800. There
will be II boxes six on the main
floor and SIX in the balcony.
The main offices of the. theater
will be on the second floor of the
store section. Including the stage
exits, there will be sufficient outlets
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
BASKETBALL GAMES AND
The ELECTION RETURNS
Will Be Given at Coliseum tuesday
Night. Other Games for
Near Future. -.
[COntributed.1

lSS4VAAOOSCNI
For the past two weeks the Big
Bemidg" Basketball Boys have been
at work in the Coliseum reorganiz-
ing their team and whipping the
star players of last years team into
form for the coming seasons games.
Manager Hebron announced this
morning that the team would make
it's first public appearance as usual
in an exhibition game to be pulled
off on the evening of election day.
Arrangements have been made with
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany for the general election returns,
and the local returns will also be
looked after so that those interested
in the outcome of the present elec-
ton may get the latest returns from
all sectious and at the same time
the the basketball game, which pro-
misses to be sharply-contested
game. The announcement of cleo
ton returns will begin at 7 O'Clock
and the game will be called at 8:45.
Mr.. Heffron further states that
the outlook for Basket Ball this sea-
son is far brighter than it was last
year. All of last years men will
again be in the field, together with
several new players, who, judging
from their past records will make
some of the old players go" for their
positions.
Though it is still too early in the
season to announce completed
schedule OF games for the winter it
is however known fact that some
of the best teams in the north half of
the state, as we'll as in North Dakota
and Wisconsin have been booked.
The only difficulty found in arrang-
ing games seems to be that some of
the supposedly best teams appear to
hesitate to try conclusions with the
locals. While the Duluth Y. M. c..
A. team is the most CONSPICUOUS in
the class, it is not the only cautious
organization.
The University of North Dakota,
which furnished the star players for
the Grand Forks game of last season,
which was won by score of 18 to
IS from the locals in the first of two
games played here, seems to be SO
we'll satisfied with the result, tho
they were easy losers in the next
game with Big Bemidg'', that it has
been impossible so far to make ar
engagements with them, either last
year or this, for another game.
Several new players will partici.
pate in the game Tuesday and it is
| safe to say that those that see the
game will not be disappointed.
Admission will be only Twenty
five cents for this game.
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FIREMEN RESCUE MANY.
Thirty-tWo Families Carried From
Burning Tenement.

Newark, N. j., Nov. 3.-David Cling
wood met death by suffocation in a
fire which destroyed Starts audi
forum, vaudeville theater at Fiji
teenth street and Morris avenue.
Olingwood roomed in a tenement ad.
joining and persisted after struggling
to the lower hallway. Thirty-two fam.
flies, mostly women and children,
were carried from the tenement by
firemen and police One man was
slightly injured in leaping from a Sec
ond story window.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03

The Swedish Ladies' Aid Society
will serve dinner and supper in the
Odd Fellows hall Tuesday, Novem-
Der 8, election day. Tickets Csc.
Everyone cordially invited.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-03
MACK SAYS LANDSLIDE.
Confident Bryan Will Be the Next
President,

New York, Nov. 3.--National Chair
man Mack declares that the vote will
show that Bryan has been elected by
landslide sweeping the country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast Mr.
Mack said that Mr.. Bryan would carry
this state by anywhere from $4,000 to
$4,000 plurality and that Ohio is sure
ly Democratic.
Mr.. Mack stated that the vote for
Bryan for president and Chanler for
governor would be about the sama.
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Issued W0If-B0untv.

y County Auditor Wilmann issued
wolf-bounty of $3.50 this morning
to Herman Geise of the town of
FROM for killing full grown wolf.
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FOR RENT-Furnished room, ele-
CANT accommodations. Inquire
at Peterson's.