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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-03
LEADERS TO BE ARRESTED
France May Suppress General Fedora
tjon of Labor.

Paris, Aug. 1.-THE rioting at Wig
neux Thursday has psecipitated rather
serious situation, owing to the de-
cision of the government to arrest
the leaders of the General Federation
of Labor and possibly suppress the
entire organization on the ground that
it threatens public order. The re-
ports in the press agree that at Wig
neuX the agitators deliberately fncited
their men to provoke bloodshed and
that the troops patiently submitted
for hours to insults and stoning be-
fore they fired. The conservative pa
pers unite in demanding the suppress
zion of the General Federation of La
Dor as revolutionary organization
which is demoralizfng the country and
terrorizing the people. The organiza.
ton is expected to fight bitterly for
it's existence. During the night the
city was placarded with inflammatory
accounts of what is called the "gov-
ernment's crime" calling for an ex-
tension and prolongation of the strike
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Will MAKE STRONG
FIGHT IN THE SOUTH
Republicans Expect to Gain Sev.
era| Seats in Con gress.

New York, Aug. 3.-It has been an.
nounced at Republican national head.
quarters in this city that an organiza-
ton would be effected in every one of
the Southern states and although no
predictions were made that the Re
publicans would capture the electoral
votes of any of those states it was
said that inroads would be made in
the Democratic representation in the
house from the South. E. G. Duncan,
member of the national committee
from North Carolina, is strongly of
the opinion that a number of congress
sional districts which are now Demo-
cratic can be turned to the Repub-
lican column. To a large degree he
will have charge of the work in that
territory. Representative Mckinley
of Illinois, the new chairman of the
Republican congressional committee,
will come to New York some time in
the near future to talk with Mr.
Hitchcock about the cooperation that
will be arranged between the con-
gressional and national Republican
committees. Mr.. Hitchcock is enthu-
siastic about the consolidation of the
literary bureaus of the two commit
tees,
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STRIKE APPEARS
TObE INEVITABLE
.SWitchmen on Lackawanna
Likely to Quit Work.
HEARING REFUSED THEM

President Truesdale Declines to Meet
a Committee Of Employees to Dis
euss Differences and Outside lnflu-
ences Alone Can Avert Trouble.
WaIkout Will Affect Other Roads
and Certain Lake Lines. 49, -
Scranton, Pa, Aug. president
Truesdale has refused the switch
mems request for a conference on the
troubles on the Buffalo division of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. Grand Master Hawley Of
the Switchmen's union said afterWard
that a strike declaration seems inev-
table.
After receiving President Trues-
dale's refusal the grievance board
went into executive session to discuss
the prospects of bringing in outside
influences to avert a strike.
This is the first time President
Truesdale has refused to meet a CON-
mittee of the roads employees and his
answer has cast gloom over the COM
mitteemen, who were confident that
he would meet with them and listen
to their side of the dispute.
Grand Master Hawley states that
one of the last resorts of the men has
been exhausted and that only outside
interests can intervene to prevent
trouble. What those interests are he
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SCORE OF PERSONS HURT
Maryland Militiamen and Negroes En-
gage in Riot.

gage in Riot. "
Rehoboth, Del, Aug. ..-State
militiamen en&ed near here and
crowd of negroes of the vicinity en-
gagged in riot in which one man sus-
tanned a fractured skull and may not
survive and more than a score Of 9TH
ers were injured.
The trouble began when some OF
the members of Company H of New
castle were standing around merry
20 round. There were some words
between colored bystanders and the
soldiers and one Of the colored men
hurled a brick, which struck private
on the head, fracturing his skull.
Instantly the soldiers, taking their
arms, began pursuing every colored
man they could find. The colored peo-
pie sought safety under porches, on
top of roofs and even in trees, while
the enraged soldiers sought high and
low for them, intent on vengeance for
their injured comrade. -
Governor Lea, who is in camp, upon
learning of the disturbance, took &C
tive means to quell it.. He sent a de-
tachment Of fifty soldiers to arrest the
man who threw the brick and then
dispatched officers to pacify the en-
ragged soldiers. Finally quiet was re
stored, but not until more than
score of persons had been injured.
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VICTORY FOR. BRIT0NS,
International Olympic Regatta Comes
to an End.

~ az k-ibN'
Henley, Aug. The international
Olympic regatta came to an end with
a sweeping victory for the United
Kingdom oarsmen, who have defeated
all the Continental rowers who par.
ticipated in the races
The great event of the meeting was
the championship eight, in which,
after Winning several heats, the Bel.
gian crew went down to defeat in
the final before the Leander crew.
The Leanders won by two lengths and
q half over course one mile and a
half long, ia 7 minutes and 50 seconds,
with comparative eass. The outcome
Of the contest was great surprise,
as many of the experts had practically
conceded the race to the Club Nall-
tlque de Gand. It was a battle of
styles, the orthodox long stroke, we'll
driven, home by the British oarsmen,
against the short, light and fast
stroke, without any swing, which
twice has carried the Belgians to VIC
tory in the grand challenge at Henley.
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CLOAKMAKERS TO STRIKE
Approximately 10000 Workers Will
Be Affected.

New York. Aug. l.-While the coat
tailors, who are organized as the
Brotherhood of Tailors, have decided
to have no general strike this year the
cloakmakers, it is announced, are pre-
pairing for their first general strike in
fourteen years. The cloakmakers
broke away some time ago from the
United Garment Workers of America,
to which the coat tailors belong, and
so per cent of them are socialists.
President A. Rosenberg of the Inter-
national Women's Garment Workers.
union, with which the Cloakmakers'
union is affiliated, says that a series
of meetings are being held to prepare
for the strike, which, he says, will
affect from $4,000 to 10000 workers,
including about 10000 women.
Last year." he said, they were
earning from SIS to $40 week and
now they are making from 81 to SO a
week. Some Of them are making far
less and the women average SO and 81
week. About SIS per cent of the
cloakmakers are working, some on
whole and some on part time
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refused to say, but the impression here
is that they involve the engineers,
firemen and trainmen, the executive
board of the Firemep's union already
being here to take up questions with
General Superintendent Clarke next
week.
# a strike is called it's center will
be in Buffalo, where the present trou-
BILE originated oyer the discharge of.
two men. John Cannon, the member
OF the grievance committee from that
city, stated that all the railroads run
ming into Buffalo will be affected, as
well as the various grain lines over
the lakes. All the freight handlers
on the docks are affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and it
is said that they would go out in SYM
pathy with the sWitchmen il neces-
Eafy.
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idenf, the members Of his Cabling it and
to the ambassadors, minister 5 and

n s.
idenf, the members Of his Cabling It and
to the ambassadors, minister and
consuls of the foreign governm ents.
Among those who have I llready
agreed to be present If possft lie are
Ambassadors Bryce and JUS serand,
William J.. Bryan and William ! I. Taft.
The programme in Springtia Id will
consist of formal ceremonies at the
grave during the morning, a. public
meeting in the afternoon andNa ban
quet at night Two features aof the
celebration have been pNacoically
agreed upon and the educational aal-
thorities of each state will be asked
to carry them into effect. These are
that the same programme which will
be carried out in Illinois be also OBJ
served in every schoolhouse in the
country and that at a certain hour of
the day every school child in the land
shall stand and while facing in the
direction of Springfield repeat the
brief speech that Lincoln uttered as
he babe farewell to his friends and
neighbors in Springfield the day he
left for Washington in 1851. (. 49,
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SAVED By TRAIN CREW.
Mother and Children Carried From
Burning House.

Racine, Wis.,, Aug. Mrs. J. M.
Denney and her two children were
rescued from their burning home
three miles north of this city by Con.
ductor John Lindhard and Motorman
John Billings Of the Milwaukee Elec.
trio Railway and Light company, as.
sisted by thirty passengers, under the
most exciting circumstances.
The house was discovered to be on
fire by the crew Of the incoming car.
Mrs. Denney, with the children, were
asleep in an upper room and it was
with great difficulty that they were
awakened When awakened they be-
came dazed. The crew carried them
through the smoke and flames in
their nightclothes.
During the confagration Conductor
Lindhard and Motorman Billings
were burned on the hands and face
and their clothing was scorched. Mr..
Denney Was in Milwaukee on bust.
ness.
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TERRIBLE FIRE SWEEPS
OVER WESTERN CANADA.
Estimated That $50 Persons Have
Perished in the Flames. 900
People Homeless.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 3.-3.p. m.
Especial to Pioneer. )-One of the
most dreadful CONGREGATIONS in the
history of Canada is sweeping over
the Elk River Valley in eastern
Kootenai.
For the past "a hours a tremend-
Gus brush fire has been burning and
everything in its way for forty miles
has been destroyed.
The fire has held full and terrible
sway for forty-eight hours and it is
estimated that perhaps. $50 people
have met death in the track of the
flame.
The following places have been
destroyed:
Fernie with a population of $500;
Cold Creek with a population of
1900; Michael with a population of
so; Hosmer with a population of So.
1t is estimated that over 800 homes
have been DESTROYED.
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FOR DISRUPTION OF
HARTMAN SYSTEM
Government Agents Securing
Evidence in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. The Record-Her-
aid says:
Special agents Of the government
are in Chicago trying to collect evil
dence to substantiate proceedings for
the disruption of the Hartman sys-
tenn of railroads upon the ground that
the combination is in violation of the
Sherman antitrust act.
For more than a week Ralph M.
Mckenzie, who did great deal of the
preliminary work in the investigation
which the interstate commerce COM
mission made into the affairs of the
Hartman railroads, has been indus
tr1ously working among the big ship
pers with view to ascertaining how
the Hartman combination has been
used, if used at all, to stiffe competi-
ton and restrain trade. On Special
Agent McKenzie's new calling list are
all of the traffic men of the big indus
tries in the city. It is understood that
the evidence is desired for use in con-
nection with q suit to be begun by
the government, which will be SIM
liar to the Northern Securities case,
which resulted in the disruption of
the Hill roads so far as a holding
company is concerned.
The special agents work is directed
toward getting information from the
shippers with respect to conditions
before the combination of the Union
Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Ore
gon Short Line and the Oregon Rail-
road and Navigation company and
comparison between those conditions
and the conditions which exist today.
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Right Rev. Archbishop Messmer

Right Rev. Archbishop Messner
pronounced the Invocation attendin !,
the ceremony and addresses were
made by Mayor David S. Rose for the
city and by John H. Moss, president
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
association, for the Auditorium board.
Alvin p. Kletzsch, president of the
Auditorium association, assisted by
Mayor Rose, off1ciated at the laying Of
the cornerstone
/, According to the plans the Audi
torium will be one of the best con-
vention halls in the world All the
requirements necessary for large
and commodious convention hall, such
as large seating capacity, perfect ap-
pointments, accessibility, adaptability,
absolute safety, ample stage facilities
with every convenience, complete and
lavish accessories in the shape Of
wardrobes, toilets, telegraph, tele-
phone and storage service, ample pro-
visions for exhibition space, banquet
and ass embly halls, market hall, cou-
mittee and retiring rooms are pro.
vided for. 49,.
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HILL PUTS BLAME
ON lawmakers
Discusses Abandonment Of
Oriental Trade.
NO FLAG ON HIGH SEAS

Declares intelligent Legislation and
Not Subsidies Is What We Need to
Make an Ocean Carrying Trade Pos
sible-Points to Present Industrial
Conditions as the Result of contin-
ual Knocking" of Railroads.
st. Paul, Aug. James J. Hill,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Great Northern road, in discussing
the abandonment of the marine por-
ton of the Great Northern's share in
the trade with Japan and China, says
recent developments were not unex-
pected. .s
"Why," exclaimed Mr.. Hill, "our
Pacific trade has been gone for year.
AS long as fifteen months ago I told
them what was coming
Asked if the action Of the American
transcontinental roads in withdrawing
from the Pacific carrying trade was
due to resentment of the action of the
interstate commerce, commission Mr..
Hill replied:
Resentment. No. The commission
cannot be blamed for enforcing the
law. The Pacific trade was given up
because it did not pay. America to-
day has no flag on the high seas, or
might as well not have, for we cannot
compete with any other country and
must hand the load over to anybody
that asks for it. The only way for
us to continue in the Pacific trade
would be for the railroads to own
their own steamers and run them at
heavy loss, which they cannot be ex-
pected to do.
Intelligent Legislation Needed.
eve are not seafaring nation. We
law, Americans must constitt g two
thirds or three-fourths of the crews.
You see how impossible competition
is. We must pay sailors $50 month
in gold and the Japanese get them
for $40 in silver What we must have
to make an ocean carrying trade pos
sible is not subsidies, but intelligent
legislation Legislation that helps in
stead of binders. The lawmakers of
this country have been jumping, jump
ing, jumping on the railroads. What
are the results? To name only one,
the railroads are NO longer able to
buy material and the factories furnish.
ing these supplies find their business
has decreased from p to 80 per cent
and hundreds of thousands of railroad
men and factory hands are out of en-
ployment. This paralyzes everything.
The railroads are not to be hammered
with a bludgeon if the business world
would have them prosper. The law
makers long ago were warned what
the result Of all this hostile legisla-
ton would be and now events are
proving forcibly that they who sound
ed the warning were not false
prophets"
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Teachers Examinations.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4.
(Second Grade Studies tlnued.)
A. M.-8:oo Professional Test.
900 Spelling.
9:3o Geography.
11:15 Composition and
Penmanship.
P. M.-1:3o u. S. History.
3:15 Civics.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST $.
First Grade Studies.)
A. M.-8:oo Geometry.
1000 Physics.
P: M.-1:3o Algebra.
3:15 Phys. Geography
or Gen. History.
Agriculture may be taken at
any one OF the periods on Wednes-
day, and may be substituted for
either Geometry or Physical Geo.
graphy.
Marks of IS from an incomplete
examination not earlier than Feb
ruary 1906 will be accepted also
State High School Board certih
Gates in the senior subjects:
arithmetic, geography, grammar,
U. S. history, physiology-hygiene
and any other subjects required
for first or second grade lcertih-
Gates where the mark is IS or pass
plus.
A second grade certificate on
which no subject is marked below
70 per cent is upon recommended
ton, renewable if the applicant
has given evidence of ambition
to improve by attending teachers
meetings, Institutes and training
schools and by reading books
prescribed by the Teachers Read
ing Circle Board and other edu-
cational books and papers. Teach
ers should bring with them all
credits they wish to offer includ-
ing certificates.
The examination will be held
in the assembly room of the High
School building.
Dated at Bemidji, Mimi, July
14th, 1908.
w. B. Stewart,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
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Survived by Four Generations.

Green Bay, Wis, Aug. William
P. Call, first marshal Of Depere in
1857, former sheriff of Brown county,
assessor at Depere and we'll known
throughout the state, is dead at the
age Of ninety-two years. Mr. Cali is
survived by twenty-one grandchildren,
forty great grandchildren, two great
great grandchildren and two sons and
two daughters.
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Gunboat Ordered to Ceiba.

Washington, Aug. Captain Max
well of the gunboat Marietta, which
has been ordered from Porto Cortez
to Ceiba, Honduras, has been directed
to investigate the circumstances lead.
ing up to the cancellation of the exc
auaturs of the American and other
consuls at that place by President
Davila and also to afford protection
and refuge aboard his vessel for them
if this should become necessary.
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FOR ABETTING GAMBLING.
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Indicted.

New York, Aug. The Brighton
Beach Racing association, which con.
Guided a racing meet at the Brighton
Beach racetrack on Wednesday, was
indicted by the Kings county grand
Jury on a. charge of aiding gamblers
to violate the new anti-gambling laws
Indictments were also returned
Jointly with the association against
christopher Fitzgerald, it's president;
William Engeman, a large stakeholder
in the association, and John G. Cav
anaugh, formerly superintendent Of
the betting ring. These men have
previously been indicted on similar
charges.
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STORMS IN AUSTRIAN TYR0L
Heavy Loss of Life and Destruction
Of Property.

Vienna, Aug. A series Of ter
rifle thunder and rain storms have
caused destruction and heavy loss of
life in the Austrian Tyrol. The Buko-
Wina district and the FILLER valley
suffered especially. Reports coming
in here indicate that the loss of life
has been heavy. Corpses are floating
down the swollen streams and houses
and stock have been washed away.
The death roll in Bukowina is said to
be fifty, while in the Ziller valley up.
wards Of twenty persons have lost
their lives.
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Kidnapped Wife From Hospital.

Los Angeles, CAL, Aug. know.
ing that his wife was suffering from
leprosy Brigadier General David X
Wardwell, retired, hero of two wars,
secretly and in the night stole the
woman from the contagious ward in
the county hospital and has secluded
her in Mexico, where he will make his
home with her. ~ >, < *
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Minister'S Wife Ends Life.

Lebanon. n. H., Aug. Mrs. Alma
Burnett, aged thirty, wife Of Rev. C,
D. Burnett, pastor of the Methodist
church in Dexter, Ia, committed sui
eide on train here by shooting. The
body was found in the toilet room of
the sleeping car. Mrs. Burnett was
travelling with her husband and sis.
ter.in-law, Miss Bessie Burnett, prin.
eipal of the high school in Dexter, Ia
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Lloyd Policy on Taft's Life.

New York, Aug. Gossip among
insurance men has it that stock ex-
change house has taken out a Lloyd
policy on the life Of William H. Taft
for 100000. In the Roosevelt-Pa
campaign a Republican who had bet
en- the candidate of his own party and
figured that he could not lose except
through the death of the Republican
nominee took out policy on the life
of Mr.. Roosevelt running to election
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LINCOLN CENTENARY.
Planned to Celebrate Event on EIab-
crate Scale

springfield, ILL.,, Aug. .-Prepara-
lions are being made for the celebra-
ton on an elaborate scale of the Tooth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln on Feb. II. 1909. The exer-
cises will be held in this city.
The entire proceedings will be I'M
der the general direction of the Lin,
coin Centennial association. Invita-
tons have been issued to the pres
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BANKERS AID GOULD ROAD
Arrangements Made to Meet Payment
of Notes.

New York, Aug. Arrangements
for meeting the $s,oo0,000 of Wheel.
ing and Lake Erie railroad notes were
completed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and
Blair & Co., bankers, according to an
announcement made by the bankers.
It was stated that no issue of addi.
ttonai securities would be required
under the plan, but the consideration
by which the Gould road was enabled
to meet the notes was not made pub.
lie. Neither would any Of the parties
concerned in the transaction say
whether or not the destiny of any of
the Gould railroads was affected by
the terms Of the new agreement.
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Verdict in Hazel Drew Case.

Troy, N. Y, Aug. Coroner M,
H. Strope has made public his findings
as the result of the inquest into the
death of Hazel I. Drew, whose body
was found in Teal pond on July II.
The finding is that death was caused
by "a blow on the head from some
blunt instrument in some manner un.
known"
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ADMITS EMBEZZLlNG $48, $3.50
High Living Cause Of Seattle Bankers
Downfall.

Seattle. Wash, Aug. r. F. Park
hurst, assistant cashier Of the First
National bank, was arrested and when
confronted with an apparent discrep-
ancy in his accounts confessed to a
shortage of $4S,330. <.s-.~z. *
Parkhurst said he had been EXPECT
Ing to be arrested and has made no
effort to secure bail. The bank is
protected by surety bond.
Parkhurst is married Expensive
living Is said to have been the cause
OF his downfall,
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Usual Midsummer Quiet.

New York, Aug. dispatches to
Dun's Trade Review indicate the usual
midsummer quiet in many lines, with
a. gradual tendency to increase prep
aratlons for fall and winter trade.
some districts making much better re-
ports in this respect than others.
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Flood Sweeping Down CANYON,

Azusa, CAL, Aug. 3.-Fifteen feet of
water is sweeping down the big fork
of the San Gabriel river, carrying
trees and driftwood with it, as the
result of a cloudburst in San Gabriel
canyon. All stages have been tied up
and communication with the camps is
cut off. A rescue party has been
formed and will start for the mouth
of the canyon to offer assistance if it
is needed.
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"Gaspipe Thugs" Executed.

San Quentin Prison, CAL, Aug. L.
John Siemsen and Louis Dabner,
known as the "gaspipe thugs" who
committed series of daring crimes
in San Francisco following the earth
quake and fire in 1906, weEs executed
in the penitentiarY here. =