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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
'LUMBERJACK SKY PILOT
DID BIG WINTERS WORK
Rev. Frank Higgins Now Making Final
Visits to Logging Camps, Before
Spring Close.

Evangelical work in the lumber
camps has been exceptionally sue
cessful this winter, and I am we'll
pleased with the results I have
obtained" said Rev. Frank Higgins,
who is in charge of the religious
work in the logging camps of north
ern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. -.
Rev. Higgins has of late been
working in the camps north of
Deer River and also near Schley,
with an occasional visit to the
camps of the Red River Lumber
company, north of Akeley.
Rev. Higgins made a splendid
record during the month of January,
1909, and his report shows that he
performed large amount of labor
for that month.
During January, the "Lumberjack
Sky Pilot" walker 185 miles, preach
ed 81 times, rode over 400 miles on
the train making connections, and
distributed over ton of reading
matter among the boys in the camps
and others who attended the services.
This record is certainly a good
one, and indicates the intense inter-
est which the northern preacher has
in his work.
Rev. Higgins states that he will
leave, at the end of the logging
season, for his home at Rockford,
Mimi, where he owns farm, and
at which place he will spend the
summer.
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Sunday School Meeting.

The Beltrami County Sunday
school association will hold its first
annual convention in the First
Presbyterian church of Bemidji,
Thursday, Friday, March 18th and
18th. Each Sunday school in the
county is invited to send one or
more delegates. A. M. Locker of
St. Paul and John Orchard of Fargo,
N. OAK, both Sunday school experts,
will be present. No Sunday school
workers in the county can afford to
miss this convention.
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A new KIND OF LID IS
PROPOSED BY ALDERMAN.
State Senate Passes Bill Limiting
Number Of Saloons. Would Affect
Northern Towns.

St. Paul Pioneer Press; The sem
ate yesterday in committee of the
whole passed Senator Alderman's
bill limiting the number of the sa-
looms to one for every 500 of the
population.
& Senator Thorpe tried to have the
proposed law amended so that it
will apply to present conditions in
that places which now have more
than the limit will be able to reduce
their number.
Senator Putnam also attempted to
have an amendment so that sos peo-
pie would not warrant two saloons,
but that the major fraction of 500
would be required before another
saloon be permitted.
Both were defeated and the orig
inal bill was recommend ed to pass.
The bill provides that no more
than the present number shall be
permitted until the population of a
city or town shall be more than
500 for each saloon. Many towns
in the northern part of the state
will thus be prohibited from having
more saloons for many years, while
those in the southern part may have
more, as saloons are less frequent
there. ~-
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EXPLANATORY CONTEST
WILL BE HELD FRIDAY
Winners of FIRST Place Will Participate
Against Contestants of Schools
from Other Towns.

A preliminary declamatory contest
will be held Friday evening of this
week at the City Opera House
to determine what students shall
represent Bemidji in the annual
declamatory contest between the
high schools of Akeley, Eagle Bend,
Cass Lake, Park Rapids, Grand
Rapids and Bemidji.
The contest this year will be held
Grand Rapids on March 10, and it
is expected that all of the above.
named schools will send representa-
tives to the meeting.
Last year the meeting was held
at Park Rapids, and the first place
was awarded to Grand Rapids, as
that school took the two second
standings. Park Rapids won first
place in the serious and Cass Lake
was first in the humorous at that
time.
Bemidjl has several candidates of
rare ability and will undoubtedly
make an excellent showing at Grand
Rapids.
The judges will be Mrs. w. E.
Neal, M. A. Spooner and Rev.
Deniston.
Those who will participate in the
preliminary contest Friday evening
are given below, together with their
selections:
Humorous
Our Guide in Vienna and Rome"
Emil Engels.
Aunty Doleful's Visit''-Olive
, Cunningham.
Jimmy Browns Steamer Chair
James Knox.
Serious
King Robert of Sicily"-Ethel
Knox.
Andreas Holfer's Appeal to
Arms"-Elmer billiard.
Patrick Henry's Appeal to
Arms"-Grant Gill.
The Launching of the Ship
Clare Fisk.
Besides the readings that will be
given at the contest, music will be
furnished by Miss Hanson, Miss
Ruth Wightman and the Glee Clubs.
This will be the initial appearance
of the Boys Club, and they will sing
Voices of the Woods" by Ruben
stein. The Girls will sing Groom"
and BLOW, Soft Winds" All have
been doing excellent work preparing
for Friday evening, and the musical
feature of the program will undoubt-
edly be very we'll received.
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few PRISONERS LODGED ..
IN BELTRAM| co. JAIL
The Local County BastIe Is the Official
Jail for Clearwater and Koochi-
ching Counties.

That the people of Beltrami, Clear
water and Koochiching counties, are
for the most part, peaceful and law
abiding citizens is evinced by the
last monthly report of the Beltrami
county jail, which is the official
jail for Clearwater and Koochiching
counties as we'll as Beltrami county.
During the month of February
there were only % prisoners in the
Beltrami county jail, and this was
in spite of the fact that the spring
term of the district court was opened
and the grand jury was at work
during that month.
Of the e persons confined in the
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Ends Life by Asphyxiation.

Minneapolis, March Ferdinand
Belanger, aged fifty, committed sui.
eide by asphyxiating himself The
man was grocer. He was found be-
hind the counter of his store with a
gas tube in his hand. Belanger was a
reformed saloonkeeper. He left the
saloon business a year ago and be-
came a. grocer. Lately business has
been bad and his wife is in the hos
pital.
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Noted Divines Here.

Rev. E. c. Clemans, D. D., of
Duluth and Rev. E. H. Nicholson,
D. D., Of Minneapolis were visitors
in Bemidji today, being here for the
purpose of performing a pleasant
duty in line with their clerical work.
Rev. Clemans is superintendent of
the Duluth district of the M. E.
church, and Rev. Nicholson fills a
like position in Minneapolis.
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was appointed TO lnvesrlgare the
amount Of appropriations devoted to
secret service work and the number
Of employees engaged therein. The re-
port is unanimous.
I'VE deem it proper" says the COM
mittee, ITO call attention to the fact
that the secret service division Of the
treasury department now exists with
out permanent authority of law, de-
pendent entirely upon appropriations
made from year to year, and that the
like force in the department Of JUS
tice is similarly without permanent
authority Of law and is paid out Of a
lump sum appropriation for incidental
ovnancoc
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Rebekahs Initiated.

At regular meeting of the
'Bemidji Lodge of Rebekahs held
last evening, Mrs. R. ]. Russell,
Misses Mile Wessberg and
Katherine Smith, and D. A.
McFarline were initiated. After the
regular business was finished a lunch
was served and an enjoyable social
session held.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
HEPBURN LOSES ON RECOUNT

Defeat of Veteran Iowa Congressman
Complete.
Des Moines, March 4.-The recount
Of ballots in Union county in the con-
test between Congressman William P.
Hepburn and w. D. Jameson for con.
gresham in the Eighth district has
been completed and shows gain of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DEAD

Town In Asiatic Turkey Reported De-
stroyed by Quake.
London, March "A telegram re.
ceived here from Smyrna, Asiatio
Turkey, says that the village of Mas
ran, near Jerusalem, has been de.
stroyed by an earthquake. One hun.
dred and fifty persons are buried in
the ruins.
No confirmation Is obtainable here
of the reported destruction of this
village, nor can the place itself be
located.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
LACKS ONE OF ELECTION
Stephenson Secures sixty.two Votes
for Senator.

Madison, Wis, March 4.-Senator
Stephenson lacked one vote of re-elec.
ton. The twenty-second joint ballot
of the Wisconsin legislature gave him
62 out of LA votes; necessary for
choice, Sc. The vote stood: Stephen
son, 81; Brown, TO- Rummell, 4;
Tsch, 9; Cooper, z; Cleary, 2; San,
born, q; Scott, 2; Blaine, 2; Kindlin,
2; Pearson, 2. Twenty others received
one each.
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Demonstration for Jeffrles.

New York, March flames ]. JET
fries, retired heavyweight champion
of the world, was accorded remark
able demonstration on his arrival here.
"A crowd Of nearly 1000 people gath
cred at the Grand Central station and
wildly cheered the pugilist as he ell
bowed his way to q carriage. Jeffries
was accompanied by his wife and
sparring partner, Sam Berger.
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mot a ship Has a Scratch"

Washington, March 4.--.Not ship
has had scratch" said President
Roosevelt, in approving Admiral
Sperry's command of the Atlantic fleet
on its cruise. Secretary Newberry
adds that the trip reflected great
credit on the entire navy and Ad-
mfral Sperry, in acknowledgment,
pays tribute to his officers and men.
The correspondence has just been
made public.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Restaurant Opened Today.

Jacob Lee and Charles Com, the
two Celestials who have leased the
dining room and cafe of the Mer.
chants hotel, formally opened their
restaurant today with an excellent
dinner.
The menu was composed of both
Chinese and American viands. The
clean and up-to-date manner in which
Messrs. Lee and Com are conduct
ing this esta blishment will doubtless
bring them large patronage.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
To Entertain Pinehurst Club,

The Pinehurst Club of the Pythian
Sisters will be entertained at 2:3O
o'clock Friday afternoon by Miss
Ida Bailey and Mrs. S. C. Bailey at
the home of the latter, COG American
avenue. All members are requested
to be present.
Mrs. A. f. Harris, secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
REMAIN OUTSIDE OF STATE
Filibuster Of Tennessee Senator.
VA. Continues

Nashville, Tenn, March 4.-The
thirteen t1libustering senators have
now been absent from Nashville six
days and a settlement of existing con.
ditions seems as far distant so far as
the statewiders are concerned as on
the first day of the quorum breaking
In an interview on the legislative
muddle Governor Patterson justified
the action # the flibusters, declaring
the rights Of the majority had been
ignored.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Estate Worth s2s. 100000.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 1.-The
will Of the late q. ]. lucky Baldwin,
the famous turfman and plunger, dis
posing Of property valued at about
$25, 100000, was placed In court by his
attorney, Bradner w. Lee. All Of
BaldWin's near relatives are recipients
Of large requests.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Montana Anti.Jap Bill Killed.

Helena, Mont, March 4.-The legis-
lature was in session until midnight.
After hot fight the Clayberg anti
Japanese bill, framed after the Cali
fornia measure, which would have
prohibited the holding Of lands by the
orientals, was killed by q vote Of "a
to % in committee Of the whole.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Winthrop in Navy Department.

Washington, March 4.President-
Elect Taft has announced the selec-
ton Of Beekman Winthrop to be as.
sistant secretary of the navy and his
acceptance thereof. Mr.. Winthrop
was first offered and accepted the post
of assistant secretary of state, but
afterwards reconsidered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Berlin in Grip Of Blizzard.

Berlin, March .4.Berlin is in the
grip of a blizzard. Snow fell heavily
for many hours and traffic is almost
at a standstill. Fifty people have been
seriously hurt by falling on the
streets. It has been necessary to put
q great many Of the city cabs on run.
aers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04

FOR SALE-Two hundred acre
farm land. Will make very easy
terms Inquire of c.. C. Wood
ward.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-04
Black Hand Blamed for New
York Holocaust.
HEROIC WORK OF FIREMEN.
Flames Early Cut of Escape ano
Many Imprisoned Occupants Are
Rescued by Ladders or Other Meth.
ods-one Fire Fighter With Two
Babies in His Arms Catches An
other Thrown While on Ladder.

New York, March Gut off from
escape by burning stairway ten per.
sons persisted in fire in a five-story
tenement house. The victims, who
were all Italians with the exception of
an unidentified Frenchman, ranged in
age from eighty years to an infant
girl of five. Five persons, including a
policeman who was cut by flying glass,
and a male child about year old,
We're injured and taken to hospitals
It is believed the blaze was incen
diary, following "Black Hand"
blackmailmS letter which an occupant
Of the building received several
months ago.
There were about thirty families,
mostly of Italians, in the tenement
house and policemen and firemen res.
cued many of them by ladders and
swinging them across from windows
to neighboring buildings. Several
babies were thrown from the windows
and caught by fremen who were
standing on the extension ladders.
The street floor of the building was
occupied by the undertaking rooms of
Patrick Mcdonald and the Lincoln
restaurant, while Antonio Urso, a
barber, occupied the basement. The
fire started in the bottom of an air
shaft and was discovered by Patrick
Monks, Waterman in the undertake.
ing rooms.
Awakens Many Occupants.
Monks ran up stairs and awakened
the Mcdonald family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcdonald and their four children
were passed across a narrow alley
way to the windows of an adjoining
building, whence they escaped. Monks
then returned to the burning building,
the Railways of which were then
ablaze and filed with smoke. He
raped on the doors of the apartments
up to the third floor, awakened the
occupants and then: turned in a fire
alarm.
A fireman found Mrs. Mulana Ara
not unconscious In her rooms on the
fourth floor and attempted to carry
her down a ladder to a window, but
was himself overcome. Other f1remen
saved them both.
Standing on an extension ladder
outside the windows Robert Nelson, a
fireman, caught two children as they
were thrown to him by another fire.
man from the windows. AS Nelson
started down the ladder with the two
babies in his arms the man again ap.
peared at the window and called out:
Il have got another baby here; catch
it." Before Nelson could reply the
man threw the baby out Of the win
dow and Nelson, with two babies al.
ready in his arms, managed to catch
the third and carried them all down
the ladder to the street.
S All but two Of those who persisted
in the fire were occupants Of tene.
ments on the upper floors of the
burned building. Apparently they
were overcome by smoke before they
could getito the windows.
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REPORT ON SECRET SERVICE

Recommendation of the House Select
Committee.
Washington, March Legislation
should be, enacted by congress giving
a permanent character to the secret
service force of the government, ac-
cording to the report Of the select
committee Of the house to investigate
this force. The committee consisted
Of Representatives Olmstead Of Penn
sylvania, Currier of New Hampshire,
Young of Michigan, Brantly of Geor-
.gia and Bowers of Mississippi. 1t
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lath bolts. Will
pay $500 per cord for Balsam
lath bolts delivered at our mill.
Douglass Lumber Co., ,Bemidji.
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WANTED-To rent April LIST, good
fve-room house, with yard, easy
walking distance from P. 0. Good
tenant. Inquire at Pioneer office.
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" A n 5
ONE CENT A WORD.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
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MIscELLANEoUs.

PUBLIC LIBRARY Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
ESQ to s p. M, and Saturday
evening 1880 to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Donald, librarian.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-24
MODEL FOOD BILL"
WILL RECEIVE
ATTENTION
PURE FOOD CONVENTION WILL
URGE PASSAGE OF LAW BY
THE LEGISLATURE.

Denver. Aug. 23.-"Givc us an uni
form pure food law which may be ac-
cepted or rejected by the individual
states. each according to it's needs. 4
national law should attempt no NOR"
than the regulation Of interstate COM
merce."
This was the slogan set tonight for
the opening tomorrow of the 18th an
nual convention of the Association of
State and National Food and Dairy
Departments. That the convention
will take action for the submission t.
tn" various state legislatures of u
model food bilr' was expressed after
q preliminary meeting tonight Of "A
special committee headed by Dir T.
+. Ladd. state food commissioner of
North Dakota and author of the Ladd
model food law. 1t is the plan to for
ward the drafted bill after its ap-
proVal by the convention. to the vari-
ious states. Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, who is here. as he says as a
spectator, was expected to use his in
flu"nce to more stringent enforce
ment of the federal law as opposed
In model" state laws. Secretary Will
son Is not "A delegate and it Is not
known whether he will speak DR.. H.
W. Wiley, chief chemist. who repre-
sents the department of agriculture. is
tn confine his remarAs to The Chem
tstry of Bieached Flour"
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READY TO DEFEND
ITS COURSE
ADMINISTRATION WILL STAND
PAT ON ITS RECORD ON
THE TARIFF BILL.

Beverly, Mass, Aug. eat was in
timated at President Taft's cottage
today that the administration was
prepared to fight tn the last ditch its
record on the recent tariff legislation.
This Was unofficially stated in con-
nection with the statement that Sen
ator Aldrich would bc here Thursday.
The chairman nf the senate finance
committee. 1t was said. would discuss
with the president the report of the
monetary commission and other mat
tiers.
Other matters" ara supposed To in
ciude talk on the tariff. If the
western opponents of the new tariff
bill EXPECT silence from the president
or reluctance on his part tn discuss
its different provisions, they will be
disappointed. The administration has
burned its bridges and IL ready and
willing To debate any and all sehed-
uleS.
The president has selected 80 CEN
sus supervisors and has 13i more to
discover He hopes Ia find most of
them before he leaves fnr the west. as
we'll as members of the so-calied tariff
commission.
The president defeated Editor ogden
of the New York Evening Post at
golf. two up and nne to play, on the
Ayopia course today.
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SLAYER OF CAPTAIN
FACES MURDER
CHARGE
SOLDIER ACCUSED OF KILLING
SUPERIOR ON TRIAL BEFORE
A coURTMARTIAL.

Omaha. Neb.. Aug 23.-The trial by
general court martial of Corporal l..
:. Crahtree of Troop r. Second United
States cavalry. ON the charge of kill
ing his company commander. Captain
John {, Raymond. nt Dcs hoinrs
June II. began at Fort Crook. near
this city. today
The plea of the defense Is insanity.
In connection with the murder charge
Corporal Crahtrcr Is called t. answer
to the charge of shooting with deadly
intent Sergeant Waahburn and Cor
pural Such at the time Raymond VAS
killed
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THE NAVY IS AHEAD
IN RIFLE CONTEST

Camp Perry. Ohio. Aug 23-At the
end of the second 1000 yarclsl stage of
the national rifle team match. which
opened this morning on the 200 tar
gets. with As teams contesting for the
national trophy. the United States
navy is ahead with 1.6s1. but Massa-
chusetts is crnwding hard with lots.
and New York with 1910. In the 200
yard shoot the navy led. ciosel"
pushed by the Annapolis cadets.
White 0f the New York team tied
Davet for high score and pulled up
from ninth tn third place,
Steps toward arranging with Can
ada for an international meet next
month at Seagirt have been taken hy
the American Rifle association.
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SERIOUS TROUBLE EXPECTED
BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI
FEuDAL FACTIONS.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASS|NATE
Killing of Chancery Clerks Father
and Attempt Upon Life of the Son
arouses Feeling That Causes Sheriff
to Call Upon tts Governor for State
Soldiers to Prevent More Trouble.

Natchez, Miss. Aug. 23-Statc
troops were ordered to Meadvilto to-
night in anticipation ot serious trou-
bic between opposing feudists. as ii
result of an attempt last night to as
saSStnate Chancery Clerk Ernest New
man.
Sheriff Jones notified the governor
that friends of both factions had been
coming into the town from the coun-
try all day, and were threatening ~
tear the town up
The father Of Newman was killed a
few weeks ago. at which time two or
three other men were killed. and the
present clerk. son Of Dr. Newman. was
badly wounded. Young Newman was
recently elected Ia tho office OF chan
Gerry clerk over five opponents.
Somebody shot at him last night ana
wounded him in the arm. The PrtCh-
ard faction. diselaiming responsibility
for the shnntinS. has offered Il reward
for the capture Of the guilty ones.
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FEAR THAT ISLANDS
WERE SWALLOWED UP

Mexico City. Aug. 23,-Dispatches re-
CeiFed today from Acapulco say that
the people of the port believe that
the ciipperton islands were swallowed
up by the SEA during the late eartl Z
quakeS. No word Of any kind has
come from the islands and, as tho
neighboring bed of the ocean il
known to hAv" h~en greatly disturbed
the port of Apaculpo Is urging the
War department la send out the gun
bnat General GuerrcIo to search for
the islands.
The claims If the Acapulcnans have
not as yet sufficiently impressed the
war department, and IA" gunboat has
been ordered nn the quest.
Frederic ~Gambriln. former secretary
Of f"reign affairs. l. now in Europe
to present AeNlrn'S court claim far
the ownership If tn" islands before
the Italian arbitration court.
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FUNERAL PROCESSION
STOPPED BY POLICE

Goshen, Ind. Aug, 23.-When the
funeral cortege nf Charles Crary
reached the cemetery today it was met
by /. T Silver. an undertaken. and
his attorney and several policeman
who prevented the coffin being low
cred into the grave. Oh the contention
that Crazy. six years ago. entered into
ii contract with Silver To have his
body cremated i'm Chicago.
The body will he held in vault un-
til the court decides the controversy.
Crary's uncle declares that he Was not
mentally responsible when the coll
tract with Silver was made