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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
SHOULD EXPL AIN
OR QUIT OFFICE
La Toilette Tells Ballinger
Course to Pursue. ii.
DENIAL NOT SUFFICIENT

Says Secretary Of the Interior Must
Reply to CLAWS Charges in a Way
That Is Satisfactory to the People
or Give Way to One Who Is More
Sensitive to the Sacred Duty of a
Public Servant.
Madison, Wis.,, Nov. 2J.-"Ballin.
gers Duty to the Public" is the cap.
ton Of the leading editorial in this
weeks issue of La :Follette's Weekly
Magazine, which attacks the secretary
of the interior on the charges brought
by l.. R. CLAWS. The editorial says in
part:
Secretary Ballinger cannot lightly
brush away the article in Golfers
by L. R. CLAWS. He cannot dispel the
evidence against himself in this art1
Gle by calling it tissue of falsehood.'
He cannot invoke the name of the
president of the United States to clear
away the damaging testimony of the
land Office records and of his admin.
istration.
1.-THE people will not permit their
judgment to be manded out to them
made to order out of the mere asser.
lions of the secretary of the interior.
Says CLAWS Story Is Strong.
"Mr. CLAWS has presented a strong
case against Secretary Ballinger. He
has made it strong because he has
simply marshaled the facts in an or.
derby array. brought them before the
jury of the reading public and let
them tell the story.
But in the mind Of every reader
Mr.. CLAWS statement will raise some
questions that Secretary Ballinger Is
In duty bound to answer.
"Your duty, Mr. Ballinger, is plain.
II you cannot make reply to these per-
tinent questions in way that is salts
factory to the people of the United
States (and only one kind of reply will
be satisfactory, then you should give
way to one who is more sensitive to
the sacred duty Of public servant to
protest the peoples property against
the spoilation of a privileged few"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
THRILLINGPLUNGE0FH HORSES
Fire Team Dashes Down Fifty-Foot
Embankment.

Washington, Nov. 20.-A spirited
team of fire horses hitched to hose
cart dashing down a 6ftyfoot en-
bankment and another fire horse drop.
ping dead after a heroic run with his
mates we're incidents of a fire that
burned out the library of Georgetown
university.
About fifty students were asleep in
the dormitory over the library when
the fire was discovered, but all es.
capped safely.
The flames, which originated in the
boiler room, licked their way through
to the library above and rare volumes
worth at least $4,000 we're destroyed
before the blaze was brought under
CONTROL The damage to the building
was slight.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
PlNCH0T FAVORS GOOD FARMS
Letter From Chief Forester Read at
Chicago Congress.

Chicago, Nov. 2f.-Delegates to the
national farm land congress listened
to a letter from Clifford Pinchot, chief
forester Of the United States. In the
communication Mr.. Pinchot said:
There can be few patriotic duties
more important than to promote the
development and proper handling OF
all the farm lands of the United
States.
"Such development means not only
a vitality important increase in our
food supply; it means also an increase
in the proportion of our people who
live on the farm. And in an age of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
arleved by elders Death.

New York, Nov. 20.-Messages of
coincidence from men prominent in
public life and in the literary world
were received in large numbers by
the family of Richard Watson Glider,
author and editor of the Century Ma
gazine, who died in this city Thurs.
day night. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22

concentration IN cities that IS an OBJ
ject OF national Importance"
Following the reading of the Pin
chot letter Alva Adams. former gov
ernor Of Colorado. told In glowing
words of the agricultural possibilities
and achievements of his state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
CARPENTERS GO ON STRIKE
More Than 1000 Men Quit Work IN
PHILADELPHIA,

Philadelphia, Nov. q AS the result
of a strike of eighty carpenters EN-.
ployed in the construction of large
department store more than one thou.
sand workmen on various building
operations in this city are idle.
The strikers assert that Cincinnati
furniture company having the contract
for woodwork in the department store
employs nonunion labor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
IOWA BANK IS OUT $4,000
Robbers Blow Safe in Institution at
Croker.

Des Moines, Nov. 20.-RObbers blew
The safe in the Alleman bank at
Crocker, this county. They got $4,000
and escaped.
Investigation has shown that the
men drove into town little after mid.
night and tied their team about two
blocks from the bank. They we're not
seen at their work and the people had
no knowledge of the crime until the
sound of the explosion of nitrogly.
reached the bank the men had gone.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
CUSTOM employees LET OUT

wholesale Dismissal at New York by
Collector Loeb.
New York, Nov. 2I-Collector of
the Port William Loeb, Jr., has an.
nouneed the removal from the Gus.
toms service of seventy three employees
and attaches Of the weighing and 9TH
er divisions of the customs service
here. Among those dismissed are
James F. VAIL, formerly deputy sur.
veyor of the weighing division; George
E. Bedell, an inspector, formerly chief
clerk Of the weighing division; James
P. Highland and Joseph o. Carroll. ex-
foreman Of weighing districts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
BURN WHILE MOTHER SHOPS

One Baby Is Dead and Another, Tied
to Door, Is Rescued.
Indiana Harbor, Ind, Nov. a.
Neighbors that broke into burning
house found baby girl dead in her
crib and her three-year-old brother,
John Koran, unconscious, tied to a
door knob. The children's mother
had gone shopping and in order to
prevent the boy playing with matches
she had tied him to the door.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22
BJ0RNS0N is NEAR DEATH
Little Hope for Recovery of Nor
Wegian Writer.

Paris, Nov. 2D.-The condition of
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian
writer, isgrave. He has been unable
to receive the treatment for arteric
sclerosia for which he came to Paris.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-22

BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON.
His son has been summoned to his
bedside.
Daily bulletins describing the au-
thor's condition are transmitted to the
kings of Denmark and Norway.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28

rs, 1908. the worst earthquake or other
disaster which the world has ever
known killed scores of thousands. II
had never been my lot to even shudder
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28

at the same time, crumbled walls and imperiled
my lfe rushed into the room where my moth
er and sister were and with a rope which for.
tunately had with me, l succeeded in rescuing
them. | was also successful in getting out of the
house number of other persons who had given
themselves up for lost. Then some soldiers came
and helped me, and together we dragged forth
several women and children from the tottering
walls OF half destroyed palace near by. few
seconds later this building entirely destroyed.
There were scenes of indescribable horror in
the streets and squares through which my party
made its way. We finally gained the open
country"
Another survivor of Messina said:
The first thing | knew | was thrown out OF
bed Then the floor of my collapsed and
| fell into the apartment under me- Here I
found distracted woman searching for her sis.
ter and son. whom she found dead. We remained
in the ruins for "a hours, entirely alone without
food or drink We made n rough shelter of boards
to keep the rain of Our ears were assaulted with
the cries and means of the wounded These
sounds abated somewhat during Monday night.
Still no one came to assistance. We
In tomb, with the dead bodies OF chill
dren beside We could one, but every
time sounds were heard from the street there
would come outburst of piercing crlss for help
from the injured hidden and pinned down In the
wreckage"
This refugee lost his two children. He arrived
In Rome half clad and covered with dust and
burns His wife was clothed In little else than
old counterpsne
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
SR!G.G551!REERuSrea,
80
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS.
Part Women Are Playing IN the
Worlds Fight on Alcohol.

The heralding OF the gospel tenn
perance message around tho globe has
been conducted with increasing earn
estness and vigor by the Worlds w
c. r. u. during the year 1908, says the
Christian Herald Seventeen gospel
temperance missionaries have visited
the mission stations abroad, having Sc
cured active cooperation In most
places. and have been aided by the mis-
sionary boards and temperance work
ers In home churches.
Tho past year has seen this number
increased by several gospel temper
ance evangellsts. Miss Agnes Slack.
the able secretary OF tho Worlds w. G.
r. L., carried great inspiration and
suggestion to India early In the year.
Through her activities over 600 new
members were enrolled in tho w. c.
T. L. OF India: IS new local w. c. r.
unions were formed; the FIRST W. &.
r. L. of Ceylon was organized; over
500 men we're enrolled in other tenn
perance socitles and an organizing
fund was inaugurated.
Miss Flora h. Strout. an efficient
educator and trained temperance
worker from Baltimore, Md, gave up
her post as professor In girls col
lege to carry the tidings OF temperance
20 Japan Tho petition OF the W. G.
T. L. for non smoking cars on rail
road trains'in Japan has boon granted
by the government during the year.
The great temperance victory In
Switzerland has been won. Many pub
lie men in France arc indorsing the
temperance movement Mile. Julie
d'Aubignc heads the new w. G. T. u.
Of Paris. Total abstinence sentiment
Is growing in Germany. where the
Students Temperance loague Is n
strong and growing body The Nor
wegian parliament gave tho W. G.
T. l.. an appropriation Of $3.50. and
the University OF Christiania granted
the use OF Nobel hall TO the leaders
for the annual W. c. T. u. convention
OF Norway In August Tho Temper
ancc Association Of Swedish Teach
ers has nearly doubled It's member.
ship II has now almost 1000 mem
bers in % local unions. Finland's
prohibition law. enacted in 1907. still
awaits the cars signature. but IL Is
thought he will not veto II. Russian
women have this year petitioned the
duma for local option and the aboli.
ton OF liquor selling on steamboats,
and in railroad stations.
The White Ribboners Of Cape Col
ony and the Transyaal have united
with other women's societies this year.
Tho Queensland w. c. 7. u. is asking
for a scientific temperance instruction
law; the South Australian union Ia
establishing national W. c. T. U. head.
quarters. and New South Wales White
Ribboners ore urging the introduc-
ton Of the Pollard pledge parole for
drunkenness. New Zealand temper
ancc workers have been working hard
in advance OF tho taking Of the trien-
NAL vote on the liquor question
The beginning OF a revival OF tenn
perance sentiment Is heralded In Can
ada. In British Columbia. the W. c.
7. u. Is leading a great campaign for
local option. Temperance sentiment
Il strong throughout the dominion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
1T is A POISON.
Effect Of Alcohol on the Physical or.
ganisms is Bad.

rs alcohol a poison 10 the animal
organism" Dr. Williams. a prominent
medical authority. says IN answer TO
the question:
The matter Is presented in a nut
shell by the professor Of pathology at
Johns Hopkins university. DR.. william
II. WEIGH. when he says: alcohol in
sufficient quantities is a poison to all
living organisms. both animal and
vegetable" To that unequlvocaI pro-
nouncement there Is, | believe. no
dissenting voice. Open any work on
the practice Of medicine quite at ran.
dom, and whether you chance TO read
OF diseased stomach or heart or
blood-yessels or liver or kidneys or
nerves or brain-it is all one: in any
case you will learn that alcohol may
be an active factor In the causation,
and a retarding factor in the cure OF
some, at least. of the important dis.
eases OF the organ or set OF organs
about which you are reading.
You will rise" adds DR. WEIGH.
with the conviction that alcosol is
not merely poison. but the most sub.
Tie. the most far-reaebing. and. judged
by It's ultimate effects. incomparably
the most virulent OF all poisons."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
Prohibition Maintained In iceland.

me referendum on prohibition. or
dered by the parliament Of Iceland
has recently taken place. with the ro.
suit that in 81 electoral districts ont
Of q the vote was. for prohibition. 4
21l; against prohibition. 2.6ii. In six
districts not fully reported, the num-
her OF votes Is so small that the result
cannot be materially altered, so that
the prohibition and trading in intoxi.
eating liquors will soon be in fun
operation throughout the whole coun.
try. The prohibition of the manu;ac.
ture OF intoxicating liquors was adopt-
ed throughout the country.a number
of years ago.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28

The station master at Reggie says that mme
opened in the earth. From this there gushed
forth flood of boiling water, some Jets rising
to the height of ordinary house. Many injured
persons who were in this vicinity were horribly
scalded by the flowing stream.
Paolo Rizo the mayor OF Caprioo, was in Mess-
ma on a pleasure trip that fateful Monday morn
ing. He awakened by the fearful roar of the
first shock. The floor of his room fell and half
unconscious. he was preciptated into a mass Of
rubbish. His body lodged in a niche in n wall
and he was pinned down by heavy beam, his
face being covered by a carpet that threatened to
suffocate him. He managed to move the carpet
with his teeth until he made an opening in the
folds through which he could breathe The man
lay in this position for five hours. expecting death
at any moment. Had it been possible he says. he
would have committed suicide
The Marquis Vincenzo Genoese OF Palmi was
awakened by tremendous and severe
shock II seemed as though the house was whirhig
round like the wings of a windmill
At Messina frightful scene occurred amid the
ruins of the customs house. The first of the search
ers who were successful attacked by others
with revolvers and knives, and were obliged to
defeid their fnJs literally with their lives. The
struggle wa1 fierce. The famished men threw
fell disemboN, eled in defending a handful OF dry
beans a few ounces of -four One of the unfor.
Inmates was pinned to plank by knife. while
clinging to his hand his little child, for whom
he had sougnt food
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
Twenty-FIfth Victim Of Wreck.

Glenwood Springs. Cow. II. Jeff.
ries, one of the freight engineers who
was injured in the wreck on the Den.
yer & Rio Grande railway near Dot.
sero last Friday night, died Thursday
making the twenty-flfth victim of the
catastrophe.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
Tax Rate IoMnreh

The average tax rate was lower in
the no-license cities of Massachusetts
than in the license cities during each
OF the five years 19O3-19O7. according
to statistics recently compiled by the
Massachusetts, No-License iearnn
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28
Confirms cheney's Successor

Washington.-The senate Thursday
confirmed the nomination Of Stuart X
Lupton OF Tennessee to be consul AT
Messina, Italy. vice Arthur s. Cheney
killed In the earthquake.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-28

in Lombardy, was stop
ping at the Hotel Trina
cria, in Messina. and
was buried under the
ruins of the building for
five hours. Finally sew
eral persons approached
the place where he lay.
but at that moment a
fresh shock put them 10
fight. Eventually a body
of sailors extricated him
unconscious and took
him aboard a ship.
A young doctor named
Rosa at Messina, gives
a vivid account of his
experiences. Suddenly
the profound silence was
broken by an extraordi-
nary noise like the burst
ing of a thousand
bombs" he says. This
was followed by a rush
ing and torrential rain.
Then l heard a sinister
whistling sound that I
can liken to a thousand
red hot iron rods hiss
ing in water. Suddenly
there came violent rhyth-
mic movements of the
earth and the crashing
down of nearby walls
made me realize the aw-
full fact of the earth
quake. Falling glass.
bursting roofs and a
thick cloud of dust add.
ed to the horror of the
situation. while the ex-
traordinary double move
menf. rising and falling
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-14
EASTERN HARDWOOD.

The Pacific Coast will soon be the scene
of an interesting tree growing experiment
The United States Forest Service is plan
ming to introduce number of the more
important eastern hardwoods into Califor-
MIA, and will this year experiment with
chestnut, hickory. Eastwood, red oak, and
yellow poplar or tulip trees. Small patches
of these trees will be planted near the
forest rangers cabins on the National For
ests, and if these do well larger planta-
tons on commercial scale will soon be
established on wider areas.
There are over 1875 different species of
trees in California, number of which
produce some of the most valuable lum-
Der of in the country, Although consid-
erably over one-half of the species is hard
wood or broad-leaved trees. yet, with the
exception of the exotic eucalyptus. there
is not single species of hardwood there
ranking in commercial Importance with
the leading eastern hardwoods. Climatic
conditions in many parts of California are
undoubtedly favorable for the growth of
number of the valuable hardwoods, and
the absence of these trees is due mostly
to unfavorable factors of seed distribution.
If the experiments are successful. val
liable asset will have been added to the
forest resources of that State. which should
prove of special benefit to the local furni-
ture and vehicle industries. Chestnut and
red oak are highly esteemed for furniture.
while with hickory. Eastwood. and euca-
lyptus at its command. California should
lead all other States in the vehicle indus
try
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-14

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals addressed to the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Montgomery county,
Rockville, Maryland, endorsed Proposals
for Improving the Public Highway between
Clarksburg and Boyd's Station, known as
the Carksburg Road, Section 8. will be re-
ceived up to IL O'Clock, noon, May 25th,
1909, when they will be publicly opened
and read
All proposals must be made on forms
furnished by the State Geological Survey
Commission, to be obtained through its
office in Baltimore. Bids otherwise made
out will not be considered
The work to be done includes the grad
ing and matchmaking of about one mile of
road to be built according to the plans and
specifications on file at the Office of the
County Commissioners at Rockville, Md
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check for two hundred dollars
$4,000 payable to the County Commits
sioners of Montgomery county, which will
be returned unless the successful bidder
fails to execute contract. in which case
his check will become the property of the
county.
The County Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board:
ROBERT G. HILTON,
may 14-td Clerk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-14
BONDS FOR SALE.
may i4-3t

THE County Commissioners of Mont
gomery county will receive bids for the
purchase of one hundred and twenty-five
Montgomery county bonds of one hundred
dollars each. up to IL O'Clock, NJ, on the list
day of June, A. D. 1909, at which time the
bids will be opened by said Commission
ers and the sale contaminated to the high
est bidder for cash, if, in the opinion of
the said County Commissioners, such high
est bid be an adequate price for said
bonds.
These bonds are series of one hundred
and twenty-five bonds, aggreeating twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, and num-
bered from one to one hundred and TWEEN
ty-five, both inclusive, in serials of ten
bonds each; ten of said bonds, serial num-
bers one to ten inclusive, are payable one
year from the date hereof; ten of said
bonds, serial numbers eleven to twenty
inclusive two years from date hereof; and
so on, ten bonds according to their serial
numbers being payable each year there
after until one hundred and twenty bonds
have become due and payable the re-
naming five bonds, serial numbers one
hundred and twenty-one to one hundred
and twenty-five, inclusive. are payable in
six months thereafter, or on December list,
1921.
These bonds are coupon bonds and are
exempt from all county taxation and bear
interest at the rate of per centum per
annum, said interest being payable semi
annually on the first of December and
June in each year until the payment of the
principal sum. The principal and interest
being payable at the Farmers Banking
and Trust Company of Montgomery County
at Rockville, Maryland.
Each bid must be accompanied with a
certified check for two hundred dollars,
made payable to the County Commission
ers of Montgomery county.
By order of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Montgomery county:
ROBERT G. HILTON,
may I'd Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-14
REGISTRATION OFFICERS.

The Board of Supervisors of Elections
met in Rockville on Tuesday, May 4th,
1909, and appointed the following officers
of registration for the various election dis
tricts of Montgomery county:
Laytonsville district-Appointme of
Democrat deferred Luther M Duvall, Re-
publican.
Clarksburg distrct-Webster v. Bur-
dette, Democrat; William W. Dronenburg,
Republican. tA
Poolesville District. FUR White. Dem
ocrat Edward M. Huffer, Republican.
Rockville district-First precinct, Calvin
Hicks. Democrat Albert S. Daily, Repub-
lican. Second precinct, Washington D.
Waters, Democrat; John M. Heagy, Re-
publican.
Colesville district-Farnham p. Brian,
Democrat Henry C. CLANCY, Republican.
Jamestown district-JulianG Griffith. Dem
ocrat; J. William Garrett, Republican.
Bethesda district-Warren V. Magruder,
Democrat Lewis Keiser, Republican.
Olney district-First precinct, Francis
Snowden, Democrat; George H. JONES' Re-
publican. Second precinct, Frank j. Dow
ney, Democrat Charles R. Hartshorne, Re-
publican.
Gaithersburg district-Perry A. Gloyd,
Democrat; C, Scott Duvall, Republican.
Potomac district-Charles E. Higgins,
Democrat; John Ball. Republican.
GAINESVILLE district-Lloyd L. Jones
Democrat; W. W. Hodges, Republican.
Damascus district--Richard H. Stanley
Democrat; William H. Burdette, Republi.
| can.
Wheaton district-First precinct, G. o
B. Cissel Democrat Upton B. Mackall
Republican. Second precinct, Horace H
Beall, Democrat Edward w. Birgfeld, Re.
publican.
| VIM H. WADE,
| VIM H. GRIFFITH,
THOMAS VINSON,
| NAV fA-3t Sunervisors Z
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-14

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery county, Md, letters
on the personal estate of
JANE V. DODGE,
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same. with
the vouchers thereof. to the subscriber, on
or before the 18th day of November. 1909 !;
otherwise they may, by law, be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this nth day of May. 1909.
ELLA V. MATTHEWS.
may l4-4t Executrix.