Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 12, 1911, Page 5

| | | | | | | ] | commerce GRAND. RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911. SENATORKENYON SAYS PERJURY Intimates Prosecutions May Re- | Sult From Lorimer Case, EDWARD HINES ON THE STAND Chicago Lumber Magnate Contradicts Evidence Given by Witnesses Who Preceded Him. Washington, June 30.—Intimations | that prosecution for perjury may grow out of the testimony of certain wit- nesses before the senate committee in- vestigating Senator Lorimer’s election and the declaration of Edward Hines of Chicago that Clarence S. Funk, gen- eral manager of the Internationa) Har- vester company, far from being asked to contribute, had volunteered to help defray Senator Lorimer’s election ex- benses startled the committee. Senator Kenyon of Iowa stirred up the talk of perjury prosecution after Mr. Hines had contradicted several previous witnesses, but it remained for Mr. Hines to spring the real sur- prise of the day with his new version of the famous conversation with the International Harvester company offi- cial. In telling his story of that much discussed talk with Clarence S. Funk at the Union League club at Chicago Mr. Hines said he was sitting in the | club with Fred Carney of Marinette, Wis., Charles Hall of Sault Ste. Marie and Isaac Baker of Chicago. Mr. Funk approached and shook hands. The witness continued: “He (Funk) said, ‘I am very glad to hear of Mr. Lorimer’s election to the senate.’ I said I was glad to hear him say so. He said, ‘I would like much to have you arrange to introduce me to Senator Lorimer. I have never met him.’ Would Like to Contribute. “Then we walked over toward the entrance of the club and he said: ‘I understand the senator must have been put to more or less expense for this senatorship and he ought not to stand it. The business interests ought to take it off his hands. like to contribute.’ “I said: ‘I do not know anything about that. I will see about it and let you know.’” All day Mr. Hines was on the stand and his examination was not conclud- ed when the committee adjourned. His first testimony that attracted deep in- terest was his detailed account of how he said President Taft, former Sena- tor Aldrich and Senator Penrose had him exert his influence to have Mr. Lorimer elected to the senate. Hines said he never went to Mr. Funk’s office to muddle his memory respecting the Union league conversa- tion following the publication on Feb. 15 last of the Chicago Record-Herald editorial charging that a Lorimer fund of $100,000 had been raised. Hines further denied the testimony of Wirt H. Cook of Duluth that he (Hines) had said over the telephone | in talking with Springfield on the eve of Lorimer’s election, that he would be down on the next train prepared to furnish all the money required. EDWARD TILDEN ON STAND Denies Knowledge of Bribery in the Lorimer Election. Washington, June 29.—His methods of bookkeeping and his loyalty to the Democratic party alike were under fire when Edward Tilden, bank di- rector, packing house manager and corporation man generally, appeared before the senate Lorimer committee to testify that he was in no way in- terested in the raising of a fund to elect Mr. Lorimer to the senate. Attorneys for the committee, attor- neys for Senator Lorimer and members of the committee itself asked Mr. Tilden, in almost every conceivable style of question, if he had anything to do, or knew of any one that had anything to do with the raising of a fund for Senator Lorimer, either be- fore or after election. To each the witness said with emphasis that he did not. BRITISH PORTS ARE TIED UP Longshoremen Strike in Sympathy With Seamen. Liverpool, June 29.—Four thousand longshoremen, employed by the Cun- ard, White Star, Ellerman, Dominion and Canadian Pacific steamship lines, struck in sympathy with the general strike of the coastwise and tramp freighter seamen. All shipping is at a standstill, the ship owners making no effort to em- ploy strikebreakers. BIG LINERS ARE HELD UP , Unable to Sail Because of Seamen’s Strike. Liverpool, July 2.—The departure of two big Atlantic liners, the Suevic and the Arabic, the latter for Canada, was postponed by the sailors’ strike. There was a sixth fire within the last two days aboard the Arabic, which was quickly extinguished without seri- ous damage. The owners of the ship insist that the fires have been started by strikers. We would | (OPPOSITION IS. - FOUNDINCANADA ‘Opponents of Reciprocity at Work Across the Line, ‘RELIGION 1S MADE AN ISSUE. , French Catholics Are Told That Meas- | ure Is Step Toward Annexation and That This Would Mean Curtailment | of Religious Concessions—Popular | Election of Senators Lost. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. | Washington, July 7.—{Special.]— Knowing that it is utterly impossible , to defeat the Canadian reciprocity agreement in the United States con- | gress, the opponents”of that measure | have transferred their fight to the ; Canadian side of the border and are ‘now engaged in bringing pressure to bear on the Canadian parliament to |Teject the bill pending before that body. | It is known that there is already strong opposition to the agreement by ;many Canadians and railroad inter- , ests in that country, and an attempt | is being made to add others which, it | is hoped, will be sufficient to control | votes to defeat the Laurier govern- ment and its pet project. A Religious Issue. About the most important issue rais- ed is that of religion. French Cana- , dian Catholics have been granted con- cessions and recognition in Canada | which they could not get in many oth- er countries and particularly in the | United States. It is being insidiously | represented to these people that an- , nexation is likely to follow the adop- | tion of the treaty and that if Canada ; becomes a part of the United States | many of the rights and religious priv- fleges they now enjoy would be lost. | As a proof of the probability of an- | Rexation attention is called to often ‘repeated remarks of former United | States citizens now in Saskatchewan and Alberta declaring that reciprocity is but a step in the direction of an- nexation. It is said that this religious question is having a considerable effect in stirring up opposition to reciprocity in Canada, but whether or not it will be sufficient to prevent the adoption by the Canadian parliament does not appear in reports received here. Gone by the Board. | It wotld seem that the friends of election ‘of senators by direct vote of the people might just as well give up | the fight for this congress. The reso- ‘lution is now in conference, where it will probably remain. The Democrats , of the house are determined to have their way about it and will not accept the Bristow amendment. It is very doubtfu! if the senate can ever recede from the Bristow amendment even if it had « desire to do so. | It is almost certain that the con- ferees will be unable to agree. That will mean a long delay. If the Demo- cratic house sticks to its declared in- tention of having action one way or ‘another on this measure before ad- journment it may force the senate to recall its conferees and again bring the resolution up for action. Will Make a Pair. Ollie James of Kentucky will be a good running mate for Senator Mariine of New Jersey in the matter of volume of voice. Martine has enlivened the senate a number of times with short remarks in a voice that could heard across the Delaware. Different sen- ators have had a little fun with him, ‘and Borah of Idaho ridiculed the idea | that Martine was a farmer. This caus- ' ed Martine not only to lift his voice, but also to go across the senate and refute the charge. | Only the other day, when Clark of Wyoming was speaking, Martine want- ed to interrupt him, and Clark remark- ed. “I dread the eloquence of the sen- ator from New Jersey, and I fear his questions, those questions fearfully | and wonderfully made.” Quick on the Trigger. Vice President Sherman has shown | that he knows how to push things in | the senate. He is “quick on the trig- , Ber,” and some day if the opponents of the reciprocity bill are not on the job “Sunny Jim” will have the bill ready to pass He had to deny that “any one was caught napping” the other day when the bill was reported from committee of the whole, one of | the parliamentary advantages which Chairman Penrose was loath to relin- quish, but which he finally agreed to on account of pressure on the part of Democratic friends of the measure. Women Were Interested. Prophet Joseph F. Smith of the Mor- mon church had a field day when he came to Washington. No man has re- ceived quite so much attention from the women as the venerable seer and revelator, whose continual living with several wives gives him notoriety. When he testified at the Smoot in- quiry he was also the cynosure of Many eyes. the women predominating. “Where’s the Lemonade?” “Where's the lemonade?” asked 4 thirsty individual one hot day as he entered the senate press gallery “Gone—gone forever, like a rushins wave,” quoted another newspaper man The fact is that economy has struck lemonade off the list, not only for the employees and attaches. but for th : Senate itself. Everybody now get~ through the day on clear Potomac wu- ‘ ter, with ice, of course. ON STEEL TRUST Findings ~t Herbert Knox Smith Are Made Public. MAKES NO RECOMMENDATIONS Declares Restriction of Competition Was Prime Object in Organiza- tion of Steel Corporstion. Washington, July 1—The long ex- pected and much discussed report | from the bureau of corporations on the United States Steel corporation, re- cently submitted to President Taft, was made public here. Signed by Herbert Knox Smith, com- missioner of corporations, the report makes no recommendations and is al- most whollv narrative in form. Mr. Smitu declares that restriction of competition was a prime object of the organization of the steel corpora- tion, or so called “trust.” Capitalized at $1,402,000,000 the cor- poration, he asserts, had tangible property worth only $682,000,000. By a constant reinvestment of earnings, however, the report points out, much of the “water” in the company has been eliminated The steel corporation now owns ‘45 per cent of the lake ores, having re- cently concentrated its efforts to se- curing these properties. On this point the report says: “Indeed, in so far as the steel cor- poration’s position in entire iron and steel industries is of monopolistic character, it is chiefly through its con- trol of ore holdings and the transpor- tation of ore.” In his letter of submittal to the president the commissioner covers in condensed style practically every fea- ture of the report. The principal features of Commis- sioner Smith's report on the steel in- dustry are: Features of the Report. The marked development of consoli- dation, culminating in the organization of the United States Steel corporation. Capitalization by the United States Steel corporation far in excess of property. values. The bureau's valu: tion of the tangible assets in 1901 is $682,000,000, as against $1,400,000,000 of issued securities. An analysis of the cost of the sub- sequent additions to the property of the corporation, showing a total in- vestment in tangible property on Dec. 31, 1910, of $1,187,000,000, as against $1,468,000,000 outstanding securities. An average rate of profit from 1901 to 1910 on the corporation’s actual in- vestment, as computed by the bureau, of 12 per cent. An almost continuous decrease in the corporation’s proportion of the output of principal steel products, but a marked increase in its ownership or control of iron ore deposits. The bureau places the value of the ore reserves of the corporation at $100,000,000, while the corporation | itself places their value at $700,000,- 000. To prevent ore from falling into the hands of independent producers or to prevent the Hill interests from found- ing a rival steel business the corpora- tion granted to the Great Northern road the Hill leases which guarantee the largest royalties ever known in the ore business. The corporation controls 75 per cent of the available ore and because of this and its control of the transpor- tation facilities in the ore district oc- cupies a commanding position in the steel industry. PENROSE PLAN IS DEFEATED | La Follette Refuses to Agree to Vote on Pact July 24. Washington. June 28.—An attempt by Chairman Penrose of the senate finance committee to fix July 24 fora vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill was defeated in the senate through {Senator La Follette’s objection The debate indicated that a portion of the Republican insurgents and several Democrats will fight to have the wool revision and the free list bills passed first so that the president will have to act on them before the senate passes the reciprocity bill. TO DISSOLVE TOBACCO TRUST Thirty Days Supreme Court Allowed for Rehearing Passed. Washington, June 30.—The supreme court of the United States issued an order to the attorney general direct- ing him to instruct the lower courts to carry out the supreme court’s de- cision providing for the dissolution of the American Tobacca company. The thirty days allowed the com- pany to ask for a rehearing has ex- pired. BANKER IS FOUND GUILTY Former President of Carnegie Trust Company Convicted. New York, June 29.—Joseph B. Reichmann, formerly president of the Carnegie Trust company, was found guilty of making false statements to the state banking department. The jury deliberated an hour and a half. [PARTIAL REPORT (RULE OF REASON {OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE TRUST Peaceable Efforts to Make Them Comply With Law. PLANS TO AVOID LITIGATION. Big Corporations Said to Have Shown a Disposition to Surrender—Attorney General Wickersham Will Announce Purpose In a Speech—No Desire to Disturb Business Further. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington, July 6.—{Special.]—Am- nesty to corporations or an effort to bring the corporations under control of and amenable to the laws without prosecutions is to be the policy of the administration. Attorney General Wickersham will lead in his overtures, and what was once suggested during the Roosevelt administration, that the corporations make an effort to ascer- tain and comply with the law instead of being forced to do so by litigation, is now the pian/under consideration. The department of justice has been considering the recent supreme court decisions, and the belief is expressed that they set aside the Knight case, which was favorable to the corpora- tions and for which Roosevelt so se- verely criticised the courts for making, and also the Northern Securities case, , which was not altogether unfavorable to corporation alliances, as many sup- posed. Big Corporations Come Down. The big corporations are ready to come down, according to information received by the attorney general. He has prepared and will soon make a speech on the subject in which he will outline the new propositions and will try and point out a method by which the corporations may prevent further prosecutions, which will surely be to their defeat and detriment considered in the light of the decisions in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases. It is said that the administraton does not desire to disturb business further by many prosecutions and that the future action in the premises will be determined by the good faith whicb these corporations may show in trying to comply with the law instead of * evading or defying it. Back to Their Stations. Efforts of the army officers to keep the troops of one division mobilized in the interest of efficiency have failed be- cause the representatives of com-.uuni- ties where they were formerly station- ed have insisted that the troops be re- turned. The necessity for the army on the Mexican border no longer ex- ists, and the mobilized division will be sent to the posts. from which it was taken a few months ago. Army detachments are considered quite an asset in communities where they are stationed on ‘account of the money spent by and for the soldiers. To Have Careful Consideration. All that can be said about the prog- ress of the movement for parcels post , at present is in the language of a mem- ber of the committee, who says that “it will have careful consideration next year.” It is’ stated by members of the com- mittee who have been attending the hearings that three elements oppose parcels post, the country merchants, | the country newspapers and the trav- eling men; that there are three ele ments favoring parcels post, the labor unions, the farmers. and the depart- ment stores. “We'll Get Roosevelt.” When the suggestion was made that there might not be a great deal in the Taft administration out of which to make political capital by the many investigations which the Democratic house has inaugurated, one of the Democratic leaders asserted, “We'll get Roosevelt.” On several occasions the name of the ex-president has been brought unpleasantly forward, but gen- erally in connection with facts which were known and acknowledged at the time they occurred. “T. R. will land on his feet, no mat- ter what happens,” is the comment of those who have had long experience with the former president. Carlin’s Expectations. Congressman Carlin is at a loss to understand how so many persons with | less income than his own can dash around in automobiles. But he ex- pects to ride, as an acquaintance has promised to look after him. “You'll ride with me, Charlie,” said the man, who has acquired riches rather sud- denly. “I intend to get me an anty- mobul as soon as I can find the right kind of a shaffay.” A Dapper Chaplain. Most of the statesmen, even from the south, have shed their long frock coats during these days of very hot weather, but not so the chaplain of the senate, who is quite the most dap- per man that appears at the capital. With the thermometer pressing the 100 mark, he comes to the capitol with his frock coat buttoned closely about him, not a thing missing to mar his immaculate appearance. What is also surprising is that he looks as cool as the senators in their white clothes or the page boys in their shirt waists. The present chaplain is in sharp con- trast with the rugged Edward Everett Hale, who was his predecessor. Like Mr. Hale, he is Unitarian in faith. He is the pastor of the church which President Taft attends. Of the Village Council of the Vil- lage of Marble, Itasca County, Minnesota. Marble, Minn., June 21, 1911 Adjourned meeting held Monday evening June 21, 1911 at eight o’clock p.m. Upon a roll call being had all members were found present except- ing Trustee Michela. The minutes of the last meeting were read and upon motion approved. The following correspondence was then read: Jacob Lieberman in re- :ard to tapping the water mains. Courtney Benson in regard to scav- enger work, Crochett Brown in re deposit on electric meters, Chicago Fire Hose Co. in regard to nozzles ordered, H. C. Staacke, in regard to road repairs with the township. The clerk was instructed to write Mr. Lieberman that the ordinance covering the tapping of the water mains has not yet been adopted by the council and that he will be noti- fied as soon as action is taken. The letters of C. Benson, H. C. Staacke and Chicago Fire Hose Co. were ordered placed on file. The letter of Mr. C. Brown was referred to the clerk for answer and he was instructed to give Mr. Brown an explanation of the deposit on the electric meters. It was moved by Trustee Ekman and seconded by Trustee Fitzgerald that the estimate of Village Engin- eer Chamberlain of the work done by H. L. Bartlett Co. be allowed. Up- on a roll call being taken the follow- ing result‘was had: Ayes, all mem- bers; Nays, none. It was moved by Trustee Ekman rseconded by Trustee Fitzgerald and carried that the following bills be allowed’: First State bank, interest and discount.... .... .... ....$1,127.92 Oliver Iron Mining Co., labor, ‘supplies and current Tritchler Electric Co., 203.67 57.37 lamps, Dr. R. T. Glyer, fumigation... ..10.00 Mrashall Wells Hdw. Co., sip- DUES. sos, 8.33 Contractor Bartlett was instructed to proceed with the following extra work to complete the water and sewer work and sidewalk — repairs: To put in twelve surface hydrants to connect eleven fire hydrant drains to the sewer; To put in drain tile to drain water hole near the cou ty road by the Great Northern ae- pot, into the outfall sewer; To put in retaining wall on opposite side of the county road from said water hole near Great Northern depot to hold covering over the tile sewer; To excavate around hydrant at the intersection of Ethel and South streets, so that it can be accessible when needed; To cement and put in curb around catch basins or cor- ners of ends of sidewalks; To re- pair sidewalks where the conduit was laid for the lamp posts. The clerk was instructed to write the Town Board in regard to the in- let and outlet of Mud lake being ob- structed with weeds, logs, branches, etc., and to request their honorable body to endeavor to have the nui- sance abated . It was moved by Trustee Ekmas and seconded by Trustee Fitzgerald tbat the council vote the sum of $150 to President Bawden and $100, each, to the trustees for last year’s work on the dferent committees, 1910-11. On a roll call being had, the follow ing result was found: Ayes, Trustees Ekman and Fitzgerald and President Bawden; Nays, none. It was moved by Trustee Ekman and seconded by Trustee Fitzgerald that the clerk be authorized to is- ‘sue a village warrant to the village treasurer for $2,500.00 and said treas- ure to negotiate a loan from the First State bank of Marble for said amount. On a roll call being had the} following result was had: Ayes, Trus- tees Ekman and Fitzgerald, President Bawden and Clerk Gravel; Nays, none. x The meeting then adjourned. W. EB. BAWDEN, Village President. Attest: J. E. GRAVEL, Village Clerk. Marble, Minn., June 26, 1911 Special meeting this 26th day of June, 1911, at eight o'clock, p. m., to discuss the damage done to the wood sewer by the recent rain and to discuss a remedy for the same. On a roll call being had all mem- bers were found present. The reading of the minutes of last meeting was dispensed with. Two hundred and fifty feet of wood sewer was reported damaged on the outfall sewer caused by a sink hole, or bog over which the sewer was laid. After discussion of same it was moved by Trustee Fitz- gerald and seconded by Trustee Ek- PAGE FIVE man that, the contractor be authoriz- ed to repair said sewer and cover it. Upon a roll call being made the fol- lowing result was had: Aye: Trustees Ekman, Fitzgerald, Michela, Pres. Bawden and Clerk Gravel; Nays, none. Jt was then moved by Trustee Mi- chela and seconded by Trustee Fitz- gerald that the meeting adjourn. W. BE. BAWDEN, Village President. Attest: J. E. GRAVEL, Village Clerk CASH SURPLUS OF $33,000,000 End of the Government’s Fiscal Year Shows Federal Treasury in Excellent Condition. When the government’s fiscal year of 1910 closed the federal treasury held a cash surplus of at least $33,- 000,000 and showed an excess of all receipts over all disbursements for the first time since 1907. While revised returns showing the government's exact financial condi- tion, will not be available for several days, from such figures as are at hand and such estimates as treasury officials consider reliable, it is ap- parent that the government, during the last 12 months, received from all sources not less than $685,000,000 j about $10,000,000 more than was ex- pected, and spent $656,000,000 about $6,000,000 less than was planned. For the first time, income from in- ternal revenue and customs was nearly equal. While customs receipts for the year fell $20,000,000 and will stand at about $312,000,000 the in- ternal revenue promises to total $315, 000,000, the greatest sum ever col- lected’ from that source, passing the record-breaking figures of 1866. Four causes have contributed to the great increase in the internal rev- enue. The corporation tax is re sponsible for $28,000,000; whiskey and other spirits $155,000,000; tobac- co, $62,000,000, and beer $61,000,000. It was estimated that when collectors of imternal revenue throughout the country closed their ofices today the gover nment would have at least $20, 000,000 of the corporation tax money in its hand. The other $8,000,000 is not expected until July 10, the last day without a penalty. More than $37,000,000 was spent upon the Panama canal. If the final revsiion of the year’s figures makes no material changes in today’s estimates the government’s expenditures have been $3,000,000 less in 1911 than in 1910, although they have exceeded those of 1906, ( +id 1908. Receipts have been $13,000,000,000 greater tham in 1910. The federal treasury enters the fisca year 1912 with more than $1,- 800,000,000 in cash stacked away in the steel ribbed vaults, the largest sum ever hide there. WANTS and FOR SALE Five Cents Per Line FOR RENT—six room house with bath and also barn.—A. Wood. FURNISHED ROOMS for rent, all new and modern, phone No. 168. WANTED—100 lawn mowers to sharpen at George Hewis’ electrical shop. We handle Johnson’s candies, the best made, try a pound box. Miller’s Confectionery, WANTED—girl for general house- work in family of two. Inquire of A. J. McGuire, Northeast Experiment farm. FOR SALE—Some office furniture and a new Monarch typewriter, all in good condition. Call at this of- fice. — WANTED—good reliable girl for cook and to look after house in fam- ily of two.—J. C. McKusick, Marble, Minn. The Active Aeroplane. {t_beats the motor car, ‘tis said, Which balks and bids us For if it won’t go straight It rapidly comes down. }>"}