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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
INCREASE PAY
OF PRESIDENT
Senate Committee Agrees to
100000 Annually.
AMENDED BILL REPORTED

Change Is Referred to Appropriations
Committee and, If Approved, Will
Be Incorporated in Appropriation
Bill Now Under Observation-Disclosures
posed Increase Includes $4,000 Al
lowed for. Travelling Expenses.
Washington, Jan. by an amend
ment to the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, which was
reported to the senate from the COM
mittee on finance, the salary of the
president of the United States is in
creased from $4,000 to 100000, the
Increase to include the $4,000 now
annually appropriated for the presi-
dents travelling expenses. Amend
ments also were reported from the
finance committee increasing the sal
aries of the vice president and the
speaker of the house from $4,000 to
$4,000 year. The amendments we're
referred by the senate to the commit
Use OIL appropriations, Wn1cn, II IL ap-
proves them, will incorporate them In
the appropriation bill which is now
under consideration and report them
back to the senate for action.
There was a full attendance Of the
members of the committee when the
proposed increases of salaries were
taken up. It was first suggested that
the increase of the salary of the pres
fdent should be to $4,000 a year,
which is the amount he now receives,
including the $4,000 paid for travel
ing expenses
Senator Bailey opposed any in
crease being made, but the amend
ments were acted upon favorably
without roll call.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
WILL DELAY INAUGURATION
illinois Legislature Deadlocked on
Canvass of State Vote.

SoIvoSo VI SS0SS sSSSs
Springfield, Ill.,, Ian. THE legis-
lature is in deadlock on the can
vass of the vote cast for state officers
ane there will be no inaugural on
Monday next, which IL the date when
the new state officers would be in
Quoted into Office under ordinary con-
aitions. The senate is in readiness
to go ahead with the inauguration of
Governor Deneen and all the other
state officers, but it has served notice
upon the Shurtleff organization in the
house that it will not participate In
the ioint session to canvass the vote
until it is fully advised as to the plan
of procedure relative to tho reaount
which the Democrats demand on the
govemorship.
In view of the senate's refusal to
meet in joint session to canvass the
vote the house held up Indefinitely
the senate joint resolution providing
for committee to make plans for
ehe inaugural next Monday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Citation for Hearing on Petition for Probate OF
Foreign Will.

Citation for Hearing on Petition for Probate of
Foreign Will.
Estate Of Edith NJ. Jones'
stPte Of Minnesota Times County OF Beltram In
In the Matter of the Estate of Edith M.
Jones, Decedent. .
The State of Minnesota to George Jones'
Grace Jones. Edmund Sanderson, Gertrude
SanderSon (nee Leroy, William 81. Sander
son and all persons interested in the allow
ance and probate OF the will of said decedent:
The petition Of William 81. Sanderson. repre-
sentlng that Edith N. Jones, then resident
OF the Countyof Beltrami. State of Mime
sofa. died on the 21st day of February, 1908.
testate and that her VIII has been allowed
and admitted to probate in the District court
in and for the county of Custer, State of
Montana. being fled in this court, together
with aut henticated copies of said will and of
the probate thereof in the court above
named. and praying that said will be adj
mitted to Probate in this State. and that
William 81. sanderson of Rusk. Wisconsin:
Now therefore. you, and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause. if
any you have, before this court. at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House. in
the City of Bemidj County of Beltrami.
State OF Minnesota. on the Goth day of jan
uary. 1909. at ten O'Clock a. NJ, why the
Witness the Hon. NJ. A. Clark. Judge OF said
Court. and the seal OF said Court, this 18th
day of December. 1908.
lCourt Seal M. A. CLARK,
Judge of Probate Court
G.. W. Campbell.
Attorney for Petitioner,
Bemidji, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
HOUSE committee PROBE
Investigating Expenditures of Post
office Department.

VI TOSt-
office Department.
Washington, Jan. with view
of ascertaining how the $222,000,000
appropriated annually for the ex-
penses of the postal service is ex-
pended the house committee on post
office expenditures has started it's
probe.
Chairman Wanger's committee is
engaged in examining conditions in
the Office of the purchasing agent. It
has been ascertained that a large
quantity of supplies has been pur-
chased by the Office, entirely indie
pendent of the annual contracts, de-
signed to cover everything that the
service needed. These purchases
ranged in amount from rs cents to
$4,000 and covered multitude of art
icles. So far as the committee has
gone the acting purchasing agent has
been able to give a satisfactory rea-
son, it is said, for the purchases.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09

Boston, Nelson Gay of Boston, John
Elliott, Wilfred Thompson and score
of other Americans, including doctors
and nurses. Mrs. Griscom, Mrs. Gay
and Mrs. Elliott accompany the relief
workers as far as Civita Vecchia.
The ambassador is going only as far
as the Strait of Messina, where he
will start the Bayern on it's work of
relief. He will meet Admiral Sperry,
who is coming from Port Said on
board the flagship Connecticut, in the
straits, and return with the Connec-
tout to Naples. The American battle
ships following the Connecticut north
Will be placed at the disposal of the
Italian authorities,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
FOUR CHILDREN ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Five Other Members Of Family
Badly Frozen.

Rice Lake. Wis, JAN -Four boys,
whose ages ranged from eight to six-
teen years, sons of Christ Lee, near
here, were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the home Of Mr.. Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee, with three ether
small children, escaped from the
burning house in their night clothes.
With the thermometer registering
~ degrees below zero Mr.. Lee and
the members of his family who es-
capped from the fire started for the
nearest neighbours house, mile dis
tant, clad only in their night clothes
and with bare feet. Mrs. Lee aad
two of the children collapsed when
within quarter of a mile Of the
neighbours house and the husband was
compelled to carry the three. The
third child walked and reached the
house, but both feet were frozen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09

Mr.. Cu1berson introduced resolu-
ton instructing the committee on
judiciary to report to the senate at as
early day as practicable whether in
the opinion of that committee the
president was authorized to permit
the absorption Of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the United
States Steel corporation and then pro-
cseded with his remarks
Mr.. Culberson said the presidents
position in denying that congress had
authority to direct a head Of de-
partment by resolution of inquiry
lis characteristic of the distinguished
occupant of the White House and it
Is q corollary Of the main dogma that
he is absolved from any legal re-
straint whatever
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
hRMY OFFICER ON TRIAL
Major Fremont Faces courtnaartIaI in
Cuba TODAY.

Cuna u day.
Havana, Jan. l.-The general court
martial ordered by the president to
assemble at Sagua La lGrande to try
the case of Major Francis P. Fremont
of the Fifth infantry convened there
today.
Major Fremont is charged with hav-
Ing made misstatements concerning
Major Wallace O. Clark of his own
regiment. It is alleged that he said
that Major Clark became intoxicated
at Sagua and for that reason had been
removed and would never again be
given a separate command in Cuba.
He also is charged with having denied
the statement after having made it.
Major Fremont is the son of the
famous General John G. Fremont,
the Pathfinder" The present occa-
sion is his third appearance before
courtsmartial. He was once convict
ed of the charge of financial irreg-
ularities and once convicted of strik-
ing an enlisted man and using i'm
proper language to him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Mr.. cuLBERsoN REPLIES

Accuses President of "Anotk1er Arbi.
trary and LawIess Act"
y Washington, Jan. I'm the senate
Senator Culberson made brief reply
to the message sent to the senate by
the president saying that he had d.
Zreoted Attorney General Bonaparte
not to reply to the senate's resolution
Of inquiry concerning the merger of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron com.
pany with the United States Steel
corporation. In his statement Mr.
Culberson characterized this as "an.
other arbitrary and lawless act,
which, he said, chad been traced to
the chief magistrate of the country,
who is not only solemnly obligated to
obey t he law himself. hni To sac thot
others do So" .---..--.4. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Minnesota Bank Closes.

Brainerd, Mimi, Jan. The Secur-
ity State bank Of this city closed its
doors, it's officers requesting the bank
examiner to make an investigation.
1t was opened on Aug. 1, 1907, and
had a capital stock of $4,000. It's
last statement, dated Nov. II, showed
deposits of $35,S50. It's president says
every depositor will be paid dollar for
dollar
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
WILL REMAIN SEVERAL DAYS
Senator Knox Arrives for Conference
With Taft.

Augusta, Ca, Jan. Senator Phil
ander c. Knox, selected by President
Elect Taft for secretary of state, has
arrived here. He said he should re-
main probably three or four days, or
"as long as the business which brings
me here requires my presence" as
the senator put it. Pending a con-
ference with Mr.. Taft he said he had
nothing to say for publication. With
Mr.. Knox was Senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., of Oregon, who is here
to play golf with Mr.. Taft.
The president-elect had an appoint
ment with Warren S. Stone of Cleve-
land, o., grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh tfatCo ntain

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh t1,atCo ntain
Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they do is ten fold to
The good you can possibly derive from them.
Halis Catarrh Cure, manufactured by T. j..
cheney 4 Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no mer-
curry. and is taken Internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. It is taken intern
ally and made in Toledo. O., by F. J. Cheney
& Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bottle. -
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
RADICAL RECOMMENDATION
Governor Sheldon Would SteriI;ze
Criminals and Insane.

NSvCIHVT 0ISIOOu "OulQ SCS1ltikS
Criminals and Insane.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. AFTER calling
attention to the increase in insane pa
tients and convicts Governor Sheldon,
the retiring governor, in his message
to the legislature, asserted that soci-
ETY. was justified in adopting laws for
protection. He said:
Society is justified in adopting such
policies and in carrying them out
against individuals as will in the long
run tend to help elevate and perpetu-
ate the human race. Careless and ill
advised marriages have had great
deal to do in increasing the dependent
classes and in producing untold mis-
cry.
I'm order to prevent the confirmed
criminal and the incurable insane from
producing offspring suggest that you
give careful consideration to the ne
cessity of passing law providing for
the sterilization of that class of peo-
pie" %.-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Half a Million Fire Loss.

Chicago, Jan. "A spectacular fire
at the stock yards destroyed large
part of the fertilizing plant of Darling
e Co. and, after burning large stores
of chemicals, causing explosions and
injuring a number of firemen by fall
ing walls, caused total loss of $780,
900.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
CONCLUDES HIS TESTIMONY
Thornton J. Hams Retires From Wit
ness Stand,

Flushing, N. Y, Jan. AFTER many
hours on the witness stand, where his
story of the killing of William E. An
mis- was probed in it's most minute de
tail, Thornton Jenkins Hams was ex
cused from further examination by
counsel for both sides. Hams showed
signs of great depression as he took
his seat beside counsel on leaving the
stand.
Medical testimony regarding the
sanity Of Captain Hams consumed the
afternoon session.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
TILLMAN WAS sHADoWED
Secret Service Men Watched South,
Carolina Senator.

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Washington, Jan. lin the papers
forwarded by the president to the SEN
ate giving the facts regarding the
employment Of secret service men the
name Of Senator Tillman OF South
Carolina is mentioned as one whom
1t had been found advisable to shadow.
The detectives were put on his track
year ago, after he had made some
allegations concerning the land grant
Of the Oregon and California Railroad
company. When his attention was
called to the facts Senator Tillman
said he hoped it was trne that he had
been followed and he added that there
could be no developments which he
would dosire to have withheld from
the public.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Earthquake Shocks Still Oc=
! curing at Messina.
SEARCHING FOR CHENEYS
Party of Men Under Direction of
| American Military Attache at Rome
Working to Extricate Bodies Of
United States Consul and Wife.
Authorities Will Isolate Messina to
Prevent Outbreak of Sickness.

FTSvSnt OHSOFSdk OF OICkNSSS.
Messina, Jan. ,.-Earthquake shocks
hre still continuing here at the rate of
about ten per hour. Fire also has
again broken out, completing the de-
struction of the city hall and the rec
ords stored therein.
A party of men under the direction
Of Major Lands, the American mill
tary attache at Rome, has been work
Ing for four days to extricate the bod
les of A. S. Cheney and his wife from
The ruins of the American consulate.
Vhe apartment Of the Cheneys has not
yet been uncovered and many feet of
wreckage still remain to be removed.
Bayard Cutting, Jr., Winthrop Chan
lsr and Stuart K. Lupton, American
consular representatives, are making
every effort to trace Americans sup
posed to have been in the earthquake
Bone at the time Of the disaster, but
20 far without success.
The authorities have determined to
Isolate Messina as the only means Of
preventing an outbreak Of serious i'll
ness. The relief parties complain that
The starving refugees refuse the most
RVtrftious food and want only maca-
Eoni. The work Of the soldiers in
Messina consists principally in gather
Ing up dead bodies and burying them
In trenches between layers of quick
lime.
The work Of relief is now we'll I'M
Ter way in Messina, but the smaller
6wns in the interior are being neg
lected. Ships arriving on the scene
henoeforward will be sent to the coast
towns and parties will go inland
with Supplies. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Was a Native Of Minnesota.

Washington, Jan. DIR. Max West,
special examiner in the bureau of
corporations of the department of
commerce and labor and well known
economist, died of pneumonia at his
home here at the age Of thirty-eight
years. His principal work with the
bureau Of corporations has been In
connection with the Standard Oil .n-
vestigattons. Dr.. West was q native
Of st. Cloud MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Woman Accused Of EmbezzIino.

Kansas City, Jan. Miss Nellie
O'Donnell, aged thirty years, for,
mer cashier and bookkeeper for the
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Beef and
Provision company, was arrested on
charge of embezzling $4,000 while in
the employ of the company. Accord
ing to the police Miss O'Dennell has
made a complete confession. The al
legged embezzlement took place In
July, 1908.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
.ROUSING RECEPTION
FOR FIGHTING bob"
Navy League to Pay Him Pub
lie Honors Tonight.

New York, Jan. I'm Carnegie hall
tonight the Navy League of the Unit
ed States will give a public military
reception to Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans. The event is in celebration of
his recent recovery from illness. All
military and naval men have been
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
THREE PERSONS ARE KILLED
Several Others Injured in Apartment
House Blaze. .......-..

Calumet, Mich, Jan. In the de-
struction by fire of small apartment
building here Mrs. Douglas Bolton was
killed by jumping from a window and
two small children of Mrs. Fred Cur
tbs were burned to death. Miss Eva
Bolton was probably fatally injured
and John Bolton, Mrs. Fred Odell and
Mrs. Fred Curtis were seriously in
jured. All but Mrs. Odell, who car
ried her baby through the flames,
jumped from third and second story
windows to an alley below.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Famous Edifice Declared Unsafe.

Toledo, Spain, Jan. A board of
architects has pronounced the cathe-
dral at Toledo, one of the largest and
host celebrated gothic edifices in Eu-
rope, unsafe and liable to collapse.
The cathedral services are now being
conducted in the Church of Trinity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09

asked to appear in uniform and mem.
bers Of patriotic soc1er1es are TO wear
their insignia. Military formality will
be observed in the proceedings.
The famous guest on this occasion
will make his debut as lecturer. He
has been induced by the league to
tell publicly for the first time the
story of the battleship cruise from
Hampton Roads to San Francisco.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
MARATHON FOR AMATEURS
Worlds Champion Among Runners
Entered in Race Tonight.

Entered in Race Tonight.
New York, Jan. Mat Maloney,
the worlds record breaker of the
Marathon race, is one of the entries
in the American Amateur Marathon
which will be run at Madison Square
Garden tonight. He says he wants to
demonstrate that he can make the
same time on an indoor track as he
made on the road from Rye on Dec.
26. Fred LORI, one of the most con-
sistent Marathon runners, has also
entered.
The prizes which are to be given
have attracted the attention of run
ners as far west as Chicago. There
are several entries from Boston and
all the large Eastern cities will have
representatives. in the race.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Wilson Divorce Case Dismissed.

Baltimore, Jan. 8.-The divorce suit
brought by DR.. Pierce B. Wilson, Jr.,
against his wife, naming former Unit
ed States Senator George L. yelling
ton, was dismissed by Judge Gorter in
the Baltimore circuit court. a.:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
Chicago Firemen Kept BUSY.

Chicago, Jan. In the past twenty
four hours the fire department an
swered total of LA calls, with little
prospect Of rest while the present cold
snap lasts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
TOO COLD on THE OUTSIDE
Forty-five Prisoners Escape and All
but Three Return.

Oklahoma City, OKLA, Jan. -
Forty-five prisoners in the city jail
tunnelled their way to freedom. Get
ting a breath of the icy air all but
three returned. They declared they
preferred prison to freedom in zero
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
GRISCOM GOES TO MESSINA

Ambassador Accompanied by Party
Of Americans.
Rome, Jan. "A special train left
here for Civita Vecchia with the Amer
loan relief party, headed by Ambas-
sadur Griscom, on board.
They will sail for Messina on board
The steamer Bayern, chartered to con-
vey the American relief to the south.
The party includes William Hooper of
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
WOULD COST $75,000,000
Naval Programme az Outlined by
Secretary NeWberry.

Washington, Jan. about $75, O00,,
900 would be required to carry out the
programme for increasing the navy as
outlined to the house committee on
naval affairs by Secretary Newberry
of the navy department. Four battle.
ships of $4,000 tons are asked for, in
addition to four scout cruisers, four
submarines, ten deetroyers, three col.
iers, one repair ship and one ammuni.
ton shin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09
KING MANUEL IS WARNED
Army Officer Tells of Plot to De-
throne Him.

Lisbon, Jan. During banquet
elven by the officers of the army in
CHS city, at which King Manuel was
present, lieutenant publicly warned
his majesty that a plot to dethrone
him was in course of preparation
The officer declared further that the
king was surrounded by spies and
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